Nationals' Harper again tabbed by peers as most overrated MLB player

Bryce Harper claimed the National League Rookie of the Year award as a 19-year-old and has appeared in two All-Star games since his 2012 debut with the Washington Nationals, earning countless plaudits throughout his brief  major league career.

Still, Harper's peers don't seem too enamored of his abilities.

In a poll recently conducted by ESPN The Magazine, Harper was selected by his peers - for a second successive year - as baseball's most overrated player, according to Scott Allen of the Washington Post. 

Selected first overall in 2010, Harper was tabbed as the game's most overrated player by 41 percent of respondents, edging out Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, who received 21 percent of votes. Last year, Harper received only 24 percent of votes.

Though Harper missed considerable time due to injury last season, his accomplishments through the incipient stages of his career remain nothing short of historic. Only 19 players in history have compiled more WAR before the age of 22, while Harper represents one of just 11 players since 2012 to record at least 50 home runs and 30 stolen bases with an OPS above .800.