For two nights, Philadelphia shined as the center of the baseball world: ‘These are the best fans in the world’ 
Phillies All-Stars Struggle at Home Ballpark as American League Wins 2026 All-Star Game 4-0 
Phillies Mid-Season Grades at All-Star Break 
Kyle Schwarber Loses 2026 Home Run Derby Final; Bryce Harper Eliminated In First Round 
Kyle Schwarber to bat leadoff as DH for NL in All-Star Game, replacing Shohei Ohtani 
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For two nights, Philadelphia shined as the center of the baseball world: ‘These are the best fans in the world’
For two nights, Citizens Bank Park became the center of the baseball world. The 2026 All-Star Festivities brought the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game to Philadelphia. The best sluggers in the sport on Monday night, and the best players in the world on Tuesday night. Although the All-Star Game is known as one of…
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Phillies All-Stars Struggle at Home Ballpark as American League Wins 2026 All-Star Game 4-0
The All-Star Game was back in Philadelphia, and despite Citizens Bank Park putting on quite the show in its first edition of the Midsummer Classic, the Phillies players in the game struggled quite a bit. Seven years ago, Major League Baseball announced that Philadelphia would play host to the 2026 MLB All-Star Game to help…
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Phillies Mid-Season Grades at All-Star Break
The Phillies enter a much-anticipated All-Star break at Citizens Bank Park. They have salvaged their season after firing Rob Thomson at the end of April, when they were 9-19. They have gone 46-25 since the hiring of Don Mattingly, sit 11 games over .500, and are just two games back of the Braves for the…
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Kyle Schwarber Loses 2026 Home Run Derby Final; Bryce Harper Eliminated In First Round
Kyle Schwarber put on a show in his home ballpark, but it was just not enough as Cardinals left fielder Jordan Walker beat out Kyle Schwarber in the 2026 Home Run Derby Final. With Citizens Bank Park tapped as the host for the 2026 All-Star Game, along with that came hosting the 2026 Home Run…
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Kyle Schwarber to bat leadoff as DH for NL in All-Star Game, replacing Shohei Ohtani
The National League will be getting a little more star power right at the top of the lineup for the All-Star Game. After it was announced on Friday afternoon that Shohei Ohtani would be ruled out of Tuesday’s All-Star Game in Philadelphia, Kyle Schwarber will be taking his place as the starting designated hitter. Schwarber…
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Phillies Close Out Odd but Successful First Half with Zack Wheeler Masterclass Start: ‘We are in Sprint Mode Right Now’
The first half of the 2026 MLB season is officially in the books, and to say the Philadelphia Phillies needed to get to this point is an understatement. Back on April 26, the Phillies were defeated by their rivals, the Atlanta Braves, putting them at 9-19 overall and 10.5 games behind Atlanta for first place…
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Two Phillies Pitching Prospects Make Citizens Bank Park Debuts in All-Star Futures Game
The Phillies, as part of the luxury of hosting All-Star week, welcomed the top prospects in baseball into Citizens Bank Park for the All-Star Futures Game. The Phillies sent two pitchers into the game on Sunday afternoon: 2025 first-round selection and No. 2-ranked prospect, Gage Wood, and No. 12 prospect, reliever Wen-Hui Pan. Gage was…
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Cristopher Sanchez Named National League Starting Pitcher for 2026 All-Star Game
The National League All-Star team has a starting pitcher, and the man they’ve chosen knows a thing or two about succeeding at Citizens Bank Park. First reported by MLB Insider Jon Heyman, Phillies left-handed pitcher Cristopher Sanchez will be the National League starting pitcher for the 2026 All-Star Game in Philadelphia. Sanchez was named an…
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Recapping Phillies’ First Day of 2026 MLB Draft
The Phillies didn’t have to travel to the 2026 MLB Draft. Major League Baseball set up shop at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, putting the Phils’ front office in front of a home crowd for the first time in franchise history. The Phils used the opportunity not just to add five prospects, but to once again…
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Phillies Bullpen Woes Continue, Lose to Tigers 10-2
The Phillies began the final series of the first half Friday night against the Detroit Tigers. Arriving at the first half’s finale, it is time for teams to step back, assess the issues, and make proper plans for the second half of the year and, very importantly, the trade deadline. For the Phillies on Friday…
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Kyle Schwarber Joins Bryce Harper in 2026 Home Run Derby
Kyle Schwarber has officially joined teammate Bryce Harper in the 2026 Home Run Derby, giving the Phillies two hometown sluggers for next week’s event at Citizens Bank Park. While Schwarber’s announcement had been expected, as Phillies’ interim manager Don Mattingly accidentally let the news slip following Thursday night’s win over the Cincinnati Reds, it still…
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The Final Countdown: Phillies vs. Tigers Series Preview, July 10-12
Only three games remain until the Phillies reach the all-star break, giving all but the Phils’ six representatives some well-deserved time off. There’s no doubt that the first half of the Phillies’ 2026 season had its ups and downs—with one of those downs resulting in the firing of then-manager Rob Thomson—but the resilience this team…
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Previewing the 2026 MLB Draft: Two Targets, Two Reaches, and One Sleeper for the Phillies
With the 2026 MLB Amateur Draft just one day away, it’s time for Phillies fans to start shifting their focus, albeit briefly, from the present to the future. On July 7, Baseball America released its updated farm system rankings for all 30 teams, and the Phillies fell to an abysmal 29th place, trailing only the…
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Trade Deadline Preview: Best Realistic Targets for Phillies
The Trade Deadline is now just under a month away, taking place on August 3. It is a very late deadline compared to past seasons, but as we now sit less than a month away, it is time to really begin diving into trade talks about who the Phillies can and should go after. This…
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Phillies Survive 1-0 Rubber Match Against Reds Behind Dominant Jesus Luzardo Start
Jesus Luzardo has been arguably the best trade acquisition Dave Dombrowski and co. have made over the past half-decade, and the 28-year-old southpaw continues to impress during his second year with the Phillies. Before the start of the Phillies series vs. the Reds, Luzardo received the news that the lefty would be making the 2026…
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Bryce Harper Announces Entry Into 2026 Home Run Derby
Bryce Harper announced via his Instagram on Thursday that he will be entering the 2026 Home Run Derby, taking place as one of the several All-Star week events at Citizens Bank Park in Philly. Harper joins sluggers Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees Ben Rice, Kansas City Royals Jac Caglianone, Boston…
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Leo Carlsson Stayed in Anaheim, But the Flyers Sent a Message
Daniel Briere has gone from being a Broad Street Bully to being a boardroom bully, and this franchise is finally starting to take on his personality. No, the Flyers didn’t land Leo Carlsson after the Ducks matched the offer sheet, and there’s no point pretending that doesn’t sting because players with his combination of age,…
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Rangel and Southpaw Relievers Get Tagged In Phillies Loss
The Phillies dropped Wednesday’s mid-series matchup to the Reds in blowout fashion despite tagging three runs on Cincinnati’s ace in his five innings of work. The loss was started by the Phillies’ back-of-the-rotation starter, Alan Rangel, who gets trotted out every five days to eat a few innings. Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly rolled out…
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Your complete guide to 2026 MLB All-Star Week in Philadelphia
Believe it or not, we are just days away from the MLB All-Star festivities taking over Citizens Bank Park. It was six years ago that Rob Manfred, just outside of Independence Hall, announced that the 96th MLB All-Star Game would be played in the Birthplace of America to celebrate 250 years of independence. It is…
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Zack Wheeler Ties Career High With 14 Strikeouts in Phillies Win Over Reds
The Phillies’ pitching staff struck out 18 Reds batters, and the offense broke out against a lefty starter, bringing the Phils within two of the Atlanta Braves for first place in the NL East. After losing the previous series, the Phils were looking to get back to winning ways, sending Zack Wheeler out to take…
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