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From the moment Bryce Harper signed his $330 million, 13-year deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, this game is the one everyone has been thinking about. Tuesday night marks Harper's initial visit to Nationals Park to face his former team. What will the crowd's reaction be the first time he steps to that plate in a uniform other than Washington's? Continue to Article

April 02, 2019 4:10:pm EST

The Atlanta Braves and 21-year-old outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. have agreed to an eight-year, $100 million contract extension, the team announced on Tuesday. The deal begins this season and is the largest in history for a player with as little major league service time as Acuna (165 days), according to the Braves. It is also the second-largest contract in franchise history, trailing the eight-year, $135 million deal for Freddie Freeman in 2014. Continue to Article

April 02, 2019 3:44:pm EST

Brad Peacock, making his return to the starting rotation after spending 2018 in the bullpen, surrendered just two hits in 6 2/3 innings to help the visiting Houston Astros snap a three-game skid and squeak past the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Monday night. Peacock (1-0), who struck out five and walked none in picking up the win, allowed a game-tying solo home run in the third inning to Rangers first baseman Ronald Guzman, and a seventh-inning infield single to Rougned Odor that second baseman Jose Altuve nearly stabbed. Odor was quickly erased trying to steal second, and after Peacock struck out Elvis Andrus for the second out, Astros manager A.J. Hinch decided to pull Peacock after 86 pitches. Continue to Article

April 01, 2019 11:03:pm EST

Gabe Kapler is happy with sweep, angry with Braves' plunking of Rhys Hoskins originally appeared on nbcsportsphiladelphia.com If the Phillies have the type of season they think they can, the type of season they think they will, they will look back at these three games as the stretch in which they notified the baseball world that they were a team to be reckoned with. A three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves, capped off by Sunday night's 5-1 win and another Bryce Harper home run, left the Phils as baseball's only unbeaten team at 3-0. Statement series? Continue to Article

April 01, 2019 12:52:am EST

Bryce Harper crushed another baseball on Sunday. The first series of Bryce Harper's career with the Philadelphia Phillies is over. The Phillies topped the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Sunday to sweep the series and begin their much-anticipated season as the only undefeated team in Major League Baseball at 3-0. Continue to Article

March 31, 2019 11:41:pm EST

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