Phillies star first baseman Bryce Harper will return to the Philadelphia lineup Monday night, when the team opens a three-game home series with the Padres. Harper has been activated off the injured list after missing 22 games with inflammation in his right wrist. He faced live pitching but did not go out on a minor-league rehab assignment.

Eight-time All-Star Bryce Harper was reinstated to the Philadelphia Phillies' active roster on Monday after missing the last 22 games with right wrist inflammation. During Harper's stint on the 10-day injured list that began June 6,

PHILADELPHIA — There will be hand-wringing every time Bryce Harper takes a weird swing or endures a slump because it’s Bryce Harper and he played through a nebulous wrist ailment last season that is still nebulous this summer. But Harper said it as plainly as he could Monday afternoon before his return to the Phillies’ lineup.