How many 16 year-olds can brag about 500-foot home run power? It’s probably about the same number that can say they have Scott Boras as a personal advisor. Bryce Harper has both.
At this year’s International High School Power Showcase, a home run derby at the Tropicana Dome in Tampa in January, Harper bashed a mammoth 502-foot home run. Officials said it would have traveled out of the old Yankee Stadium. Maybe even have hit the elevated train.
Last year, Harper batted .590 with 11 home runs and 67 RBIs in 38 games for Las Vegas High School.
Scary, considering he still has three more years of high school ball to play.
Below is a clip from the previously mentioned showcase. It starts slow, but picks up with the home run derby at the 2:45 mark:
