Bryce Harper

So while we're on the subject, how good of a baserunner is Bryce Harper, anyway? Pretty darned good, according to the metrics. Harper leads the Nationals in extra-base taken rate at 57.1 percent and is tied for 16th in the majors, minimum 400 plate  So while we're on the subject, how good of a baserunner … Read more

Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper is out of the lineup Monday against the Reds, William Ladson of MLB.com reports. Harper collected no hits again Sunday, marking the fifth time in the past six games where that has occurred. When adding an escalation in Earlier this week Jonathan Papelbon went after Bryce Harper in the dugout after … Read more

The day after the Nationals were eliminated from playoff contention, lightning-rod closer Jonathan Papelbon had his left hand around star outfielder Bryce Harper's throat in a quarrel that was broken up by teammates in the bottom of the eighth inning Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon had to be separated by teammates after a dugout altercation … Read more

The Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball came down hard on pitcher Jonathan Papelbon for his fight with Bryce Harper on Sunday. After Harper flew out to left field and jogged to first base, Papelbon called him  Harper had been critical of Papelbon over the Machado incident. After Harper flied out against the Phillies on … Read more

Emotions are boiling over in D.C. The Washington Nationals officially were eliminated from playoff contention this week, and it doesn't seem like closer Jonathan Papelbon is enjoying his tenure in the nation's capital. Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon got into a scuffle in the Nationals dugout, and had to be separated. It started when Harper … Read more

You're not going to believe this, but the dugout altercation between Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon Sunday caused quite a stir in social media. Here are some of the highlights from Twitter: [Jonathan Papelbon goes after Bryce Harper in dugout]  Or Bryce Harper's services, when he becomes a free agent in 2019. (All three of … Read more

Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon got into a big fight in the Washington Nationals' dugout. Here's video of them getting in a fight. The Washington Nationals dropped the series finale to the Philadelphia Phillies, 12-5, but all anyone will be talking about is the dugout brawl between Bryce Harper and Nats' closer Jonathan Papelbon which … Read more

Or Bryce Harper's services, when he becomes a free agent in 2019. (All three of these options are equally appealing, but if you were to put a gun to my head to make me choose one—and why would you do that, you monster—I'd say that of course I'd Washington Nationals' NL MVP candidate Bryce Harper … Read more

Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon got into a scuffle in the Nationals dugout, and had to be separated. It started when Harper apparently didn't run out a ball to Papelbon's satisfaction, the two exchanged words, and then  The Nationals' disaster of a season continued Sunday with closer Jonathan Papelbon deciding to take it upon himself … Read more