BASEBALL 2017: Harper, Heyward, others hope to bounce back (Yahoo Sports)

Normally, a home run by Bryce Harper in his first Grapefruit League at-bat would pass relatively unnoticed. Whether because of injury or other reasons - it's never been made 100 percent clear - he went from 42 homers to 24, from a .330 batting average to .243, from a 1.109 on-base-plus-slugging to .814. Harper is one of several significant major leaguers hoping to bounce back this season, a group that includes Jason Heyward of the reigning World Series champion Chicago Cubs, past Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel of the Houston Astros and former MVPs Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants and Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates.