Surprise AL Central team named top landing spot for Phillies' Bryce Harper
Harper has a no-trade clause in his contract.
Surprise AL Central team named top landing spot for Phillies' Bryce Harper originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The longtime relationship between first baseman Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies could be nearing an end.
Amid their terrible start to the 2026 season, the Phillies already fired manager Rob Thomson before May. On Wednesday, Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski stated that he's already had trade conversations with other clubs. Might that include Harper, whose contract includes a no-trade clause?
"All this makes it hard not to wonder if the Phillies will end up cutting their losses in a summer fire sale," Bleacher Report's Zachary D. Rymer wrote Friday. "And after the whole debate about whether he's elite, a change of scenery for Harper might end up being the best thing for everyone.
" Rymer listed five potential landing spots for the two-time MVP, but the Detroit Tigers are the club that could make the most sense. "[Tarik] Skubal and co-ace Framber Valdez are doing their job so far, yet this is the second year in a row that the offense has felt merely solid," Rymer wrote about the Tigers. "It has an ascendant rookie in Kevin McGonigle and solid individual pieces like Riley Greene and Kerry Carpenter, but it needs a big bopper in the middle of the order.