{"id":59883,"date":"2025-07-12T15:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T15:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/59883\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T15:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T15:25:14","slug":"phillies-slam-mlb-for-pitchers-all-star-snubs-after-brewers-rookie-makes-team-what-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/59883\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies slam MLB for pitchers\u2019 All-Star snubs after Brewers rookie makes team: \u2018What a joke\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO \u2014 A few weeks ago, the Phillies chartered another jet separate from the typical team plane. They expected a decent-sized party that would go from California to Atlanta to represent the club in the All-Star Game. Maybe it wouldn\u2019t be as large as the franchise-record eight players who were honored in 2024.<\/p>\n

But they expected the group to be larger than just Kyle Schwarber, the only Phillies player who will actually go to the Midsummer Classic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate,\u201d Schwarber said, \u201cbut I wish my teammates were there. We know what we have, and I think that we\u2019re grateful for what we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Phillies will defend their own; all along, players and coaches have been disappointed that Cristopher S\u00e1nchez, Ranger Su\u00e1rez and Trea Turner were not named All-Stars. Every team thinks it has a player snubbed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But, as news spread in the Phillies\u2019 clubhouse after Friday night\u2019s 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, that disappointment transformed into anger. Major League Baseball named Milwaukee Brewers hard-throwing rookie Jacob Misiorowski, who has made five starts in the majors, as an All-Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a joke,\u201d Turner said. \u201cThat\u2019s f\u2014 terrible. I mean, that\u2019s terrible, dude.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just how MLB does it now,\u201d J.T. Realmuto said. \u201cNothing against the Misiorowski kid. But those two (S\u00e1nchez and Su\u00e1rez) are deserving of being on the team in the first place. There\u2019s no doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nick Castellanos shook his head. He remembered something veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel had once said in passing, and it felt appropriate now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s turning into the Savannah Bananas,\u201d Castellanos said.<\/p>\n

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Jacob Misiorowski has been added to the National League All-Star team<\/p>\n

He replaces Matthew Boyd on the NL’s active roster pic.twitter.com\/XA7g4r28k2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MLB (@MLB) July 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At odds, then, is how players view the All-Star accolade with how the league perceives the exhibition game\u2019s intention. Veteran Phillies players said the Misiorowski nod cheapens the All-Star honor.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, 100 percent,\u201d Turner said. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s not the All-Star Game in the sense that the best players go there, or people who have had the best season. It\u2019s whoever sells the most tickets or has been put on social media the most. That\u2019s essentially what it\u2019s turned into.\u201d<\/p>\n

The situation has layers. S\u00e1nchez owns a 2.59 ERA, the fourth-lowest in the National League. His 107 2\/3 innings rank 12th. He\u2019s sixth in WAR among NL starting pitchers, according to FanGraphs. The only disqualifying factor is the schedule.<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez will start Sunday\u2019s Phillies game, which would put restrictions on him for the All-Star Game on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The league offered S\u00e1nchez 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\u2019s story was published. S\u00e1nchez 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he\u2019s not an All-Star,\u201d Turner said, \u201cthen no one is.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Turner\u2019s mind, the league could easily name S\u00e1nchez 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Turner\u2019s teammates agreed. S\u00e1nchez, they said, should not be punished for taking the ball for the Phillies in a meaningful regular-season game to end the first half.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat shouldn\u2019t be the case,\u201d Realmuto said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe should be named an All-Star still,\u201d Schwarber said.<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez, 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, S\u00e1nchez said he was upset not to have received the honor.<\/p>\n

It is one way players are measured after their careers have concluded.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they announce guys on the field, when it\u2019s the throwback day or the 10-year reunion,\u201d Schwarber said, \u201cit\u2019s, \u2018He was an X-time All-Star.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ranger Su\u00e1rez is 7-3 with a 1.94 ERA over 13 starts. (Hunter Martin \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Su\u00e1rez, who allowed three runs (one earned) in 6 2\/3 innings during Friday\u2019s loss to San Diego, revealed he had been asked earlier in the week by MLB to attend the All-Star Game. The league told him he could be an All-Star if he agreed to pitch an inning in the game.<\/p>\n

He declined, citing a desire to rest and be as prepared as he could for the Phillies in the season\u2019s second half.<\/p>\n

That means MLB deemed Su\u00e1rez worthy enough to be an All-Star. He has a 1.94 ERA in 83 2\/3 innings. That is the lowest mark in the NL for any pitcher with 80 innings. He missed all of April with a back injury, then allowed seven runs in his first start. He has permitted 11 earned runs in 12 starts since.<\/p>\n

Su\u00e1rez made his choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you\u2019re going to ask him that, then he should be labeled an All-Star at that point,\u201d Schwarber said. \u201cNot just if you can pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rules on how the league decides on replacements are not public. In the past, league officials have searched for replacements who would commit to an inning, even though it\u2019s not a guarantee they\u2019ll pitch in the game. The All-Star rosters are built through fan voting, player voting, and then selections by the commissioner\u2019s office. Every team has to have at least one representative on the initial rosters.<\/p>\n

It all means the best players aren\u2019t assured of being named All-Stars. It\u2019s always been that way.<\/p>\n

But the Misiorowski decision, to the Phillies, sets a new precedent.<\/p>\n

\u201cMajor League Baseball is really just focusing on the most marketable players,\u201d Castellanos said. \u201cSo the fact that they can have somebody in the game that is going to basically blow out one inning and throw 103, 104 (mph), they\u2019re going to get more eyeballs on baseball. They\u2019re going to think it\u2019s getting more popular.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Phillies ace Zack Wheeler was named to the initial All-Star roster but decided to skip the game. (Al Bello \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Schwarber could have had company in Zack Wheeler, who said Friday he was pulling out of the game<\/a>. He did not want to disrupt his routine to pitch in the exhibition. Everything else, Wheeler said, was too important.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wanted to make sure his body was in good shape coming out of the break,\u201d Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. \u201cHe wants to do what\u2019s right by the club. He\u2019ll have more innings than last year at the break. So, I think he\u2019s being smart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the Phillies would prefer none of their pitchers throw in the All-Star Game. They could use the rest. But they also want their pitchers to collect honors and attention. In Su\u00e1rez\u2019s case, he cannot have it both ways.<\/p>\n

The S\u00e1nchez situation, in particular, will not sit well with anyone in the Phillies organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s unacceptable that they can\u2019t name him an All-Star and do the same thing (to replace him),\u201d Turner said. \u201cSo the only excuse that that guy\u2019s not in the All-Star Game is that he can\u2019t pitch that day? That\u2019s terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Top photo: Cristopher S\u00e1nchez: Scott Marshall \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n