We’ve spent the week laying out the Phillies’ infield situation, and I’ll conclude by going around the horn and offering a prediction for each player.
Bryce Harper
In the first half of 2024, it looked like Harper might contend for another MVP award, but a rough month of July kept his overall numbers in the great, but not amazing range. Still, a Silver Slugger award to go along with a top ten finish in MVP voting is a nice piece of work.
I expect a similar performance from Harper this year. As long as he can avoid injuries (the beanball he suffered this week is a bad start in that regard), he should hit 30+ home runs and have an OPS over .