Daily News | Team USA carries on in the WBC minus its chief recruiter Bryce Harper
MIAMI — It could have been argued, with little trace of jingoism, that this was the most star-laden batting order ever assembled for an international competition, USA Baseball’s version of the Dream Team. There were All-Stars and MVPs, right-handed hitters and lefties, sluggers and speedsters — and $200 million in combined 2023 salaries.
If Trout was Team USA’s captain, Harper was its chief recruiter, a couple of fantasy baseball managers going for it all. Harper said the other day that he’s mostly resisted texting his would-be Team USA brethren during the tournament because he didn’t want to be “outside noise.” He couldn’t resist reaching out late Saturday night after Turner, the Phillies’ new shortstop and Harper’s avowed “favorite player to watch,” crushed an eighth-inning grand slam to lead a stunning come-from-behind quarterfinal victory over Venezuela.
But there were echoes of Harper throughout the tournament beyond his absence from the middle of the Americans’ lineup.
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