Future Nationals savior Bryce Harper has been in Phoenix this week — mostly to trade some tips with former NBA sharpshooter Dan Majerle, but also to play a little baseball. Here’s hoping the former went a little bit better than the latter did.

Last night, Harper played in the Major League Baseball Futures game, which features the best prospects in the game in a United States-versus-the-World format. It didn’t go very well for Harper, though, who was 0-4 with two strikeouts. The Post’s Dave Sheinin covered Harper’s night against the best and brightest:

Facing what was undoubtedly the best collection of arms he has encountered in his baseball-playing life, Harper, the Washington Nationals’ power-hitting uber-prospect, went down meekly in four at-bats, striking out twice and failing to hit a ball out of the infield in baseball’s premier showcase of minor league talent.

“You’re facing all-stars, and that’s what’s going to happen,” Harper said. “I . . . got blown away a little bit. I’ve got to hang with it and keep my chin up.”

For Nationals fans, it’s easy to look at the line and say that Harper failed to deliver at the plate. But Harper’s humility in the face of a poor individual performance with the bat (though he did have an impressive assist from left field and his team did win the game), is a refreshing narrative that, so far in the slugger’s nascent career, has been woefully absent. Put it this way: after all the basepath smooching and the pitch-tipping lore, getting knocked down a peg or two is hardly the worst thing for Harper — as long as he handles it the way he did last night.