Bryce Harper hasn’t been his best this season. He knows it. The numbers show it. He has been injured, missing most of June because of inflammation in his right wrist. He hasn’t been making the best decisions at the plate.

As they slide into the second half of a make-or-break season, the Phillies recently faced a disturbing question: Who’s hurting them more, injured slugger Bryce Harper or eccentric closer Jordan Romano?

There is a certain energy when Harper is right — truly right — and the Phillies have not felt it all season. This felt different.

Bryce Harper is trying to find his way back after spending 25 days on the injured list. It hasn’t been easy. But hitting got harder in Monday night’s 3-1 loss to the Giants at Oracle Park. Harper stru