Harper drew a line in the dirt with his bat as he left the plate, presumably to show where he thought the pitch was. On June 2 that year, Harper was ejected from a National Junior College World Series game by home plate umpire Don Gilmore for disputing a called third strike. In the second game, he went 6-for-6 with four home runs, a triple, and a double. The next day, in a doubleheader, he went 2-for-5 with a three-run double in the first game. In the Western district finals of the 2010 NJCAA World Series, Harper went 6-for-7 with five RBIs and hit for the cycle. Harper's 31 home runs in 2010 broke the school's previous record of 12, and he was named the 2010 SWAC Player of the Year. In 66 games, he hit 31 home runs with 98 RBIs, hitting. An advantage for Harper in his eventual transition to his MLB career was that the SWAC, like MLB, uses wooden bats in conference play. His older brother Bryan, who had been his teammate at Las Vegas High School, was one of the Southern Nevada Coyotes' starting pitchers, and the brothers often worked as a battery. įor the 2010 college season, 17-year-old Harper enrolled at the College of Southern Nevada of the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), where he was a catcher. He earned his GED in October 2009 in his junior year, reclassifying and making him eligible earlier for the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft in June 2010. In May 2009, Sports Illustrated featured Harper in a cover story, comparing him with LeBron James by similarly calling him his sport's "Chosen One". Harper attended Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The next season, he helped lead the Phillies to their first postseason appearance in 11 years, and was instrumental in helping the team win its first pennant since 2009, winning the NLCS MVP in the process. He won his second NL MVP award in 2021 with the Phillies. As a free agent during the 2018–19 offseason, he signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with the Phillies, the richest contract in the history of North American sports at the time, until being eclipsed shortly after by Mike Trout. He was named the NL Most Valuable Player for 2015 by unanimous decision of the Baseball Writers' Association of America at age 22, he became the youngest MLB baseball player to win the award. Harper won the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year Award in 2012 and tied for the NL lead in home runs in 2015. Harper was selected for the 2012 All-Star Game, becoming the youngest position player to play in an All-Star Game. He made his MLB debut with the Nationals on April 28, 2012, at 19 years old. The Nationals selected Harper as the first overall pick in the 2010 MLB draft. One of the most heavily touted draft players in recent history, Harper has been cited as a "five-tool player." He left Las Vegas High School after his sophomore year so that he could attend the College of Southern Nevada, where he won the 2010 Golden Spikes Award. Prior to his arrival in Philadelphia, Harper played for the Washington Nationals from 2012 through 2018. 7× All-Star ( 2012, 2013, 2015– 2018, 2022)īryce Aron Max Harper (born October 16, 1992) is an American professional baseball designated hitter and right fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB).The Phillies ranked 11th in the National League in runs scored last season, and their right-handed-heavy lineup could use a lefty power hitter.April 28, 2012, for the Washington Nationals 249 in 2018 but had 34 home runs and 100 RBIs and came on strong after the All-Star break. The left-handed-hitting outfielder batted only. Harper, 26, is looking for a deal in excess of the 10-year, $300 million contract the Nationals reportedly offered him at the end of the regular season. Other teams known to have met with Harper this winter include the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals, with whom Harper spent the first seven seasons of his career. The Phillies also met with Harper in January in Las Vegas. NBC Sports Philadelphia was first to report that a representative from the Phillies was in Las Vegas on Friday. Those discussions continued into Saturday before Middleton departed. Phillies managing general partner John Middleton flew to Las Vegas for meetings with the Harper camp on Friday, sources previously confirmed to ESPN's Jeff Passan. Realmuto, who is widely considered the best catcher in baseball. If the Phillies close out a deal with Harper, it would conclude an offseason in which Philadelphia landed two All-Star outfielders in Harper and Andrew McCutchen, All-Star reliever David Robertsonand J.T. The Phillies remain confident that they are going to sign Harper, but sources told Olney that the sides are nearing a crossroads in their negotiations. Negotiations between the Philadelphia Phillies and Bryce Harper could be resolved by Tuesday, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney.
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