Bryce Harper, in case you forgot over the winter, is extremely good at baseball.
Harper, the 2015 National League MVP who spent his offseason dead-lifting 505 pounds, enjoyed an auspicious start to his Grapefruit League season Saturday, clobbering a mammoth solo shot off New York Mets left-hander Sean Gilmartin on the first pitch he saw this spring.
Last year, incidentally, Harper's average home-run distance of 409 feet was tied for 30th in the majors (min. 10 HR), behind the likes of James McCann and Jefry Marte. Expect that to improve in 2017.
(Video courtesy: MLB.com)