Harper and Soto Moving Up the Lists: Early Marches to the Hall of Fame

Harper and Soto Moving Up the Lists: Early Marches to the Hall of Fame

You do have to be special and lucky to make it to Cooperstown, the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Most of 7 years and and one year, respectively, for Bryce Harper and Juan Soto into their major league careers, I am saying yes to both. Not just because I am big Washington Nationals fan.

Bryce jacked another homer today, making it 34 late into the year that is not turning out as hoped. But he is not just a home run hitter. He is a complete player. Seven years of success have proven that.

Like Juan Soto, who is off to one of the best 19 year-old season performances of all time, Bryce had a very good rookie season as a teenager.

If only they could be teammates for the next 12 years... 

We may know by this November... Ugh. Losing Bryce, the tough luck phenom... That would change things. But we do have Juan Solo, Juan Gone, Magic Juan.

He is third in all time homers for a teenager, after Tony Conigliaro (24) and Bryce himself, 22.

Soto just passed up Mel Ott. Hall of Famer. 

And he hits for percentage better than Bryce did, too. As a teenager.

Wow.

Bryce in the all time standings of home run hitters:

393.	Charlie Gehringer+ (19)	184	L	HR Log
	Bryce Harper (7, 25)	184	L	HR Log
	Brian Jordan (15)	184	R	HR Log
	Bob Watson (19)	184	R	HR Log
397.	Harry Heilmann+ (17)	183	R	HR Log
	Tommy Henrich (11)	183	L	HR Log