If you project the numbers that Bryce Harper put up in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season out to a full 162-game season, he would have homered 36 times. Mind you, those numbers were produced despite Harper spending at least half the season dealing with a back injury that left him unable to throw in the final days of last season.
So it’s fair to think that, if healthy, Harper could hit north of 40 home runs in 2021, something that he hasn’t done since his National League MVP season in 2015.
Philadelphia Phillies franchise icon Larry Bowa is especially bullish on the power output that could come from Harper in his third season in red pinstripes.