Somebody here jinxed him. Back when he was flying high, they posted that Harper had the best (or among the best) age-19 OPS+s ever. I poked into Griffey's game log and noted that, in about the same number of PAs at the start of his age 19 season, Griffey had essentially identical numbers to Harper but he struggled in the second half. And now ...

BH 261/336/425, 105 OPS+
KG 264/329/420, 108 OPS+

Oh maybe I jinxed him. Sorry about that.

(I know, he's got to time to move ahead or fall behind Griffey who had 146 more PA than Harper does at the moment)

I am not concerned.

If Harper has the career of Ken Griffey Jr. with worse defense but better hamstrings I think we'll be ok with that, no?

But I have to say all these black-white player comparisons... Griffey/Harper, Trout/Mays, are threatening the very foundation that our terrible state of sports journalism is founded upon. Be careful.

Bryce Harper on his slump: “I’m trying to find some mellowness”

He needs to hang with Snoop Lion.

Wait. I thought he was in the HOF already.

"That's a clown statement, dude"!

If Harper has the career of Ken Griffey Jr. with worse defense but better hamstrings I think we'll be ok with that, no?

Yes, I think that's ok with me.

If Harper has the career of Ken Griffey Jr. with worse defense but better hamstrings I think we'll be ok with that, no?

I don't think you guys get the point. If he drops two more points, he'll be Edgar Renteria! If he drops five points he'll be ...

ED KRANEPOOL!!!!

It's clearly time to panic.

So is Wade Miley the frontrunner for NL ROY ?

Like a true champion Bryce has responded to this by going 0 for 4 today. He's now down to .258/332/.420

Stop harshin' his mellow, dude.

Do the Nats play the Giants any more this season? Maybe Tim Lincecum could help Bryce out.

The Nats di get to face the Giants one more time this season and also get to face the Cubs and Astros again. Alas, there are no more games left against the Rockies.

Somebody here jinxed him.

I blame the people that seemed to think he would not struggle. He's a youngster, any body builder will tell you, if you are under 23 years old(roughly) your body is very unstable on a day to day basis, it's very hard to maintain any type of consistency as your body builds much faster and affects your hand eye coordination on a daily basis. Trying to deal with the physical changes, the better scouting of the league, and the higher talent and stress that you deal with as a major leaguer, it's ridiculous to have thought for a second a 19 year old was not going to struggle. Those who said he wouldn't should get the blame for jinxing him.

The Nats di get to face the Giants one more time this season and also get to face the Cubs and Astros again. Alas, there are no more games left against the Rockies.

I'm not sure you got the joke in post 11.

Well, Lincecum also could help Harper out strictly in baseball terms.

I'm not sure you got the joke in post 11.

I'm not sure you got my point in post 12.

I'm not sure you got my point in post 12.

Not really, I assumed the point was crappy teams that he could pad his stats with.

Unless those teams also have notable pothead on it to help avoid harshing his mellow. (I guess the diamondbacks with Rex Hudler)

Rocky Mountain high dude!

Ehh, Harper's done. Norichika Aoki for Rookie of the Year!