For me it was kind of wild the whole situation of that happening," Harper told reporters. I don't think he's content with the year that he had. But when I think of Bryce Harper, you think elite, you think of one of the top 10 players in baseball, and I don't think it fit into that category." For Dave to come out and say those things, it's kind of wild to me still." Harper has a .280 batting average with 363 homers in 14 seasons in the majors, including seven with the Phillies.