Citizens Bank Park will be selling "Bader Tots" throughout the rest of the 2025 season. (Credit: @MLB on X)
The Phillies have introduced a new food item to their concessions for the rest of the 2025 season: Bader Tots.
According to @MLB on X, the exclusive food item features "tater tots topped with American cheese sauce, crumbled bacon, Cheddar Jack cheese, sour cream and scallions."
Yum.
It's unclear just how much involvement Harrison Bader himself may or may not have had in the conception or implementation of those delectable-sounding tater tots, but either way, they look absolutely delicious.
Bader has certainly earned an item named after him with his performance recently. The Phillies' trade deadline acquisition has improved the outfield by leaps and bounds, both with his glove and with his bat.
In 39 games with the Phils, Bader has an OPS of .917 (!!!!!) and is slashing .338/.399/.519. In the last 30 days, Bader leads all MLB hitters with 38 hits.
Since he was traded to the Phillies on July 31, he has improved his 2025 batting average from .258 to .285. If the season ended today, Bader's 2025 OPS of .824 would easily be a career high.
Bader has also made quite the impact in the clubhouse. On Sept. 13, the Phillies sported shirts emblazoned with Bader's favorite saying, "what a gift." Garrett Stubbs even made it into a crop top, a la what Bader does to all his t-shirts:
Garrett Stubbs made it into a crop top.
“Absolute work of art.” https://t.co/CYkckaxDty pic.twitter.com/Fa9XDVCMfs
The players loves him. The manager loves him. Even John Middleton loves him, as he remarked to On Pattison's Anthony SanFilippo during the Phillies' post-division clinch clubhouse celebration early Tuesday morning.
Bader fit right into one of those infamous Phillies clubhouse celebrations, too:
Kyle Schwarber and Harrison Bader… “Bang Bang!” pic.twitter.com/rRH8GH8qC6
Bang bang, indeed.
In short, if the Bader Tots bear any resemblance to their namesake, they're going to perform way above expectations.
