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The Philadelphia Phillies took on the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Wednesday night and the Phillies left with a 9-4 victory. The game took place on the first day of the Little League World Series from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Little League teams from all over the world come to compete for the ultimate championship in […]

The Baltimore Orioles have been the class of the American League during the 2023 season. Their steady foundation of young players and light mix of veterans has them sitting in first place in the American League East. Kyle Gibson, one of Baltimore’s few veterans, pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2022. Philadelphia ended up reaching […]

The last thing that Philadelphia Phillies fans wanted to see happen happened on Thursday night in their game against the Washington Nationals. Everything had been running smoothly in Philadelphia. Michael Lorenzen threw a no-hitter in his Phillies home debut the day prior, and the team is sitting atop the National League wild card standings. Then […]

Philadelphia Phillies fan, you might want to look away. The Phillies took on the Washington Nationals on Thursday night in Philadelphia, and ended up taking home a 6-2 win to improve to 64-52 and stay 1.5 games up on the San Francisco Giants for the top wild card spot. However, it wasn’t all good things […]

Bryce Harper started playing first base for the Philadelphia Phillies to get back on the field less than a year after undergoing Tommy John surgery. The early returns for Philadelphia have been positive, raising the question about where Bryce Harper might play in the future. Could Harper be the Phillies’ first baseman beyond the 2023 […]

Better get used to seeing Bryce Harper play first base for the Philadelphia Phillies. Harper was a right fielder for the Washington Nationals and Phillies in the first 11.5 years of his MLB career. The two-time NL MVP showed everybody he could excel at first base in his 12th season in the majors. Harper was […]

Top-tier teams in the National League such as the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, and Philadelphia Phillies all surprisingly started the 2023 season slowly. Although the Mets, Cardinals, and Padres struggles have continued into July, the Phillies have performed well and are expected to buy ahead of the MLB trade deadline. […]

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper is finally ready to make the move to first base. Bryce Harper is in the lineup at first base for the Phillies’ matchup with the Cleveland Guardians Friday night. The Phillies have been anticipating Harper’s first base move all season. An outfielder by trade, Harper began taking reps at first […]

Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies had a bizarre at-bat against Hoby Milner of the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, taking every pitch and striking out looking in a 3-2 count, and manager Rob Thomson explained Harper’s approach in the at-bat. “I asked him about it,” Rob Thomson said, via Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer. […]

As the Philadelphia Phillies look for the best way to use Bryce Harper, a potential move to first base has been discussed. The Phillies are now getting more serious about Harper moving to first and have a plan in mind on when their experiment would begin. Both Philadelphia and Harper are targeting their upcoming series […]

It had been 38 long games without a home run for Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper, the longest drought of his career. Unfortunately for Harper, who is still shaking off the rust after Tommy John surgery, he would get to experience the excitement and relief of breaking a slump for only the briefest of moments, […]

Bryce Harper got off to a late start this season, taking the field for the first time on May 2nd after undergoing Tommy John surgery over the offseason. However, even that month-long delay doesn’t explain the fairly pedestrian numbers that Harper has put up this season. Along the way, he has endured a lengthy home […]

It finally happened. The wait is now over for Bryce Harper, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the team’s fans for the former No. 1 overall draft pick’s first home run after a long while. In the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader at home versus the San Diego Padres, Harper ended his home run drought by sending […]

Could San Diego Padres star Juan Soto reunite with former teammate Bryce Harper in Philadelphia in 2025 MLB free agency? Jon Heyman thinks the Phillies make a great landing spot for Soto if he leaves the Padres — for several reasons. Soto belongs to the Padres until the end of next season. So far, his […]

After coming up short in the 2022 World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies are aiming to get back to the Fall Classic. Doing so might require a big addition at the 2023 MLB trade deadline, considering the Phillies exit the All-Star Break outside of the latest playoff picture. A Shohei Ohtani trade would surely boost Philadelphia’s […]

Few plays in sports rival the sheer excitement of a home run. Witnessing the explosive power as the ball rockets off the bat, soaring through the sky towards its destined landing spot, perhaps finding the outstretched hands of a fortunate fan, is a truly mesmerizing spectacle. There’s an undeniable allure to observing a human effortlessly […]

Dylan Crews was part of all sorts of history when he was drafted by the Washington Nationals with the second overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. He and LSU teammate Paul Skenes became the first college teammates to get drafted first and second, and Crews is the first player to win the Golden Spikes […]

Every Philadelphia Phillies fans’ worst nightmare occurred right in front of their eyes during the third inning of the team’s Saturday game against the Miami Marlins. Superstar slugger Bryce Harper was hit by a pitch on his surgically repaired elbow and later exited the game with an apparent injury, per Corey Seidman of NBC Sports […]

Off the back of a spectacular June that saw the Philadelphia Phillies go 18-8 in the month, the defending National League champions are starting to form their trade plans with the trade deadline less than a month away. The Phillies plan on moving Bryce Harper to first base after the All-Star break which will allow […]

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper, born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, is not a fan of the Oakland Athletics’ planned relocation to the Neon City. The potential move, which has been met by a reverse boycott orchestrated by protesting Athletics’ fans, is certainly not popular in Oakland either. And Harper “feels sorry” for the […]

The Philadelphia Phillies are starting to pick up steam in the month of June after a dreadful first two months of the season for the defending National League Champions. Philly still holds a losing record at 32-34, but a 7-4 start to June has lifted the Phillies back into the thick of the wild card […]

Bryce Harper has only been back two weeks and has already been hitting bombs- and started a bench’s clearing, verbal sparring. It’s like he never left. But it’s not like he was gone for long. He barely missed a month of regular season play. And now, after suffering an elbow injury last season that most […]

Philadelphia Phillies’ star Bryce Harper and Colorado Rockies pitcher Jake Bird got into a benches-clearing altercation on Sunday. Harper appeared to get upset about Bird’s reaction after coming off the mound to close out the top of the seventh inning. MLB insider Ken Rosenthal recently dropped a savage truth bomb on what may have led […]

Bryce Harper had a busy weekend in Denver. Not only did his Philadelphia Phillies win two of three against the Colorado Rockies, but the two-time NL MVP got into a couple of verbal altercations as well, including a bench-clearing dust-up on Sunday. Harper took exception to Rockies relief pitcher Jake Bird’s reaction as he came […]

If you looked at the score of the Philadelphia Phillies vs Colorado Rockies game, you would think it was an uneventful 4-0 win for Colorado, but the benches cleared after the third out of the seventh inning, and Phillies star Bryce Harper was at the center of it. Bryson Stott flew out to Jurickson Profar […]

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper’s speedy return after undergoing Tommy John surgery has been one of the primary storylines in MLB over the past week. Boston Red Sox’s SP Chris Sale, who’s also undergone the surgery, reacted to Harper’s rapid recovery, per Pete Abraham. “I want to talk to him about that,” Sale said. “He’s […]

The Philadelphia Phillies had a 2022 season for the ages, even if they failed to triumph over the Houston Astros in the World Series. Led by Bryce Harper, who has been on the receiving end of plenty of criticisms over the years, the Phillies took on one challenge after another and almost conquered each and […]

Masataka Yoshida may be a 29-year-old rookie for the Boston Red Sox with a well-established track record in Japan, but he long imagined making a name for himself in the MLB. And the star he aspired to emulate was Bryce Harper. Yoshida wore the two-time MVP’s No. 34 (Washington Nationals days), has “bh”  in the […]

Los Angeles Dodgers SP Julio Urias rebounded on Tuesday following a pair of rough outings. Urias, who in his last start surrendered the most earned runs he’s allowed since 2021, recorded seven innings of one-run baseball on Tuesday evening versus the Philadelphia Phillies. Although the primary storyline coming into the game was Bryce Harper’s return […]

Bryce Harper is officially back. The Philadelphia Phillies superstar returned to the lineup after undergoing Tommy John surgery and understandably didn’t have his best game. Facing the Los Angeles Dodgers in a game started by rising star Julio Urias, he went 0-4 with three strikeouts in a 13-1 loss. Even though it was his first […]

Philadelphia Phillies OF Christian Pache underwent a right knee lateral meniscectomy on Tuesday and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks, per the Phillies Twitter. The news comes as Bryce Harper prepares to make his return against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night in LA. Pache, 24, was acquired by Philadelphia from the Oakland Athletics […]

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper is set to return from Tommy John surgery recovery on Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Phillies star is excited to be back, and MLB Network released an epic hype video for his return, per MLB Network on twitter. BRYCE IS BACK.@Phillies | #RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/ZDw7T9qozv — MLB Network […]

Bryce Harper has dazzled and amazed with his skill on the baseball field for over a decade. Now, the Philadelphia Phillies slugger is impressing baseball fans with his incredible recovery from Tommy John surgery. His recovery from the surgery is suspected to be the quickest in baseball history. After Harper underwent surgery in late November […]

Bryce Harper is expected to return for the Philadelphia Phillies during their series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts joked with Harper as he was taking grounders at first base. “Take three more days!” Dave Roberts yelled to Harper while he was taking grounders at first base, according to Jack Harris […]

Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Rowdy Tellez has seen his prominence significantly rise after a breakout 35-home run 2022 and strong start to this season (eight homers, 20 RBIs), but he is still far from the MLB apex. That doesn’t stop him from boldly addressing the game’s biggest stars like Mike Trout and Bryce Harper, though. […]

Bryce Harper’s return to the Philadelphia Phillies lineup is officially upon us. Reports said Monday that Harper has been cleared by a doctor in Los Angeles and if that were the case he’d be in the lineup on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. As if there was any doubt, Harper himself took to social […]

Bryce Harper was initially expected to be out until around the All-Star break in July while recovering from Tommy John surgery. The Philadelphia Phillies’ star shattered that timeline though, with the recent announcement that he is expected to return on Tuesday, per Jeff Passan. “Only 159 days after Tommy John surgery, two-time MVP Bryce Harper has […]

Jarred Kelenic is having a sensational season for the Seattle Mariners. He was once a kid who idolized Bryce Harper and is now a potential MLB star…who still greatly idolizes Harper. Given the chance to meet him, he passed out of respect to the two-time MVP. Kelenic was too shy to introduce himself to Harper […]

The Philadelphia Phillies have been patiently waiting for the return of Bryce Harper. Assuming he suffers no setbacks, the Phillies won’t have to wait for Harper much longer. Harper is set to see a doctor Monday morning in Los Angeles. If the doctor clears him, he will be in the Phillies’ lineup on Tuesday against […]