Bryce Harper looks at the roster of the Washington Nationals on paper and foresees a World Series championship.

Harper said Wednesday he's "excited to get going this year and doing the things that I need to do to bring a title back to D.C. and hoist that trophy over the monuments."

"It's absolutely stupid; we have the best staff in all of baseball," Harper said of the pitching staff. "I don't care what nobody says, and the thing about our guys, they work. It's not like it's just, 'Hey, OK, let's just go out and play.' They work, and they work hard. And to add a guy like [Max] Scherzer who's a bulldog out there, who's unbelievable in the postseason, who shows that fire and that emotion, it's something that I'm going to enjoy watching this year.

"And I think our team in the outfield is going to do a lot of watching, because they're going to be carving it up."

Harper, 22, agreed to a new $7.5 million deal with the Nationals that will keep him in Washington for two more seasons.

"I was able to do the things I wanted to do when I was in high school and college," Harper said of his offseason fitness regimen.

"Switching things up a little bit, more fast-paced workouts. I'm doing 1,000 reps workout in 45 minutes. Just trying to roll through it as quick as I can, doing the things I need to do to get a little leaner and do things like that, but my strength is still there, my power is still there, so I feel very good."