Harper = Triple AAA

Bryce Harper was sent down to triple AAA this week and this is best thing for him right now in his career and here is why. Harper has struggled when he has entered a new level and with the season being in April when it colder and in recent years every ones number are down in April this would cause for a big hit to his confidence should this happen. I think he needs to work on his swing as well as learning to play center field. His swing leaves him open to the inside pitch,it is so loopy that he can't hit that pitch. This kid will be great one day but think everyone but the National are getting ahead of themselves. They have him in the Hall of Fame and he not played one game in the majors yet. There are a lot of questions and not a lot answers right now. He could come up and struggle and never be right again or take his time and do it right only time will tell how good he can or will be.

Bryce Harper apparently "hates" the Redskins

Bryce Harper seems to keep popping into the news for non baseball related items.

Today, he tweeted that he "hates the Redskins" after he confessed his love for the Cowboys.  Now I understand he grew up a Cowboys fan and he is not from the DC area, but alienating the fan base he is going to be playing for might not help with jersey sales.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post has fun with this (and also has a link to the tweet as well.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/bryce-harper-still-doesnt-like-washingtons-teams/2012/01/31/gIQAFCbRfQ_blog.html

Washington Nationals Weekend Notes: Yu Darvish Strong In Loss, Bryce Harper Homers Again.

By Patrick Reddington of FederalBaseball.com

So it's 3:47 am Saturday morning. I've stayed awake to watch a live stream of Yu Darvish's start for the Nippon-Ham Fighters in the first game of their Climax Series matchup with the Seibu Lions which started about two hours after the St. Louis Cardinals won the seventh game of their World Series matchup with the Texas Rangers. Darvish threw (unofficial count, the broadcast was in Japanese online) 101 pitches in 7.0 innings, striking out seven and allowing just one run, which was an earned one.

Nationals' Harper off to slow start in Arizona

From the Sporting News:

Washington Nationals prospect Bryce Harper has experienced one of the worst statistical starts of any player in the Arizona Fall League, going 3 for 27 with only three RBIs, five strikeouts and two walks, through the first full week of games, The Washington Post reported.

The Post presented the numbers with a couple of caveats: First, seven games is not a sample size worth causing alarm, and, second, the slow start is typical of Harper’s baseball career, dating back to junior college.

You can read the rest of the story here: Nationals' Harper off to slow start in Arizona

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