Bryce Harper

That headline sounds absurd, doesn't it? The guy already has three All-Star appearances, two postseason appearances, 97 major league home runs and a DVR full of knock-your-breath-away highlight clips.

Seriously, you need more Bryce Harper hype right now probably only slightly more than you need an IRS audit.

Immense hype has followed Bryce Harper throughout his young baseball career, but he truly began to fulfill it with a monster 2015 MLB season.

The Washington Nationals star was rewarded by his peers Monday, taking home National League Outstanding Player honors at the Players Choice Awards, the MLB announced:

The MLB MVP races don’t have the luster of recent memory, given only a handful of candidates were a part of a pennant race despite their teams being rich with high expectations fueled by remarkable talent.

In the 15-year span from 1990-2004, Barry Bonds won the National League's Most Valuable Player award seven times. He finished in the top five in MVP voting in five of the other eight years.

Whatever you want to say about how he did it or what became of his legacy, the fact is he was absolutely dominating on the field.

While it was an easy call to place the likes of Josh Donaldson and Bryce Harper on this MLB 2015 Year-End All-Star Team, there were plenty of positions where the decision was far more challenging.

Simply put, there were a ton of spots with two or sometimes even three deserving players.

A few days after Washington Nationals closer Jonathan Papelbon choked Bryce Harper in the dugout, the face of the franchise once again was getting "choked" by a teammate.

Don't worry, it was all in good fun this time.

Just when you thought the Washington Nationals couldn't sink any lower, there they go, plunging to new depths.

Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper hit his 38th and 39th home runs of the season during Tuesday's 4-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, tying Vladimir Guerrero for fourth place on the franchise single-season home runs list, per Baseball-Reference.com.

Harper started with a solo shot off of Phillies pitcher David Buchanan in the first inning, then drove in the Nationals' second run with a third-inning single off of Buchanan.

Josh Donaldson and Bryce Harper are letting their bats and gloves do all the talking in the 2015 MLB MVP conversation.

While the Toronto Blue Jays third baseman and the Washington Nationals right fielder are the front-runners for baseball's most prestigious award in the American League and the National League, respectively, there's an assortment of other standouts who have also played their way into the MVP mix.

Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper is the National League's Most Valuable Player, and there really shouldn't be any debate.

But, of course, there is. This is baseball we're talking about, and a baseball award no less—there will always be disagreement. That's part of the fun.