Different scenario as Wieters being a college player is already set at catcher and no longer profiles anywhere else but first base most likely. While Wieters is also a very good hitter a lot of his intrigue comes from the offensive output he can produce as a catcher, as a first baseman or LF he loses a lot of his hype. Harper’s upside is that of being the next best hitter in baseball, his bat will play extremely well anywhere on the field…he’s also young enough that he’s moldable defensively. Just a personal opinion, but I’d rather have a plus defender at 3B who will play every day and have a longer career with less chance of wearing down/injury than have him stick at catcher and then try to move him elsewhere later (when he’s no longer going to be able to adapt defensively to a position like 3B). Everyone always gushes over the stud offensive AND defensive catcher, but with a kid like this I dont think I’d run that risk…he’s kind of like how the DBacks moved Upton away from SS immediately and just stuck him in RF.

BA always plays up the current generation of prospect-age talent because - guess what - the present is what sells. They couldn’t stop talking about Delmon Young and Felix Hernandez when they were in the minors (often making weird segways during totally unrelated articles to do so), they’re talking up Matt Wieters and Stephen Strasburg now, and they’ll do the same thing 2 years from now with a whole new crop.

I’m sure there’s scouts who think Harper is a better prospect than Upton was, but I’d bet any amount of money that it’s nowhere near a consensus.