Bryce Harper is in the fourth season of a 13-year/$330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, and after Friday morning’s dismissal of Joe Girardi, he’s on to his third manager in Rob Thomson.
Prior to the Thomson Era starting with a three-game set against the Los Angeles Angels Friday, Harper was asked what responsibility players bear for Girardi’s firing.
“I mean, I think it falls definitely partly on the players,” Harper told the collective media, including Howard Eskin of SportsRadio 94 WIP. “That’s all of sports, right? Any sport that you think of, a coach who gets the dagger or he leaves, it’s usually partly on the players and partly on the staff as well.