The winter of Bryce Harper almost is upon us.
One of baseball’s best players is set to hit the free-agent market this offseason, and he will have no shortage of teams vying to ink him to what is sure to be a very lucrative deal.
A number of teams, including the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers are expected to make a run at the Washington Nationals star, but it might be another National League East team that gobbles up Harper.
FanCred Sports’ Jon Heyman wrote in a recent article that a rival general manager told him that he believes the Philadelphia Phillies will sign Harper. Heyman also noted that a person co…