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Check out how Bryce fares among the league's best hitters with regards to average fastball velocity. Ya think veteran pitchers wanna strike this kid out or what?

Minor league ball is doing a poll. If you could have Yu Darvish or Washington Nationals prospect Bryce Harper for the next ten years, who would you pick?

Federal Baseball.com's Patrick Reddington will be calling in to the Pulse Network at 12:00 pm EST this afternoon to talk about Bryce Harper and the Draft Deadline. There's live streaming video and you can Tweet them during the broadcast at #thepulse.

Busy Day: I'm going to be appearing on the LaVar Arrington Show with Chad Dukes this afternoon at 3:45 pm EST to talk Washington Nationals and SB Nation DC. After that it's the SBN Meet-up in DC at the Iron Horse Tap Room at 507 7th St. NW in DC... And finally I'll be at the Washington Nationals Draft Press Conference @ 7:00 to see what the Nats have to say about their second-straight no.1 overall Draft pick... Stay tuned...

Found this via Retweet from Mr. Irrelevant's Jamie Mottram (@jamiemottram) who linked to Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch's (@richardeitsch) link to the cover of the newest newsstand edition of SI, and in the top corner is even more proof that the circus has arrived in the nation's capital...Go ahead and look: HERE (or in the title link)

According to DC GM Mike Rizzo, as quoted in MLB.com's Bill Ladson's article entitled, "Nats not locked in on top Draft pick", the, "...the club has not revealed its intentions for the first pick," with the Nats, according to Mr. Ladson's "baseball source": "...taking serious looks at pitchers Drew Pomeranz of the University of Mississippi and Jameson Taillon of The Woodlands (Texas) High School and shortstop Manny Machado of Brito High School in Miami." Harper, the 17-year-old College of Southern Nevada catcher, was 0 for 4 with a run scored and a walk in a NJCAA Regional win over Southern Idaho on Thursday, and they're playing Salt Lake Community College today.

Once again, I'm spreading the good word about the Washington Nationals...This time I talked to the titular Simon from SimonOnSports.blogspot.com about a varierty of Nationals-related issues including Stephen Strasburg, the search for free agents, Bryce Harper, prospects on the rise and the chances of seeing Washington in the playoffs...Read it HERE or in the title link..