{"id":240606,"date":"2025-10-26T04:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T04:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/240606\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T04:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T04:16:07","slug":"report-bryce-harper-uncomfortable-with-phillies-trade-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/240606\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Bryce Harper ‘uncomfortable’ with Phillies trade rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Bryce Harper<\/a> inked his 13-year, $330 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> in 2019, he chose not to include an opt-out in the contract to show how committed he was to the city and franchise.<\/p>\n

So when Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski questioned if the star could return to elite form \u2014 sparking trade speculation across the baseball world \u2014 it left a bad taste in Harper’s mouth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have given my all to Philly from the start,\u201d Harper told\u00a0The Athletic’s Matt Gelb\u00a0on Saturday.<\/a> \u201cNow there is trade talk? I made every effort to avoid this. It\u2019s all I heard in D.C. (with the Washington Nationals). I hated it. It makes me feel uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Harper, 33, did take a step back by his loft standards in 2025, the two-time MVP still posted a solid .844 OPS and 27 home runs, missing time with a wrist injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s still a quality player. He’s still an all-star-calibre player,\u201d Dombrowski said at Philadelphia’s end-of-season press conference. \u201cHe didn’t have an elite season like he’s had in the past. I guess we only find out if he becomes elite or he continues to be good.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Harper’s dissatisfaction with the situation remains<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing to hear me being questioned about my contribution to the team,” he told Gelb. “Just really hurt by that notion because I love Philly so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harper has now been in Philadelphia for seven seasons, helping the Phillies make the post-season in each of the past four years, including a trip to the World Series in 2022.<\/p>\n

During his time with his second franchise, Harper has played in 858 games, won an MVP, made two all-star teams, underwent a major surgery and changed positions as the organization stabilized into a sustainable winner around him.<\/p>\n

It’s why Harper is so upset with the whole ordeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom\u00a0changing positions\u00a0to coming back early from injury, I show total commitment for my team,\u201d he told Gelb. \u201cAnd yet there is still trade talk.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 With files from the Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Bryce Harper inked his 13-year, $330 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2019, he chose not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-240606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}