Bryce Harper's prolonged slump

[Angelsjunky]

The Harper Butthurt Crowd should like this. Anyone noticed that he's really been slumping? After starting off ridiculously hot, from April 26 to the present he's hit .216 with a .324 SLG - only 4 HR in 190 PA, although he still has a .405 OBP during that span. The dude walks. Anyhow, his overall numbers are .249/.405/.488 with 13 HR - pretty good, but nothing like last year's Ruthian performance. Is this just a prolonged slump or is was last year a bit flukey? I was expecting him to come down a bit from .330/.460/.649, but maybe to something more garden-variety great like .300/.420/.600.

His BABIP is .247 this year compared to .369 last, and it was .352 and .306 in his first couple years, so maybe last year was a bit flukey, but this year should also improve some. Although what happened to the power? Still, I'd be surprised if he didn't finish with .280/.400/.550, with 30+ HR.

 

 

[Amazing Larry]

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[zenmaster]

Good. I was tired of reading the "Has Harper finally passed Trout?" articles. 

[Angelsjunky]

6 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

Good. I was tired of reading the "Has Harper finally passed Trout?" articles. 

You mean the single one written by Dave Cameron?

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

4 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

Good. I was tired of reading the "Has Harper finally passed Trout?" articles. 

Harper is no way as good as Trout on or off the field, although I wouldn't be upset if he was playing LF for us someday in the future.

[fan_since79]

2 minutes ago, Ace_Shoemaker? said:

Harper is no way as good as Trout on or off the field, although I wouldn't be upset if he was playing LF for us someday in the future.

I can see the headlines now, dateline 2032:

Angels sign Bryce Harper to three-year deal. 39-yr old slugger on his way to Cooperstown. "I've still got some gas left in the tank," said the aging superstar, who hit 12 home runs last year in a season marked by injuries.

 

[sneaky_flute]

I wouldn't exactly call a 197 wrc+ over a full season a "fluke." It's more of an outlier. That's not a reasonable standard for any player not named Bonds. 

[Blarg]

I think the juice wore off. 

[Taylor]

This a clown slump, bro.

[JAHV76]

He's missing the Ultimate Warrior eye makeup 

[yk9001]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

I can see the headlines now, dateline 2032:

Angels sign Bryce Harper to three-year deal. 39-yr old slugger on his way to Cooperstown. "I've still got some gas left in the tank," said the aging superstar, who hit 12 home runs last year in a season marked by injuries.

 

How long is the personal services contract?

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

I can see the headlines now, dateline 2032:

Angels sign Bryce Harper to three-year deal. 39-yr old slugger on his way to Cooperstown. "I've still got some gas left in the tank," said the aging superstar, who hit 12 home runs last year in a season marked by injuries.

 

That would be right there with signing the 40 year-old Steve Finley to a 2 year deal.

[m0nkey]

I've got the biggest harper boner here.  Definitely not having a bad year, but not what was expected coming off a monster MVP season

[eligrba]

Not surprising.  Douche bags have a limited use.

[Second Base]

Harper is an amazing ball player, and he's rich. Soon enough, he's going to be 400 million type of rich.

Trout is an amazing ball player too. 

So yeah.

[JAHV76]

9 minutes ago, eligrba said:

Not surprising.  Douche bags have a limited use.

They keep Massengill in business.

[Taylor]

5 minutes ago, Randy Gradishar said:

I noticed a little while ago that his teammate DMurph is ahead of him in fWAR (9th to 24th) and putting up ridiculous numbers this year. 

Wow, Daniel Murphy is hitting .359 with a .994 OPS. He's a career .293/.771 hitter.

[ukyah]

i don't have a problem with harper. i don't know the guy, and i certainly don't subscribe to the "douche" moniker that seems to be thrown at everybody sooner or later. if he's a rude and unkind person, then i guess he's that type of dude, but he's not out there punching babies in the face and killing people while dwi. it'd be something to see him and trout in the same angel lineup, in their primes.

[m0nkey]

1 hour ago, hangin n wangin said:

That makes two of us with the Harper boner. I wonder who's is bigger?

 

Well that depends. Do you own a gun?

[John Stellman]

Harper is a typical example of all the east coast bias in sports.  His greatest cheer leader is ESPN.  He will never be the all around player Trout is.  How may All Star Game MVPs has he won?

[Troll Daddy]

Month of June

Trout .255

Harper .273

[Oz27]

4 minutes ago, John Stellman said:

Harper is a typical example of all the east coast bias in sports.  His greatest cheer leader is ESPN.  He will never be the all around player Trout is.  How may All Star Game MVPs has he won?

He was better than Trout last year. I love Trout but that's impossible to argue with. And 'number of All Star Game MVPs won' is the least useful stat in the world.

[Chuck]

F Harper.

I hope his demise continues. 

Oh and I'm not butthurt. Why would I be? 

I'm an Angels fan and our guy is better ball player and way better class citizen.

[Richard]

6 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

Out of all Trout has done, you're going the "All Star MVP route"? 

I go with appearances on SportsCenter's Top 10 when evaluating a player.

[Oz27]

7 minutes ago, Richard said:

I go with appearances on SportsCenter's Top 10 when evaluating a player.

His Web Gem total is pretty high too.