Bryce Harper has vowed that he'll return to the Philadelphia Phillies this season.

Harper has three pins in his left thumb and a cast on his left hand. He was injured last month when he was hit by a 97 mph pitch from Blake Snell. Harper had pins inserted last week and will need them in the thumb for at least another three weeks.

"I don't want to hope or think about anything," he said. "I just want to go day by day and be back when I can, whenever I feel healthy, whenever that is to help this team win. Granted, if we're out of it, I'm going to come back and play no matter what, just so I know that I can go out there and play the game. I don't want that to be my last day playing this year. No matter what the outcome, I'm going to come back and I'll be playing."

Harper is hitting .318 with 15 home runs, 48 RBIs and a .985 OPS.

Philadelphia is seven games back of the New York Mets in the National League East, but in the thick of the Wild Card race.