Reply to "Middle school baseball then v. Now"

fenwaysouth10,000+ posts

@auberon posted:
Bryce Harper finished high school early so he could get a season of juco in before being drafted at 17. Trevor Bauer finished high school early so he could get three seasons at UCLA before being drafted at 20. If you actually have a shot at playing professionally you want to be accelerating your development not delaying it. And if you don't have a shot at playing professionally, what is the point of repeating grades. MLB teams have zero interest in 25-year-old seniors.

I saw an 11U Bryce Harper at Cooperstown win the 12U HR derby at the Champions week. He was a year younger (11 yo) than the 12yos there, and he was still the biggest and strongest "kid" there. There was a buzz about him even at Cooperstown back then, and he put on a hitting show. Really hard to hide talent like that. He is exactly a year younger than my son as they share an October birthday.

Its like Harper came out the womb as a grown man. Hard to believe Harper is starting his 13th season in MLB.

3/13/255:04 PM

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