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Posted by Matt Pignatarobr /a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SxpRc_hNNFE/S3DPHyE3l_I/AAAAAAAAFPY/fLlBFznVpT0/s1600-h/bryce-harper.bmp"img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436072482844415986" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SxpRc_hNNFE/S3DPHyE3l_I/AAAAAAAAFPY/fLlBFznVpT0/s200/bryce-harper.bmp" //abr /The 2010 MLB Draft is four months away in June with the Mets holding the rights to the seventh overall pick.br /br /Jon Morosi of stronga href="http://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/8831386993"FoxSports.com/a/strong talked to scout who thinks strongBryce Harper/strong won't be higher than No. 5 pick this spring.br /br /If Harper falls in the draft, could the Mets draft Harper with the seventh overall pick?br /br /Harper, 17, graduated high school two years early and enrolled at the College of Southern Nevada, so he could be eligible for the 2010 First-Year Player Draft.br /br /Scouts like his approach at the plate, and his raw power, especially towards the opposite field. However, some questions remain mechanical in Harper's swing, according to scouts. As Harper gets out on his front foot way too early and drags his bat through the zone. If you watch video of him, he seemingly jumps at the ball.br /br /Defensively, scouts don't question his arm, but where he will play. Some scouts like him at his natural position at catcher, while others like Harper at third.br /br /Watching video of Harper on a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTpKdyvhIVU"YouTube/a and being a catcher myself, he has a very long throwing motion to second base.br /br /em"I think he's going to be a good catcher,"/em a scout said. em"He's a little rough from a technique standpoint. But from a tools standpoint, he's got a good chance to be above-average. His problems catching are correctable."br //embr /However, a talent evaluator told ESPN.com's Buster Olney that he's worried about Harper's size at 6-3, 205 pounds:br /br /em"You worry that if he gets too big, his swing just won't be quick enough when he starts facing guys who throw harder... [strongJoe Mauer/strong is the prototypical big catcher], but the thing about Mauer is that he's so athletic. Nothing is forced. Harper has a strong arm, but there is not nearly the fluidity that Mauer has."br //embr /I would love to see the Mets pick Harper in the draft. A young left-handed hitting catcher, who is very raw, and who has unlimited potential, I believe is something you can't pass up. My only concern is that with all the hype and pressure surrounding him, will he turn into a bust? What happens to his mind set when he starts to struggle for the first time? But it seems like Harper hasn't let the media or pressure get into his head yet.br /br /By the way, Harper's agent is Scott Boras. I wonder how much Boras is going to ask for? br /br /So far this season at the CSN, Harper is hitting .323 (10-for-31) with 3 doubles, a triple, 2 HR and 9 RBI. He has team-leading slugging percentage of .677 with 5 BB and 4 K.br /br /Still very early with the draft four months away. Anything can happen within that time, but it's never to early to think about the Mets potential future with Harper.br /br /object width="400" height="265"param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/khFny2WiP3Ahl=en_USfs=1rel=0"/paramparam name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/paramparam name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/paramembed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/khFny2WiP3Ahl=en_USfs=1rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="265"/embed/objectdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2418620473963558439-8075929810283134192?l=www.seventraintoshea.com' alt='' // READ MORE