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Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo on Bryce Harper: “When he does start hitting somebody is going to pay.”

Dusty Baker and Mike Rizzo talked about struggling Washington Nationals’ slugger Bryce Harper this week as they wait for the 23-year-old outfielder to break out of his slump...

If you’re desperately searching for positive signs from Bryce Harper at the plate, you might have seen some things you liked from the Washington Nationals’ 23-year-old defending NL MVP on Wednesday.

In what ended up an 8-3 win over in Chase Field, Harper went 1 for 5, with a ground-rule double (his 13th), but his outs were well-struck too, with a fly to deep center in the third, a lineout to center in the fifth and an absolutely scorched lineout to left in the sixth inning before he popped out to short in his final at bat.