Of course he is playing hard; he is in a contract year.This is the sort of thing you hear every season when a young player about to hit free agency for the first time, or a veteran player on the last year of his current deal, raises his game noticeably.For the 2013 Phillies, the contract year effect could pay huge dividends.Chase Utley is in the final year of a seven-year, $85 million contract.F