Meet Blaze Jordan:: Baseball Prodigy

Every few years we get the next once in a generation talent who will hopefully live up to the hype and become a baseball legend. The last one was Harper. The new one is Blaze Jordan. Disregard that the link is bleacher report, it does give more background about him than other sources I've found.

Bleacher Report: Blaze Jordan

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"To me, he's like a young Bob Horner," one Mississippi-based scout says. "I'd heard about him, so when I got to see him in a tournament in Atlanta, I really paid attention. First game, he faced a really good pitcher. Boom. Home run. "As a 13-year-old, he hit two 500-foot home runs," says Brian Domenico, who founded and still runs the Showcase. "As a 14-year-old, he competed with all the top high school players. He hit 23 home runs, including one that went 504 feet. As a 15-year-old, he competed with the top college players and missed making the finals by one home run.Domenico says the best comparison for the electricity in Jordan's right-handed swing is that it's like what Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. had from the left side. He compares the focus and energy to what he saw from Harper and Kris Bryant, another Power Showcase alum.

But Jordan isn't Harper. For one thing, he doesn't run like Bryce. He doesn't talk like him, either.

This is Bryce, age 16, in that Sports Illustrated story, talking about his goals: "Be in the Hall of Fame, definitely. Play in the pinstripes. Be considered the greatest baseball player who ever lived. I can't wait."

This is Blaze, age 15: "I try to stay humble."

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