Harper is having a great season so far, and even as a Pirates fan I am happy to see it. He seems to play the game all out and I very much respect him for that.
I do not, however, expect him to keep up this pace, or even all that close to this pace. We will see how he does after the league makes an adjustment that he has some trouble with. What does he do after his next 2-for-20 stretch. Does he make the adjustments he needs to at that point. I can see him ending with 35 or so homers and an OPS somewhere in the 975 range...which is certainly nothing to sneeze at. Especially in this day and age. I'm just not going to extrapolate what he has done in his first 200 plate appearances of 2015 onto the rest of the year or the career of a 22 year old. I mean...Dee Gordon is hitting .370 something so far this year. I could extrapolate that into 3500 hits and a career batting average that would make Ty Cobb envious.
Tom C
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