MLB is so dumb. Phillies have 3x clear cut All-Star starters.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6489580/2025/07/12/phillies-all-star-snubs-jacob-misiorowski-brewers/Should have given Sanchez and Suarez all-star nods, regardless of whether they were gonna actually be available to participate. The fact that the league isn't giving them the accolades because they want to pitch in meaningful games is ridiculous.
Then they go and give Misiorowski a spot!?!? LOL. That guy has 5 major league starts. Thats a joke in itself.
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Sánchez will start Sunday’s Phillies game, which would put restrictions on him for the All-Star Game on Tuesday.
The league offered Sánchez an All-Star spot if he agreed to waive the restrictions and make himself available for an inning two days after his start, a major-league source said Saturday morning after The Athletic’s story was published. Sánchez and the Phillies, citing an injury scare earlier this season, declined. MLB told them a replacement player can only be named to the All-Star roster if he agrees to pitch in the game.
“If he’s not an All-Star,” Turner said, “then no one is.”
In Turner’s mind, the league could easily name Sánchez as an All-Star, giving him the appropriate accolade, then replace him. As of late Friday night, the league had named 79 All-Stars. Fifteen were replacements.
Turner’s teammates agreed. Sánchez, they said, should not be punished for taking the ball for the Phillies in a meaningful regular-season game to end the first half.
“That shouldn’t be the case,” Realmuto said.
“He should be named an All-Star still,” Schwarber said.
Sánchez, who made the team last year, loses more than the honor of being a two-time All-Star. He has a lucrative bonus in his contract for making an All-Star team. Earlier in the week, Sánchez said he was upset not to have received the honor.
This post was edited by Sixers on Jul 12 2025 11:00am