Harper likely out for rest of season

Associated Press

WASHINGTON

Nationals manager Davey Johnson thinks teenage prospect Bryce Harper probably will miss the rest of the minor league season.

Harper was evaluated by a doctor Friday after he was injured during Double-A Harrisburg’s 4-2 win at Akron on Thursday. The examination confirmed the 18-year-old slugger has a strained right hamstring, and he was placed on the seven-day disabled list.

“I’m not going to worry a whole lot about Bryce Harper getting hit with a slight pulled hammy,” Johnson said. “He probably won’t play the rest of the year, as far as I know. There’s only a few games left. No sense in … aggravating it where it becomes more of a serious injury.”