John Harper

@NYNJHarper · joined 03 Feb 2011

Long-time New York baseball columnist now freelancing for https://t.co/Z4KEm3bLw0. Appearing regularly on SNY's panel/debate shows.

34 741Followers

222Following

11 706Posts total

209.9KViews on collected posts

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John Harper@NYNJHarper23 Aug

Benge added "gamer" to his ever-expanding resume tonight, going face-first into the fence, staying in the game, hitting HR vs. lefty in next AB. Jose Reyes on post-game was quite impressed, prob spoke for a lot of fans: "Right now, he's my favorite player." 15.5K views · 730 likes · 20 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

John Harper@NYNJHarper20 Aug

@NYNJHarper Great breakdown I’ve been talking about this on The Mets Pod for at least a couple months It’s a credit to him and the hitting coaches His swing was open, with so many moving parts, things have quieted, closed out and gotten more simple That has led to excellent 1.4K views · 17 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

John Harper@NYNJHarper20 Aug

Off sideview of the two swings, DeRosa comped Benge to Crow-Armstrong: "I'm not saying you've got PCA on your hands, but he certainly is athletic like PCA. He's super quick-twitchy. Does some things not many guys can do." 20.1K views · 113 likes · 3 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

John Harper@NYNJHarper20 Aug

@NYNJHarper This has to be Soto’s doing. I’m not giving any credit to the coaching staff of misfits and college professors 322 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Harper@NYNJHarper20 Aug

@NYNJHarper ROY odds have dropped from +3500 just a week ago to +950 today. He’s got a real shot. 513 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Harper@NYNJHarper20 Aug

Great breakdown on Benge. Triple screen showed how much he's closed his stance since April. DeRosa: "He's squared up tremendously and it's kind of unlocked him." Numbers offer evidence: Benge's 1st 21 games: .136/.219/.197/.416. Last 101 games: .295/.353/.455/.808. 85.1K views · 448 likes · 19 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

John Harper@NYNJHarper18 Aug

Pressure-free or not, a win like tonight's is proof Mets are on quite a roll. I don't believe even a little that they can play back into WC contention but after all the bad baseball, they're fun to watch again. Especially Benge. Best part is how much fun he seems to be having. 20.1K views · 701 likes · 20 reposts · 26 replies Open on X →

John Harper@NYNJHarper18 Aug

This is pretty wild. What's so impressive about Benge isn't just the bazooka but the accuracy. Comes over the top so the ball never tails on him. True hops for the catcher to handle. 20.1K views · 252 likes · 7 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

John Harper@NYNJHarper18 Aug

Carson Benge’s 1st inning is the 4th time in the last 30 seasons that an outfielder recorded a solo assist at home plate on consecutive opposing batters: 8/12/2004 Rocco Baldelli, 5th inn 4/25/2001 Gary Sheffield, 1st 5/18/1998 Brian Hunter, 2nd h/t @EliasSports 46.8K views · 226 likes · 21 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views20 056this account1 041median for 10K–100K

Reach, %57.73%this account3.78%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.17%this account1.69%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	20 056	1 041	19.3×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	57.73%	3.78%	15.3×
Engagement rate	1.17%	1.69%	0.69×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

46.8K18 Aug

20.1K

85.1K20 Aug

513

322

20.1K

1.4K

15.5K23 Aug

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.53%18 Aug

1.31%

3.72%

0.56%20 Aug

1.17%

0.00%

0.62%

1.39%

4.91%23 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.69%.

What the audience does

Likes91.0%2 493 in total

Reposts3.3%90 in total

Replies2.1%57 in total

Quotes0.2%6 in total

Bookmarks3.4%94 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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