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Phillies: 3 players who’ve earned first All-Star appearance

Rhys Hoskins #17 of the Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)

Three Phillies players who deserve serious All-Star consideration this season.

There have been eight years since the Philadelphia Phillies last had multiple All-Star representatives at the Midsummer Classic, when the red-hot Domonic Brown and southpaw ace Cliff Lee took the short trip up north to Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets, in 2013.

Since then, the team’s All-Star representatives have been limited to the bare minimum of one per each season — second baseman Chase Utley (2014), closer Jonathan Papelbon (2015), center fielder Odubel Herrera (2016), reliever Pat Neshek (2017), starting pitcher Aaron Nola (2018), and catcher J.