![]() Four times so far, Harper has put up a league-adjusted OPS of over 130.įrom a defensive standpoint, it’s fair to wonder how much value Harper offers. Of those players are in the Hall of Fame and Albert Pujols will one day makeġ4. Hitter, and at 26, he’s still only going to get better.Ģ5 players in modern baseball history to start his career with sevenĬonsecutive seasons of at least 100 games played and adjusted OPS over 110 13 Hasn’t recreated his 2015 MVP season, he offers an insanely high floor a a The lineup, one spot ahead of future home run champion Rhys Hoskins. Transitions to hitter-friendly Citizens Bank Park, and will likely bat third in Suggest he’s an injury-prone player, and he’s an above-average baserunner as Injuries, but they’re more in the freak injury sense than the type that would Times in three different seasons, and he’s just 26 years old. For Harper to still end with 34 home runs, his first 100-RBI season, a league-best 130 walks, and a 133 adjusted OPS even after his multi-month slump shows the raw talent that he has.īest attribute at the plate is his plate discipline. 214 batting average into the All-Star break before batting an even. An absolutely fabulous article by Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer last November cited Harper as being in the 98 th percentile for offensive inconsistency, which shouldn’t surprise you if you’ve followed his career at all. It’s well-known that Harper is a streaky hitter look no further than his batting averages that have ranged from. I took a look at Harper’s career numbers to date so we can more accurately predict how he’ll fare going forward. His jersey had the hottest-selling 24-hour period of any athlete ever, and he offers long-term stability to a position that has seen Peter Bourjos, Michael Saunders, Grady Sizemore, Marlon Byrd, and John Mayberry, Jr. He said all the right things in his press conference. Realistically, that probably won’t all happen, although if it does, you could argue the contract is already worth it no matter what else he does. Win NL MVP and lead the Phillies to a World Series championship to be successful? So how much pressure should be on Harper in 2019? Does he need to To the largest deal ever, there comes with it an enormous amount ofĮxpectations. ![]() ![]() When you sign the most popular athlete in the sport Harper’s deal dwarfs the next-most lucrativeĬontract that the Phillies organization had ever handed out – a $125 millionĮxtension to Ryan Howard that one, obviously, did not end quite as well as the Spread out over 13 years actually keeps the AAV (average annual value) fairly Given to a North American professional athlete, and the fact that the costs are Upon signing, Harper’s contract was the richest ever Realmuto, David Robertson, and of course, $330 million prized free agent acquisition, Bryce Harper. Perhaps the most memorable offseason in franchise history saw owner John Middleton add a litany of All-Star talent – Andrew McCutchen, Jean Segura, J.T. 275 on-base percentage over 650 plate appearances or Tommy Joseph as the team’s best cleanup hitter or an outfield rotation of Aaron Altherr and Nick Williams. Gone are the days of Freddy Galvis posting a. There aren’t your 2018 Philadelphia Phillies anymore. TAMPA, FL – MARCH 13: Bryce Harper #3 of the Philadelphia Phillies in action during the spring training game against the New York Yankees at Steinbrenner Field on Main Tampa, Florida.
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