Dave Dombrowski’s “Is he elite like he was before?” comment for Bryce Harper brought some backlash from the fans for the Phillies’ president of baseball operations. And that debate got more fire when Harper replied that he was “hurt” by Dombrowski’s statement.

However, later Dombrowski cleared his stance and denied all the trade speculation. Now, Phillies hitting coach Kevin Long reveals vital flaws of Harper in the Phillies Extra, The Inquirer’s baseball podcast, pointing out a situation where the star could have handled things better.

Long said , “He saw the least amount of strikes in baseball. And he probably ended up swinging too much and probably needed to control the strike zone a little bit better than he did.”

Long points out here how Harper’s biggest challenge was his plate di

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