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.

New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge was second with 34 and phenom Shohei Ohtani had 31 before Schwarber joined them. 1998 was led by Mark McGwire, who hit 37 home runs. He finished that year with 70 and an insane slugging percentage over .

Rob Thomson hoped to deliver All-Star news to Cristopher Sánchez, Ranger Suárez, and Trea Turner, too. Instead, they were snubbed in the voting by major league players, managers, and coaches.