It seems inconceivable that, on May 28, Bryce Harper would be carrying a .227 batting average and a .438 slugging percentage into a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park.
No one expected Harper to have an OPS over 1.000 right away, but his OPS+ of 109 through 234 plate appearances indicates he’s only been a slightly better than average offensive player thus far. He’s aided by a healthy 15.8% walk rate (although that is down from the 18.7% he had last year) and his 31.2% strikeout rate is by far the highest of his career (last year he struck out 24.