The Philadelphia Phillies had Kyle Schwarber and Zack Wheeler named to the All-Star Game. Wheeler dropped out of the game, but there were some other Phillies who had a case to make the game.

The Phillies aren’t happy with Jacob Misiorowski’s controversial All-Star Game selection . The Brewers’ hard-throwing rookie was chosen as a replacement for Matthew Boyd after just five starts and 25 2/3 innings, breaking the 2024 record set by Pirates ace Paul Skenes of 11 games.

Taking over a team that was buzzing in wild-card contention, the Phillies won 85-plus games in each of Manuel's first seven seasons in the dugout, highlighted by two National League pennants (2008 and 2009),