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What the Harpers are considering, however, is having Bryce earn a GED credential this summer and enroll in a junior college this fall, which would expose him to more challenging baseball competition as well as make him eligible for next June’s draft, in which he would likely be the first pick in the country. Under that scenario, assuming the Nationals keep losing games at something close to their current rate (they have the worst record in baseball, and it isn’t even close), Washington could wind up with Strasburg and Harper in the next 12 months—the baseball equivalent of the Cavaliers getting James and Dwight Howard in consecutive NBA drafts. Of course, in both cases the Nationals would have to negotiate with Boras, who represents Strasburg too. A combined outlay in the neighborhood of $100 million is entirely possible. Boras, according to league sources, will use the six-year, $52 million deal he negotiated with the Red Sox for Daisuke Matsuzaka in December 2006 as the benchmark for a Strasburg deal.

Man, imagine what getting Strasburg AND Haper would do for the Nats.

It’s that if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Tim Lincecum of course defied that rule. Still, the odds are stacked against this kid.

That said, pretty friggin’ awe-inspiring.

I didn’t realize that Verducci was such a good writer. I’m used to his quick rumor blurbs and stuff.

Anyone got a clue where in Cali the wood bat tourney is that he will be playing in?

96? Toe him up

He’s on the cover of SI. The SI jinx will get him.

he will take the hamilton route and drug it up for 10 years because he never had fun,. then decide that he wants it again

H – G – H

This sixteen year old kid supposedly hit a 570 ft. homer at Tropicana Field? I get it…the kid can hit. A bat made of aluminum was used. But how does an obvious falsehood like this get into the SI article?

Harper did, in fact, register at a JuCo to speed up his draft eligibility.

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/48018907.html