Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz are joined by MLB analyst and Baseball Bar-B-Cast host Jake Mintz to discuss expectations for Philadelphia Phillies star Brycer Harper in 2026. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV.
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I am very interested in Bryce Harper this year.
He’s probably on your radar duh, he’s Bryce Harper.
But I think this is a very important season for him at the end of last year, his president of baseball operations, the head honcho of the Philadelphia Phillies, Dave Dombrowski, in a press conference to the media effectively said that he doesn’t think Bryce Harper is an elite player anymore.
You know who he didn’t take that too kindly?
Bryce Harper.
Now, statistically speaking, that might be true.
Harper had something of a down year in 2025.
He is kind of inching into his mid to late 30s now at this point, and the question is very pertinent.
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Is Bryce Harper still an elite baseball player?
He has been in our minds an elite baseball player since he was 15 years old.
Is he going to rage against the dying of the light?
Is he going to play deep into October to make the Philadelphia Phillies World Series champions?
It would be his first ring.
Bryce Harper has never won a World Series.
He’s clearly chasing that.
He– I am fascinated by everything this guy does, and this year is no different.