{"id":788229,"date":"2026-07-08T12:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/788229\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:47:10","slug":"phillies-zack-wheeler-rips-mlb-all-star-game-roster-snub-after-win-vs-reds-it-pisses-me-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/788229\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies’ Zack Wheeler Rips MLB All-Star Game Roster Snub After Win vs. Reds,’ It Pisses Me Off’"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the second straight year, a member of the Philadelphia Phillies’ starting rotation called out MLB for missing the cut in the All-Star Game.<\/p>\n

The omissions of Cristopher S\u00e1nchez and Ranger Su\u00e1rez didn’t go down well<\/a> in Philly last July. Now, Zack Wheeler was the one feeling snubbed.<\/p>\n

The right-hander told reporters<\/a> he was “for sure” pitching with some added motivation as he struck out 14 batters over seven innings in a 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds.<\/p>\n

“That was a reminder for whoever needs to be reminded,” he said. “So, it pisses me off, and it’s kind of B.S. So, maybe if I wasn’t necessarily right in there, I wouldn’t be saying this. But I feel like I’ve earned it.”<\/p>\n

With Tuesday’s performance, Wheeler is 9-1 with a 2.28 ERA and a 3.12 FIP. His 199 ERA+ is on pace to be a career high, per Baseball Reference<\/a>, and he ranks 10th among National League starting pitchers in WAR at FanGraphs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly questioned whether the 36-year-old is a victim of his own consistency from season to season.<\/p>\n

“Wheels does not get attention nationally,” he said, per The Athletic’s Charlotte Varnes<\/a>. “I think it’s the same old thing where you see guys like [Bryce Harper]. You’re around long enough and you’re good every year. You start to always ask, ‘Who’s the next new thing? What’s the next new thing?’ And those guys get a lot of attention. And they probably deserve it, which is fine. But you start to forget about those guys a little bit because they’re not on the tip of your tongue.”<\/p>\n

Kyle Schwarber also backed his teammate when speaking to reporters after Wednesday’s game:<\/p>\n

For Wheeler and his teammates, the frustration is more acute because Philadelphia is hosting the All-Star Game. Getting to play the Midsummer Classic at your home stadium isn’t an opportunity that comes along often.<\/p>\n

That door appears to be completely closed for Wheeler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second straight year, a member of the Philadelphia Phillies’ starting rotation called out MLB for missing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-788229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}