Machado was not getting the same amount of press because he came up 3 and half months after Trout and Harper - Buster was doing a disservice to the reader by saying "a few months later." As baseball is only a 6 month season, 3 and half months is a long damn time.
Now that he's played 100 games, people are taking notice. I will remind you that he finished his 2012 season with a .262 average and a high K rate, which led a lot of evaluators wonder how long it was going to take to be elite. Kudo's to him for cutting his swing down, which has increased his average and replaced HR's with doubles. It's a just a matter of time before maturity and strength turns those doubles into HRs and that's what the scouts are starting to see.
Why the scouts think of Trout as only a speed guy is beyond me. He's got as much power, if not more, than Harper. Sure he stole 49 bases last year, but he hit 31 HR's, or 9 more than Harper in the same number of games. I would also like to point out that he's never been on the DL, so the idea that he's overly physical just because of his size is undeserved. He's much more mature and smart about what he does on the field than Bryce Harper.
It was year ago today that I said
Trout was better than Harper, and it still isn't close. He's been better in every category.
It was sometime in September that I said Machado is better than Harper, albeit jokingly. I think.
