Washington Nationals superstar Bryce Harper took Matt Harvey deep on Sunday night in Washington D.C., adding to the scorching start to 2018 for the outfielder.
Bryce Harper has more home runs than 5 major league teams
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It’s just the ninth game of the season and Harper already has six home runs, which is more remarkable considering Harper has been walked 13 times in his 43 plate appearances.
Harper has two more home runs than any other player in baseball, but what stands out is that Harper has more home runs than five major league teams:
With those six home runs, Harper is also tied with the entire Reds team.
“He’s really concentrating on staying in the middle of the field,” Washington manager Dave Martinez told Buster Olney on the ESPN broadcast. “He’s got a lot of power to straightaway center. When he does that he gets really long in the strike zone, and he’s able to stay through the ball a lot longer.”
Harper followed up that first-inning shot with singles in the third and fifth innings, then walked twice. In the very early going he is hitting a robust .357/.535/1.000. That’ll play.
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