The Philadelphia Phillies battled throughout the 2021 MLB regular season, but as was the case in the previous nine seasons, they will not feature in postseason play this year.

There has been one notable silver lining with Philadelphia's season. The Phillies' 5-0 win over the Miami Marlins on Friday secured them their first winning season since 2011 when they notably capped off a team-record 102-win campaign.

As expected, outfielder Bryce Harper sees no reason to celebrate this achievement. For a player who featured in 19 postseason games during his run with the Washington Nationals, he believes that this feat should be one already be in the rearview mirror for the team.

“You talk about the first winning season,” Harper said after Friday's game against Miami. “When I signed up to play here, I wasn’t worried about winning seasons, right? You sit there and you think it’s going to happen, no matter what. You think as a team, as an organization, you build it to be great.

“As we sit here, we have our first winning season in a long time. And that’s great for the Phillies. But I don’t want it to be like that. I don’t want to just sit here and think to ourselves, ‘Hey, this is great. We have a winning season.'”

In the big picture, the 2021 National League MVP contender believes it is time for the organization to reflect on this year and simply aim to right the wrongs.

“Whatever that number is at the end of the year, we need to be better,” Harper said. “As a team, as an organization, what we need to get better at, how we need to get better. Looking ourselves in the mirror, wondering as a team, as an organization, what do we want the Phillies to be? How do we want to build it? How good can we be next year?”

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While major moves are expected across the board with the team in the offseason, there will be no managerial change in the coming months. Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski recently noted that manager Joe Girardi will be back for next season.

In the big picture, there is still much uncertainty over just what may come in the offseason for Philadelphia.