Wayback: Bryce Harper's Rookie Season

Bryce Harper was already the most talked about rookie in baseball when I first saw him.  It's mid-July 2012 as the Nationals host the Mets in DC.  Games 69 and 70 of the budding superstar's big league career...  Harper would go on to hit 22 homers , drive in 59 and hit .270 -- as a 19 year old!    He'd best Wade Miley and Todd Frazier to grab the Jackie Robinson Award.
Jump ahead to 2025 and Harper, now 32, begins his 7th Philadelphia season with 336 homers and is just 24 away from reaching one thousand RBI.
With eight All Star appearances and a pair of MVP awards to his credit, Harper is well on his way to Cooperstown.  What he's more corned with is getting this year's Phillies back to the World Series, as they prepare to battle the Juan Soto-fueled Mets, the always tough Braves and the beyond-loaded Dodgers once the regular season begins two months from now.


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