The Phillies desperately need Bryce Harper to rediscover his "clutch" gene in October. He's really struggled in the 2nd half: 1st half: .288/.413/.525 .939 OPS 17.3% K-rate, 17.3% BB-rate 50.0% hard-hit rate 29.8% GB rate 2nd half: .174/.250/.283 .533 OPS 26.9% K-rate, 9.6%…

The Phillies considered batting Harper first during spring training, but he was not interested. Now necessity has changed things as they enter the stretch run.

Harper’s 8 home runs and 16 RBIs against the Phillies in 2015 were his most against any team. He regularly victimized the Phillies 29th ranked pitching staff, as he slugged home runs against the likes of Aaron Harang and Sean O’Sullivan, the latter of which Harper took deep three times in 2015