Bryce Harper continued to torture the St. Louis Cardinals this past weekend, going 4-7 with two walks and a 425-foot home run in Sunday’s Philadelphia Phillies win that landed in the second deck without the same type of violence in his swing that fans loved about him as a superstar in his early 20s.
The lack of torque in his swing wasn’t an accident. Harper’s back bothered him so much late in the 2020 season that he couldn’t even throw a ball by the end of the season. You started to see the former National League MVP use a much more controlled swing late in the 2020 season, and have success doing it.