Baseball's top prospect, Bryce Harper, is most likely going to miss the remainder of the minor league season. Harper was injured during Double-A Harrisburg's win vs. Akron on Thursday.
After seeing a doctor earlier today, it was confirmed that Harper has a strained right hamstring, and Nationals manager Davey Johnson believes that it doesn't make sense to risk re-injuring it so Harper may as well be shut down.
Perhaps the most followed prospect of all time (Harper has been the subject of national attention since 2008, when he was 16, after Sports Illustrated ran an article on him), Harper had been having a solid season in the minors. He crushed High-A to the tune of .318 with 14 homers, 46 RBIs and 19 stolen bases in 72 games before being promoted to Double-A. He struggled early on there but had been heating up lately. His final, end of season stats at Harrisburg consist of a .256 BA, 3 homers, 12 RBIs, and 7 steals.
Harper will just turn 19 in 2 months but is expected by many to make his MLB debut sometime next season.
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