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I wasn't really comparing him to Harper. I was just saying that Harper is just now reaching his potential in his 4th full season.
I really don't know why you think I was comparing him to Harper.
But Harper was stretching long bunches of elite talent in his rookie year, at 19. His only real down year was last season. Polanco had a full wealth of minor league ball and was 22 when called up. He was real good his first few weeks and then people got scouting reports on him and adjusted. I have not seen him re-adjust back to the MLB level pitching yet. In fact he might have even regressed a bit. But that's splitting hairs.
His problem right now, is the swing is just not conducive to make CONSISTENT hard contact. He's got so much upper body movement going on, and then the swing itself is long and generally wide and upper cut. And because he's a long athlete, it only magnifies the holes. That's just what i see. But hell, i was wrong on Melancon back in April due to velocity loss and that's gotten back to normal. It's apples to oranges, but as a fan, we know less than the professionals. I trust the Pirates to get GP to a better place.