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Bryce Harper is Your National League Player of the Week
Mike Lipinski has been covering Philadelphia sports since 2005. Previous stops include Section 247 Sports, My MMA News, and more. He has been a part of the Sports Talk Philly team since 2019. He is the editor of Philadelphia Phillies content, co-editor for college football covering mainly the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, and dabbling in all other sports. Follow him on social media channels -Twitter & Threads- @MLipinskiSports
All posts by Mike LipinskiPublished16 May 2022
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By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Editor 
Major League Baseball has bestowed its National League Player of the Week award to Phillies’ designated hitter Bryce Harper. This is Harper’s seventh career NL Player of the Week award but his first since joining the Phillies.
Your N.L. Player of the Week: Bryce Harper. pic.twitter.com/meqYY7yzxz
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) May 16, 2022
Just how good was Harper last week? The stats are mind boggling.
Harper hit .609 (14-for-23) with 3 HRs, 6 2Bs, 3 SB, 8 RBIs. and a 1.094 OPS. Oh yeah, he’s doing this with a partially torn UCL. On the season, Harper is hitting .303, with 9 HRs, 14 2Bs, 1 3Bs, 27 RBIs, and a .994 OPS. The Phillies went 5-1 during this stretch including two series wins on their West Coast swing.
Over the past week, Bryce Harper slashed .609/.643/.1.261 with 8 R, 6 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 4 BB and 3 SB as the Phillies went 5-1 in his six games. Harper is only the second Phillies player since 1901 with 9+ XBH, 8+ R and 3+ SB in a 6-game span (Juan Samuel, June 1986).
— PhilliesNotes (@PhilliesNotes) May 16, 2022
