Note: This post was updated on 5/9
Bryce Harper, now a four-year veteran with 1400 Major League at bats to his name, has still yet to face a pitcher younger than he is at any level of professional baseball.
What he faced on Wednesday was a pair of Marlin hurlers, and he produced more than 1250 feet of home runs, turning two of the three around at speeds over 101 mph.
Of the nine players to exit the yard thrice in a game at a more tender age than Harper, five of them have busts in the Hall—Mickey Cochrane, Mel Ott, Joe DiMaggio, Eddie Mathews and Al Kaline.
Harper followed that with a two-homer game the next night and a walk-off homer the following day. No one so young has every ripped five home runs in two consecutive contests.
And he may be rounding into Hall form himself. Half of Bam Bam's hits this season are the extra base variety and he continues to pace the NL in walks.
It's early, of course, but it feels good to dream on his .380 TAv.
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