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Bryce Harper’s agent Scott Boras responded to Dave Dombrowski wondering if Harper is no longer elite. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Well, that didn’t take long: Bryce Harper’s super-agent has clapped back. Scott Boras, who’s negotiated many of MLB’s biggest contracts, including Harper’s Phillies deal in 2019, responded to Dave Dombrowski’s stunning comments that Harper may no longer be elite. “I guess we only find out if (Harper) becomes elite or if he continues to be good,” Dombrowski said during Thursday’s end-of-season press conference. Boras’ response came via an exclusive piece by sports writer Christian Red. “I agree that (Harper) missed time due to injury and that his volume was down, but other than that, Bryce Harper is performing at an elite level on a number of characteristics that we keep track of,” Boras told Red. It should be noted that Dombrowski highlighted Harper’s not-so-elite year without mentioning a nagging wrist injury that put him on the IL for 23 days. Dombrowski’s comments also whipped around Philly sports-talk radio and social media, inciting unhinged theories that he’s trying to trade Harper, who has six years remaining on his 13-year, $330 million deal. “I don’t think Dave (Dombrowski) or (Phillies majority owner) John (Middleton) or anybody is contemplating Bryce Harper not being a Philadelphia Phillie for the rest of his career,” Boras said. Boras made sure to point out how elite Harper still is, saying that his WAR (3.2) in 2025 was better than it was in four other seasons (2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022). Boras also pointed out that Harper was one of only ten qualified hitters who had at least a .355 OBP and .485 slug; the others are Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Schwarber, Juan Soto, Cal Raleigh, Aaron Judge, José Ramírez, Freddie Freeman,…

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