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This will be Bryce Harper's career season
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By Joe Posnanski MLB.com @JPosnanski
Mar. 18th, 2018
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- This is the season. Yes, maybe we have said that before. Maybe we thought it would be last season, or two seasons ago. But that's OK. This is the season.
This is the year Bryce Harper makes his case for the best player in baseball.
This has not been the focus surrounding Harper this Spring Training. No, everyone wants to speculate about 2019, about where he will go in free agency. But Harper doesn't want to talk about any of that. He really doesn't want to talk much at all. The focus is overwhelming. This is the year, you can just feel it. This is the year that Harper stays healthy and blows America's mind.
Harper sparks different emotions. You might say, "No, wait, Bryce Harper has already made his push for best player in the game. In 2015, he had a season for the ages, he hit .330/.460/.649, led the National League in on-base percentage, slugging percentage, homers and runs and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award unanimously. That's the stuff of legends." And it is.
But that was three years ago. And here's the thing: I think he has something even better in him. Then, you might say: "Enough of the Bryce Harper hype. Yes, he had one great season -- so did Josh Hamilton, Ken Caminiti, Mo Vaughn … heck, Juan Gonzalez had two MVP seasons. Harper has not stayed healthy enough to have another great season; he has not proven he can stay healthy." And this is true, too. The health thing has been a huge issue.
But this is the year. I can just feel it.
This will be Bryce Harper's career season
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By Joe Posnanski MLB.com @JPosnanski
Mar. 18th, 2018
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- This is the season. Yes, maybe we have said that before. Maybe we thought it would be last season, or two seasons ago. But that's OK. This is the season.
This is the year Bryce Harper makes his case for the best player in baseball.
This has not been the focus surrounding Harper this Spring Training. No, everyone wants to speculate about 2019, about where he will go in free agency. But Harper doesn't want to talk about any of that. He really doesn't want to talk much at all. The focus is overwhelming. This is the year, you can just feel it. This is the year that Harper stays healthy and blows America's mind.
Harper sparks different emotions. You might say, "No, wait, Bryce Harper has already made his push for best player in the game. In 2015, he had a season for the ages, he hit .330/.460/.649, led the National League in on-base percentage, slugging percentage, homers and runs and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award unanimously. That's the stuff of legends." And it is.
But that was three years ago. And here's the thing: I think he has something even better in him. Then, you might say: "Enough of the Bryce Harper hype. Yes, he had one great season -- so did Josh Hamilton, Ken Caminiti, Mo Vaughn … heck, Juan Gonzalez had two MVP seasons. Harper has not stayed healthy enough to have another great season; he has not proven he can stay healthy." And this is true, too. The health thing has been a huge issue.
But this is the year. I can just feel it.
https://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/white-sox-frontrunner-to-sign-bryce-harper/476688
[h=1]Report: White Sox the front-runner to sign Bryce Harper[/h]December 13, 2018
by Steve DelVecchio
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</center>The Chicago White Sox are one of a handful of teams that are said to be willing and able to sign Bryce Harper or Manny Machado to a record contract this winter, and they are reportedly the favorite to land at least one of the two.
Harper is a Scott Boras client, and Boras clients almost always end up with the team that offers the most money. According to Jim Bowden of CBS Sports, indications at the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas have been that the White Sox are likely to be the highest bidder.
[h=1]Report: White Sox the front-runner to sign Bryce Harper[/h]December 13, 2018
by Steve DelVecchio
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</center>The Chicago White Sox are one of a handful of teams that are said to be willing and able to sign Bryce Harper or Manny Machado to a record contract this winter, and they are reportedly the favorite to land at least one of the two.Harper is a Scott Boras client, and Boras clients almost always end up with the team that offers the most money. According to Jim Bowden of CBS Sports, indications at the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas have been that the White Sox are likely to be the highest bidder.
