Bryce Harper was “really hurt” by the comments Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski made last week questioning whether the superstar could ever truly be elite again.

Harper told The Athletic in a story published Saturday that he has shown “total commitment to my team, and yet there is still trade talk.”

“I made every effort to avoid this,” Harper, 33, told the outlet. “It’s all I heard in D.C. [with the Nationals]. I hated it. It makes me feel uncomfortable.”

Dombrowski told The Post’s Jon Heyman that Philadelphia won’t trade Harper, though Harper told The Athletic that he hasn’t heard from Dombrowski or managing partner John Middleton since the Phillies were eliminated by the Dodgers in the National League Division Series earlier this month.

Bryce Harper reacts after scoring a run during the Phillies’ Oct. 8 game. Oncea-Imagn Images

Heyman reported earlier in the week that Harper was “pissed off” about the situation, and based on his comments days later, it appears that was indeed the case.

Harper hit .261 with an .844 OPS — his worst marks since 2019 and 2016, respectively — during the 2025 campaign, and while Dombrowski didn’t question the fact that Harper remains an All-Star in his season-ending press conference, he did wonder about whether he could rediscover the form that has allowed him to win multiple MVP awards.

Dave Dombrowski is pictured before a Phillies game in June 2023. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

“Can he rise to the next level again? I don’t really know that answer,” Dombrowski said at the time. “And really, he’s the one that will dictate that more than anything else, is what it comes down to. I don’t think he’s content with the year that he had, and again, it wasn’t a bad year.

 “But when I think of Bryce Harper, you’re thinking elite, right? You’re thinking one of the top-10 players in baseball, and I don’t think it fit into that category. But again, very good player.”

Harper, who has six years and approximately $153 million remaining on the 13-year deal that brought him from the Nationals to the Phillies after the 2018 season, also missed 30 games this year with a wrist injury.

“All players get hurt,” Harper told The Athletic on Saturday. “I hurt my wrist this year and missed a month. Of course I don’t have full-year numbers. “It’s disappointing to hear me being questioned about my contribution to the team. Just really hurt by that notion because I love Philly so much.”

Harper said that while he was “advised otherwise,” he doesn’t have an opt-out in his contract and wants to remain in Philadelphia.

But Dombrowski’s comments added a strange twist to what will already be a critical offseason for the Phillies, who’ve made plenty of postseason runs with their current core but haven’t been able to snap a World Series drought that dates back to 2008.

Bryce Harper hits a home run during the Phillies’ Sept. 6 game. Imagn Images

Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto will both be free agents, and Dombrowski’s comments initially seemed as if he wondered what version of Harper the Phillies could bank on getting next year, too.