{"id":103221,"date":"2025-06-30T18:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T22:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=103221"},"modified":"2025-06-30T18:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T22:21:38","slug":"phillies-activate-bryce-harper-injured-list-vs-padres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/30\/phillies-activate-bryce-harper-injured-list-vs-padres\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Activate Bryce Harper from Injured List for Series vs. Padres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">PHILADELPHIA \u2014 The Philadelphia Phillies activated All-Star first baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/07\/phillies-bryce-harper-injured-list-wrist-inflammation\/\" target=\"_self\">Bryce Harper<\/a> from the 10-day injured list Monday, ahead of their series opener against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/02\/report-padres-eyeing-trade-jarren-duran\/\" target=\"_self\">San Diego Padres<\/a>, the team announced. To make room on the 26-man roster, infielder Buddy Kennedy was designated for assignment. Harper, sidelined since June 7 with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/07\/phillies-bryce-harper-injured-list-wrist-inflammation\/\" target=\"_self\">right wrist inflammation<\/a>, returns to a Phillies team eager to solidify its National League East lead. Harper stated today that he felt his progress in recovery was at a &#8220;standstill,&#8221; but he can play at his best tonight despite that.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103252\" style=\"width: 516px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-103252\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26367427_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26367427_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26367427_168400885_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26367427_168400885_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26367427_168400885_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26367427_168400885_lowres-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26367427_168400885_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26367427_168400885_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jun 3, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper (3) walks towards the dugout after the third out against the Toronto Blue Jays during the fourth inning at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Bryce Harper Activated from Injured List, in Monday&#8217;s Lineup<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Harper\u2019s Impact and Team Performance<\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Before his injury, Harper powered the Phillies to a 34-19 record, with a triple slash of .267\/.368\/.446 with nine homers and 33 RBI in 57 games. Since his absence, Philadelphia had a meager 13-14 record, which included 4.9 runs per game in wins but just 2.6 in losses, per MLB.com. The team\u2019s 49-35 record keeps them 1\u00bd games ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/12\/mets-kodai-senga-injured-list-hamstring-strain\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Mets<\/a> in the NL East race. It\u2019s important to note Harper played through the pain of this injury for some time before deeming it too much to endure.\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Prior to tonight\u2019s game against the San Diego Padres, the Phillies reinstated 1B Bryce Harper from the 10-day injured list. To make room on the 26-man roster, INF Buddy Kennedy was designated for assignment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phillies\/status\/1939754790956732664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Injury Details and Recovery<\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Harper\u2019s wrist inflammation, which flared up this season after lingering last year, forced him to miss 27 games. He described the pain as debilitating, saying, \u201cIt got to the point where I couldn\u2019t function on a baseball field.\u201d Rest proved effective, and Harper progressed from tee swings to live pitching, with manager Rob Thomson noting, \u201cHe was great. His bat speed and timing looked fine.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Harper took 45 swings daily during his rehab, targeting a return before the All-Star break. Speaking to the media today, he explained why today was the day to come back off the injured list, &#8220;Yeah, I didn&#8217;t think I was gonna take any other steps forward of feeling better or anything like that&#8230; We were kind of about at a standstill of feeling the same the last couple days&#8230; From BP, to live things like that, kinda gave us the same result.&#8221; He added that the team will schedule days off over the next couple of weeks and include more if necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bryce Harper explains why today was the day to return.<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimKellySports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TimKellySports<\/a>) <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qby0awzLIC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Qby0awzLIC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 On Pattison (@OnPattison) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnPattison\/status\/1939770234275049785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Outlook and Front Office Perspective<\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Harper\u2019s return bolsters a top-heavy lineup. \u201cWe can generally describe Bryce Harper\u2019s return as imminent \u2026 the signs are very good,\u201d said MLB Network\u2019s Jon Morosi. Phillies president Dave Dombrowski emphasized Harper\u2019s value, stating, \u201cHis presence changes our lineup\u2019s demeanor.\u201d Harper\u2019s name being in the Phillies lineup provides a fear factor that opposing teams need to account for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Dennis Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 The Philadelphia Phillies activated All-Star first baseman Bryce Harper from the 10-day injured list Monday, ahead of their series opener against the San Diego Padres, the team announced. To make room on the 26-man roster, infielder Buddy Kennedy was designated for assignment. 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