Don’t look now, but Harper has seemingly turned himself into an elite defender at first.
Let’s take a trip back to July 21st of 2023. Bryce Harper, a little over a month after a near-miraculous return from Tommy John surgery, took the field to start at first base for the first time in a Major League game. His only previous extensive infield experience was playing catcher in high school. He had logged over 10,000 career innings in the outfield over 11...