It will be a sight for the sorest of Phillies’ eyes after a lost week at Citizens Bank Park. Bryce Harper plans to play Tuesday night in Toronto. Harper’s return will come seven days after a heat-seeking fastball from Atlanta’s Spencer Strider bruised his right elbow — and not a moment too soon after the Phillies got Brews’d in a three-game sweep by Milwaukee.

Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper remains day-to-day as he continues to recover from a bruised right elbow, leaving his return to the lineup uncertain.

After officially retiring from Major League Baseball, one of Bryce Harper’s former teammates said the Philadelphia Phillies fan base may be tough — but to him, they were the best he had throughout a career that began in 2012 and ended in 2025.