Harper (migraine) will start at first base and bat third in Sunday's game against the Rockies, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Harper developed a migraine early in Saturday's 9-3 win, prompting the Phillies to pull him from the contest before he made a plate appearance. The 33-year-old appears to have recovered overnight and has been given the green light to play in the series finale.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Exits with migraine
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Harper was removed from Saturday's game against the Rockies due to a migraine, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports.
Harper was taken out of the game in the first inning before recording a plate appearance. If he ends up needing to miss additional time, Felix Reyes would be next up to start at first base for the Phillies.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Goes yard twice in big win
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Harper went 3-for-4 with a walk, two home runs, three runs scored and three RBI in Tuesday's 9-1 win over the A's.
The veteran slugger took Luis Severino deep for a solo shot in the third inning to open the scoring before launching a two-run homer off Tyler Ferguson in the eighth. Harper is locked in right now, racking up seven hits over the last three games including two doubles and three long balls to boost his slash line on the season to .286/.377/.571 with nine home runs, two steals, 22 runs and 23 RBI in 36 contests.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Supplies lone run with homer
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Harper went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and a double in Monday's 1-0 win over the Marlins.
Harper accounted for all the offense Monday, launching a solo homer off Janson Junk in the third inning -- his seventh of the season. He's been red-hot since his sluggish start to the season, batting .323 since April 6. The veteran also continues to thrive specifically against Miami, as the homer marked his 39th against the Marlins in his career. Harper is now slashing .271/.362/.519 with nine doubles, 20 RBI and 19 runs scored across 149 plate appearances.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Racks up four RBI in victory
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Harper went 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs and four RBI in an 8-5 extra-inning win over Atlanta on Saturday.
Harper drove in four runs despite not notching any extra-base hits. He brought home a run on an infield single in the fifth frame, hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth and produced two more runs with a single in the 10th. This was just the third multi-RBI performance of the campaign for Harper, and it was his first multi-hit effort since April 17. Overall, the veteran slugger is slashing .270/.357/.520 with six home runs, 15 runs, 18 RBI and a stolen base through 27 contests.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Homers in loss Friday
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Harper went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Friday's 5-3 loss to Atlanta.
Harper took Grant Holmes deep on a fastball to lead off the sixth inning, giving Philly a 3-2 lead. It was the first baseman's sixth long ball of the season and second in his last four contests. Harper is one of the lone Phillies swinging a hot bat of late, and he's now slashing .258/.345/.515 with the six homers, 14 RBI, 13 runs scored, one stolen base and a 13:17 BB:K across 110 trips to the dish.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Homers during loss
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Harper went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 7-4 loss to the Cubs.
Harper provided a late spark, launching a two-run homer off Riley Martin in the eighth inning for his fifth long ball of the season. He continues to swing a hot bat in April, going 21-for-64 (.328) with five homers during the month. After an ice-cold start to the year, Harper has raised his season line to .274/.365/.536 with five doubles, 13 RBI and 11 runs scored across 96 plate appearances.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Adds triple to torrid month
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Harper went 3-for-4 with a triple in Friday's 9-0 loss to Atlanta.
The three-bagger was Harper's first of the season and the 25th of his career. After starting the season in a 2-for-20 cold spell during March, the All-Star first baseman is tearing the cover off the ball in April. Over 50 at-bats on the month so far, Harper is batting .360 with 10 extra-base hits, nine RBI, eight walks and one stolen base.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Plates three runs in win
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Harper went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, a run and three RBI in a 6-4 win against the Giants on Monday.
Harper led a late Phillies comeback, knocking in a run on a double in the fifth inning and tying the game with a two-run single in the seventh. It was just the second multi-hit game of the season for the veteran slugger, who entered Monday having gone 0-for-8 over his previous two games. Harper does have a pair of homers and seven RBI through 10 contests on the campaign, but he's still slashing just .200/.273/.425.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Homers in back-to-back games
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Harper went 2-for-3 with a walk, a double and a home run in Friday's 10-1 win against the Rockies.
It took Harper six games to get his first home run of the season, and the Phillies slugger picked up his second home run of the season just one game later. Coupled with his double in the third inning, it marked the first multi-hit game of the season for the 33-year-old. Overall, Harper has struggled early, slashing just .179/.258/.429 with two homers and four RBI.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Hits first homer of season
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Harper went 1-for-5 with a solo home run and a strikeout in Wednesday's 6-5 win over the Nationals.
Harper has endured a slow start to the season with only three hits in 27 plate appearances, but he was finally able to break through Wednesday with his first homer. Harper now has hits in each of the past two games, and it's too early to make much of the fact that he's hitting .120 with a .425 OPS through the first six games of the season.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Healthy numbers to begin spring
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Harper went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in Saturday's Grapefruit League game against Toronto.
Harper socked his first homer during exhibition play Saturday, and he's now recorded two doubles, four RBI and three walks across his first four outings of spring training. It doesn't sound like the Phillies have any plans to shift Harper back to the outfield in 2026, but the All-Star slugger still remains one of the premier first baseman in fantasy circles. Harper has hit at least .260 in each regular season since 2018, and he hasn't finished with an OPS under .844 since 2016.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Returning to action Thursday
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Harper (illness) will start at first base and bat third Thursday against Miami, Lochlahn March of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Harper missed the Phillies' last two games while fighting off an illness, but he seems to be feeling better heading into Thursday's series finale. The 32-year-old slugger will aim to finish the year strong after posting an .839 OPS across 85 plate appearances since the beginning of September.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Held out again with illness
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Harper (illness) remains out of the lineup for Wednesday's contest versus the Marlins, Lochlahn March of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Harper is under the weather and will miss a second consecutive start. He is considered day-to-day. Otto Kemp will play first base and bat fifth for the Phillies.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Sitting out with illness
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Phillies manager Rob Thomson said that Harper is absent from Tuesday's lineup versus the Marlins due to illness, Lochlahn March of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
The illness is bad enough to force Harper to miss his first start since July 2, but he should be ready to return to action in a day or two. Otto Kemp is at first base and batting ninth for the Phillies.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Homer, steal in win
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Harper went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, two walks and a stolen base in Monday's 6-5 extra-inning win over the Dodgers.
Harper has racked up five homers and 10 RBI while batting just .241 (13-for-54) over 14 games in September. He also picked up his first steal since Aug. 20 in this contest. Harper has a .264/.358/.503 slash line with 27 homers, 73 RBI, 70 runs scored, 12 steals and 31 doubles across 123 games this season, giving him fairly steady power production compared to recent years.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Goes yard twice in win
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Harper went 3-for-6 with two home runs and three RBI in Monday's 12-7 victory over the Mariners.
The Philadelphia star collected his second multi-homer performance of the season, as he tallied his fifth and sixth homers of the month. Harper blasted a 440-foot solo shot off Seattle reliever Casey Legumina in the sixth before returning in the seventh to crack a titanic 448-foot, two-run long ball, again off Legumina. The former MVP is now slashing .262/.357/.508 with 21 homers, 10 steals, 58 RBI and 56 runs scored across 428 total plate appearances.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Homers in win
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Harper went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double and two RBI in Friday's 6-2 win over the Nationals.
Harper opened the scoring with an RBI double in the first inning before going back-to-back with Kyle Schwarber in the seventh. While the first baseman is batting just .218 through 14 August contests, he's piled up 25 extra-base hits over 37 games since returning from the injured list June 30. For the year, he's slashing .258/.356/.497 with 19 homers, 53 RBI, 53 runs scored and 10 steals across 413 plate appearances.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Goes deep in loss
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Harper went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and an additional run scored in Saturday's 7-5 loss to the Tigers.
Harper accounted for two of the Phillies' five hits off Tarik Skubal and made things interesting late with a two-run blast in the eighth inning. In 14 games since the All-Star break, the 32-year-old Harper has tallied five multi-hit efforts while launching six homers with 12 RBI, 12 runs scored and a stolen base. For the season, Harper is slashing .269/.375/.503 with 16 home runs, 47 RBI, 50 runs scored and 10 steals across 363 plate appearances.
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Phillies' Bryce Harper: Reaches double digits in steals
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Harper went 1-for-5 with a walk, a solo home run and a stolen base in Saturday's 9-4 win over the Yankees.
Just a couple days after slugging career homer No. 350, Harper hit his 351st while also swiping his 150th bag for his 10th steal of the season. The 32-year-old has come out of the All-Star break firing, batting .303 (10-for-33) over the last eight games with four doubles, five home runs, eight RBI and nine runs.
