Harper's stock and sleeper batteries 
Bryce Harper has spent the past five months proving to almost everyone that he's more than just hype and deserving of the No. 1 overall pick in this year's First-Year Player Draft. The 17-year-old enters the final weekend of the regular season hitting .417/.507/.899 with 21 home runs, 16 doubles and a 31-31 BB/K ratio in 51 games. The Washington Nationals, owners of that prized selection, have all but said publicly that Harper will be the choice on June 7.
Is there anything left for him to prove? Can he actually improve his stock if he's already the odds-on favorite to be the top pick?
The answer to both questions is undoubtedly yes.
Good discussion on Harper after the jump. Plus -- remember Tony Sanchez and Matt Hobgood last year? Highly-picked C/P who people didn't have so high? Who could be them this year? Jason gives choices. Draft is in a month and a day; it's about time, if you're interested in these topics, that you hop on the Insider train.
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Keith Law
Keith Law joined ESPN.com in June 2006 as the lead baseball analyst for Scouts Inc., covering the majors, minors and amateurs. Before joining ESPN, Law spent 4½ years with the Toronto Blue Jays as a special assistant to the general manager, and was previously a writer for Baseball Prospectus. He graduated from Harvard College and holds an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon.
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Jason A. Churchill
Jason A. Churchill is the executive editor at ProspectInsider.com, covering major league baseball with an eye toward scouting and player development since 2006.
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