Harper won the 2010 Golden Spikes Award, awarded annually to the best amateur baseball player.[4] Going into the 2012 season, baseball prospect-watchers, including Baseball America, MLB.com, and Baseball Prospectus routinely ranked Harper as a top-3 prospect. He made his MLB debut with the Nationals on April 28, 2012. Harper was selected for the 2012 All-Star Game, becoming the youngest position player to ever be selected. He has been touted as a "five-tool player". He has been chosen as the No. 2 corner outfielder in the MLB by professional baseball analytics