In a report this afternoon by WaPost columnist Thomas Boswell, the veteran scribe cited a source who said Bryce Harper reached out to Jonathan Papelbon to make sure they were okay. His source also said Papelbon and Drew Storen are expected to be back in 2016...
In the immediate aftermath of the embarrassing dugout altercation between Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon, which ended with the veteran reliever choking the Nats' 22-going-on-23-year-old NL MVP candidate, both players characterized the confrontation as the sort of thing that happens at times with brothers/teammates.
After deflecting most of the questions put to him about the incident in a post game interview following the fracas and loss that day, Harper said that Papelbon had apologized to him.