PHILADELPHIA — The offseason was less than an hour old when the annual lobbying campaign began. Somebody asked Bryce Harper if he wanted to send a message to the fans about the Phillies’ determination to repeat as National League champs. Instead, he responded with a message that seemed intended for his bosses. “It’s going to be the same team, with a couple more pieces, I imagine,” Harper said after the Phillies’ season-ending loss to the Astros in Game 6 of the World Series. “Dave Dombrowski is our guy. John Middleton understands we want to win, and he wants to win right now, too. So I’d imagi…
