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• Mike Trout ‘never would’ve envisioned’ playing in the All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park

  13-07-2026 23:31 via philliesnation.com
  
  The 2026 All-Star Game is a homecoming of sorts for Mike Trout. (Brendan Baldwin/Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA — He’s played here before, but when Mike Trout steps into the batter’s box to face off with Cristopher Sánchez on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park to start the All-Star Game, it’ll mark his first time playing in South Philly on a stage like this.Trout is leading off and playing center field for the American League.“I never would’ve envision
  
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• Cristopher Sánchez isn’t nervous to start the All-Star Game: ‘I feel at home’

  13-07-2026 23:03 via philliesnation.com
  
  Dodgers manager Dave Roberts selected Cristopher Sánchez as the NL’s All-Star starter. (Brendan Baldwin/Phillies Nation
  PHILADELPHIA — When the National League takes the field for the start of the All-Star Game Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park, Cristopher Sánchez will take the mound as the starting pitcher.“This feels really special,” Sánchez said through Phillies interpreter Diego D’Aniello. “Really exciting. Even more so being here a
  
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• All-Star Game lineup: Where are Kyle Schwarber, Brandon Marsh batting for National League?

  13-07-2026 20:15 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh and Kyle Schwarber are starting in the All-Star Game. (Madeline Ressler/Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA — When Dodgers manager Dave Roberts hands his National League lineup card to home-plate umpire Alan Porter before Major League Baseball’s 96th All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park, three Phillies will be listed among the starters in their home stadium.Left-handed ace Cristopher Sánchez, with a 2.62 ERA in 20 first-half starts, will start on the m
  
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• How to watch the MLB Home Run Derby and All-Star Game

  13-07-2026 18:57 via philliesnation.com
  
  Citizens Bank Park is the host of this year’s All-Star Game. (Madeline Ressler/Phillies Nation)
  Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week is under way in Philadelphia, as the city hosts baseball’s best players for the first time since July 1996. While certain events have already taken or are taking place, such as the All-Star Futures Game and the All-Star Village, the main festivities begin Monday night with the Home Run Derby. Then on Tuesday night comes the Midsummer Classic its
  
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• All-Star roundtable: Predictions for Home Run Derby, All-Star Game in Philadelphia

  13-07-2026 13:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  The All-Star Game is in Philadelphia. (Logan Gehman/Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA — The 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game festivities have already begun at Citizens Bank Park. But before the 96th Midsummer Classic can take place on Tuesday, the annual Home Run Derby is coming to Philadelphia on Monday. Two Phillies superstars, Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber, will be part of the eight-batter field before suiting up alongside four of their teammates for the National League the next
  
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• MLB draft: Who did Phillies take on Day 2?

  13-07-2026 01:27 via philliesnation.com
  
  The Phillies selected five college right-handed pitchers on Sunday. (Tim Kelly/Phillies Nation)
  After picking five times on Day 1, the Phillies made 16 more selections on Day 2 of Major League Baseball’s 2026 amateur draft. Here is everything you need to know about all of them.
  Round 5 — No. 161: Will Gasparino, OF, UCLA
  The No. 72 draft prospect in MLB Pipeline‘s ranking, Gasparino paced the Bruins with 64 RBIs in 2026 and was second on the team in homers with 20. The 6-
  
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