Baseball players, at least historically, aren't ready to succeed in the pros straight out of high school. Usually they have to take a couple seasons of minor league pitching to get used to a new level of competition. It even took Ken Griffey Jr. a couple seasons of minor league ball to get ready. But that is not a career trajectory Bryce Harper is comfortable with following.
↵According to Todd Dewey at the Las Vegas Review-Journal via Ben Goessling, Harper wants to be called up to the show sometime this season.
↵↵↵"I'm thinking I'll be out there next year," said Harper, who turned 18 in October. "Hopefully I'll get a big league call-up in September and then be able to be out there next year and try to make the team out of camp. That's what I'm shooting for."
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That is awfully ambitious, but it fights right in line with everything we have heard about Harper since he joined the organization. I wouldn't expect him to be out there this summer, but I also wouldn't put it past him.