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re: Has any baseball prospect ever lived up to the hype as much as Bryce Harper?
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:42 am to LSUBoo
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:42 am to LSUBoo
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Mike Trout, consensus #1 prospect, youngest ever to win minor league player of the year... lived up to it.
He definitely didn't have the same hype in high school as Harper though, it came early in his minors career.
He was the 25th overall draft pick
The hype once someone is a prospect is nothing compared to what Harper, Strasburg, Lebron, Crosby, etc. had before the draft
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Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:57 am to DBG
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Ken Griffey Jr. would be up there, right?
10000%. obviously, his dad was a famous and very good player and a huge part of one of the best stretches any MLB team has ever had.
then he's high school player of the year and #1 overall pick and he becomes a first ballot (and should have been unanimous) HOFer.
bryce is basically gonna do all of that as well, but without the pressure (or advantages) of being Ken Griffey's son. I think it's pretty damn close.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 9:41 am to LSUBoo
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Mike Trout, consensus #1 prospect, youngest ever to win minor league player of the year... lived up to it.
that’s pretty different. Harper was getting national attention at like 16. dropped out of high school to play with wooden bats early. 1st overall pick.
Trout got hype because he was performing at a high level. at some point it’s not hype it’s just appreciation.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 9:47 am to slackster
Venus and Serena were on the cover of SI as young teenagers as well and they lived up to the hype.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 11:30 am to slackster
If we're now talking all sports...Michael Phelps.
He was supposed to win 7 gold medals in Athens (tying Mark Sptiz's record) when he had never won an Olympic medal before.
He was supposed to win 7 gold medals in Athens (tying Mark Sptiz's record) when he had never won an Olympic medal before.
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Michael Phelps was already a swimming "prodigy" before he was even allowed to hold a drivers license. At age 15, Phelps — already 6-foot-3 and winning competitions all over the country — became the "youngest American male swimmer to qualify for the Olympics in 68 years" when he joined Team USA at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and although he didn't take home any medals, he solidified his future as a superstar at the sport.
By the time the 2004 Summer Games rolled around, the hype around Phelps made him a celebrity before he ever stood atop the podium as a first-time gold medalist.
That same year, the Chicago Tribune reported that the swimmer "had been on the cover of Time, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, the New York Times Magazine and ESPN the Magazine.
He likes to call himself a normal teenager. And he is--except for the millions of dollars in endorsement contracts, the shiny Cadillac Escalade, the starring role in NBC Olympic ads and the once-in-a-generation athletic talent.
The Olympics will decide, however, whether Phelps becomes more than just an outstanding swimmer with
a sharp agent.
NBC began promoting Phelps months ago, putting his dripping face on the screen during the Kentucky Derby and golf's U.S. Open.
Phelps has never publicly professed his desire to win seven gold medals. In a carefully planned posture, he will admit only to chasing one. "To stand up on that podium and hear the national anthem would be awesome," he says. "Swimming has changed a lot since Spitz's day. People specialize more. So for me it's win one
gold medal and after that, whatever happens, happens.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 11:34 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 11:35 am to slackster
0 World Series rings
Posted on 10/17/23 at 11:48 am to TexasTiger33
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He is the LeBron, statistically speaking, of baseball, indubitably...
So...the greatest?
Posted on 10/17/23 at 2:42 pm to REBEL5 AC
Joe Mauer.
MVP check
Has half the batting titles by catchers in the entire history of MLB.
MVP check
Has half the batting titles by catchers in the entire history of MLB.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 2:49 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Can I ask why in his photos he always has his swimsuit down in a sleazy way?
Posted on 10/17/23 at 2:49 pm to DBG
quote:Yes, I loved going to watch him play.
Ken Griffey Jr. would be up there, right?
Posted on 10/17/23 at 5:49 pm to POTUS2024
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In baseball the guy that lived up to the hype is probably Chipper Jones.
He was the first person I thought of. The hard-core baseball people would mention him fairly early in high school. Not just in Florida but everywhere.
The media has changed a lot from even then so I do suspect the hype for Harper was more significant than people who preceeded him, though.
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Posted on 10/17/23 at 6:17 pm to SammyTiger
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Ken Griffey Jr
A Rod
Chipper Jones
All would qualify as high school phenoms with a lot of buzz surrounding them leading up to the draft. All three also had phenomenal MLB careers.
However, I think Josh Hamilton is the closest comparison because of the freakish power both showed as teens. They both had mid-90’s fastballs as pitchers, plus could hit towering HRs out of ballparks consistently.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 9:19 pm to slackster
If you want to go in the way back machine, Bob Feller was one of the most hyped high school pitchers ever. So hyped in fact that the Indians pitched him as a 17 year old while he was still in high school. His debut was a major event and later thousands of fans tried to barnstorm his high school graduation.
And Feller lived up to the hype. By the time he turned 28 he had won over 150 games and pitched an astounding 180 complete games finishing in the top 3 for the MVP three times. But what's most impressive about that fact was that he took four years off to serve in World War 2. He was on his way to sign a lucrative new contract when he heard about Pearl Harbor and promptly turned around to enlist - the first athlete and celebrity to do so. The military wanted him to be a ceremonial baseball envoy but he insisted on combat duty and served with distinction in both the European and Pacific theatres then came home and finished off his HOF career.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 9:35 pm to slackster
Umm…Mike Trout???
Posted on 10/17/23 at 9:45 pm to Caimani
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Umm…Mike Trout???
I guess I just don’t think if Trout as much of a hyped player when he was drafted 25th overall.
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