Will Bryce Harper start the season with the Nationals?

Spoiled PUNK nedds his #$%$ whipped!!!!

Oh, c'mon. Of course he should have some seasoning at AAA ball. Even the gret Willie Mays spent some seasoning time in Minneapolis back in 1950. And rushing Dwoght Gooden to the bigs actually ruined his chances at a 300 win career as all those early innings before age 25 ruined his shoulder. Finished at age 30 as a great pitcher. A real shame.

Is Jason Heyward a lock for the Hall yet?

this guys maturity level is the one thing that will hold him back

It's hard to make a case against the above scenario.
The one Person who was not mentioned above is Davey Johnson. He bought along a 19 year old Dwight Gooden and has danced this dance before and If Harper is raking at the end of spring I suspect Davey will take him to DC with him. It's not a slam dunk
All i am saying is don't count out Davey's input here

I'm from Syracuse and I really hope he has a half a season at AAA, for my own selfish reasons and because doing otherwise would harm his development. He'll be fun to watch, that's for sure. Home games for Syracuse will be filled!

He still has a lot of growing up to do. I mean, hitting a homerun against a team and then blowing a kiss to the pitcher. Do that in the majors and get ur head knocked off the next time in the box. Maybe the Greensboro Grasshopper pitcher should have done that.

If it were up to me, I'd leave Harper in AAA until August and only pull him up then if he was really playing well and had shown that he had become a professional in terms of his emotional maturity and his work ethic.

he has yet to learn how to hit any good sliders or 2seams he only murders pitches when ahead in the count and pitchers are going to feast on that , I predict a very big wake up call of a 210 batting AVG for his first 400 Major league at bats

the kid is still #$%$ loaded, hes probably gonna end up a mediocre player for his career

To put things in perspective. Hasrper hit about .500 in High school with a million homeruns so everyone thinks he is gonna do great in the Majors. I hit .460 my senior year of high school with 27 homers, and sucked in college. Bryce Harper hit pretty well in Single A, but only .250 with 3 HR in AA ball. that was in 37 games and over 110 AB. This kid may suck up the majors just as I sucked up College level.. pro ball is way different than High School.
Plus he is a punk

I thought he has a major league contract so it does not affect service time?? Is that right?

Not to sound negative but he didn't exactly tear up the minor leagues last year. If he is ever going to be the star they think he will be he needs more development.

it's good to feel as confident that he does.but the crappy attitude and show boating is really bush league.from a Phillies fan good luck this year.and i hope Werth has a comeback year for you.to bad he had earlier injuries that took a few years from him.he has true 5 tool talent.

He is only 19. Needs to mature. Has the skills but needs to become more mature. Do not rush him. Look at what happened to Lastings Milledge. Put in too soon. Let him have a few years to grow up and learn to handle the show like a man. He will be a star one day

Can't wait to see him in the majors. It will be great to see a seasoned vet stick one in his ear hole and adjust that smart #$%$ attitude.

he's 19yo.... just because you were still wackin' it while looking at your mom's Victoria's Secret catalog when you were that age (and probably still today)... don't blame that on this kid! Jealousy.... it's what's for dinner!

You guys keep saying that he sucked in the minors. He did not. They tried to pitch around him and he responded by going after bad stuff. That happens to the best of them, witness A-rod.

I have actually met harper.....he is very c*cky and #$%$ maybe being in the pros will bring him down to reality that he isn't the greatest thing ever. but I will admit, the kid does have amazing skill

I'm hearing bad attitude, cocky, immature and other adjectives to describe Harper. He really needs to grow up, first of all, but that may take a pitch or two in his ear plus somehow learning some humility along the way. However, if a highly touted, highly paid player comes to spring training with a hot bat, I'm not going to ship him out to AAA when he could be swinging the hot bat for a MLB team. If MLB pitching finds a weakness or weaknesses and totally shut him down then I would send him back to the minors to work on whatever shortcomings he may have. This guy's cocky attitude really bothers me. I wish people with God given athletic talent, like him, would learn to be humble. Makes me want to barf when I see the arrogance of some of these multi -million dollar teenagers.