A few days ago, we made our best effort at trying to explain why the Phillies’ three biggest All-Star snubs were indeed All-Star snubs.
The toughest snub defense was Cristopher Sánchez. But even in his case, there were ways to spin it — bad, insufficient ways, certainly — but ways to squint and tell yourself that all nine starting pitchers (not counting “Legend Pick” Clayton Kershaw) initially selected to the National League All-Star team deserved it over Sánchez. Even if the only reason was strikeouts, as was the case with MacKenzie Gore.
Sánchez’s latest All-Star Game snubber leaves no room for debate.