He did seem to leave his bat in Clearwater after slugging .970 in 33 spring training AB. 

Bryce Harper (OF) PHI - Apr. 13
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.php?id=11036

Harper went 1-for-3 with two walks, a solo home run and a second run scored in Wednesday's 9-6 loss to the Mets.

ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His ninth-inning shot off a 100 mph Edwin Diaz fastball, sent the other way down the left-field line to clank off the foul pole, didn't impact the final result but did give Harper his first homer of the year. The reigning NL MVP has had a bit of a slow start to 2022, but Harper is more than capable of going on a tear at the flip of a switch.

How come the Yomiuri Giants don't take Bryce up on his offer? Surely he jests but the buzz alone would sell a lot of tickets.

And then there's the AL MVP.

So the glossary -- on the Savant's page, no less -- is simply wrong?

I thought it had to be.

 Homers and strikeouts count in xBA. They take an average of the likelihood balls in play will be hits based on exit velocity and launch angle and direction, home run balls are 100 percent likely to be hits, and then add in actual strikeouts. The idea is to take away real-world fielding results.

Perhaps I should have checked the glossary at Baseball Savant last week before I posted the comment for Bryce Harper (and many others).

Seems we're talking about expected BABIP, which is very different from expected batting average.

On the other hand, was Harper's actual BABIP really 50+ points higher than his expected, based on the Statcast measurements? He hits the ball awfully hard; I'd thnk his expected BABIP, if anything, would be higher than the actual.

I just don't picture him getting too many dink hits.

Here's something curious in the Savant's percentiles for Harper.

K% 43

Whiff% 11

For most batters, these two rate stats are close; not redundant but close (Acuna 34, 30; Soto 90, 80; Freeman 86, 74). Not so with Harper.

Compared to others, he swings and misses at a lot of pitches. But, again compared to others, he doesn't strike out that often.

It would seem he shortens up and battles with two strikes. He still loses the battle often enough (57% of batters whiff less often). But very few batters swing and miss as often as he does (89% at least get a piece of the ball more often).

Statcast xBA: .301, ninth in the majors.

2021 HardHit% has been corrected.

2020: EV 92.3 HardHit 49% Barrel 17% HR/FB 20% LA 16.7 Pull 39% Cent 34% Oppo 27%
2021: EV 92.5 HardHit 49% Barrel 18% HR/FB 27% LA 13.3 Pull 38% Cent 34% Oppo 28%