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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Bryce Harper’s makeup
Kevin Goldstein reports:
The Makeup: This should not be underrated. It’s impossible to find any talent evaluator who isn’t blown away by Harper’s ability on the field, but it’s equally difficult to find one who doesn’t genuinely dislike the kid. One scout called him among the worst amateur players he’s ever seen from a makeup standpoint, with top-of-the-scale arrogance, a disturbingly large sense of entitlement, and on-field behavior that includes taunting opponents. “He’s just a bad, bad guy,” said one front-office official. “He’s basically the anti-Joe Mauer.” How this plays into the negotiation or future evaluation is yet to be determined, as history has shown us that the bigger talent a player is, the more makeup issues teams will deal with.
Whether Bryce Harper is the biggest jerk in the world, or is super nice guy Joe Mauer, I will take a guess that he will still be drafted first. And, whatever makeup issues he has, the Nationals will ignore them altogether when they make their offer. It’s not going to be “hmmm… how much do you think we should offer? I was thinking 9MM, but he’s such an a$$, I’m going to offer him 8MM$ instead. But, this guy is such an a$$ that if I only offer 8MM, he’ll go back in the draft, so I need to offer him 10MM”.
It’s all fine to talk about makeup, but the reality is that teams will look the other way if the talent is that high. Chances are, you really don’t care what Halle Berry is really like, do you?
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