Daily News | Phillies’ Bryce Harper will likely remain a DH until at least after the All-Star break
Bryce Harper’s tenure as the Phillies’ everyday designated hitter will continue for at least the remainder of the season’s first half. The doctor who administered Sunday’s platelet-rich plasma injection told Harper Wednesday that he should be prohibited from throwing for six weeks, two weeks longer than the original plan.
He’ll then need to build arm strength before the Phillies can use him in the field, a process that manager Joe Girardi guessed would take an additional three or four weeks. He said it is “safe to say” that Harper will not play the field until August. “Our hope is that is not the case,” Girardi said when asked if Harper will not play the outfield again this season. “Our hope is that the procedure we did helps it scar over and he’s fine. It worked before but there’s no 100% guarantee.”
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