Harper looked feeble upon his return from the IL, going 1 for 14 in four games, but then he busted out on July 8 with a career-best four extra-base hits — one home run and three doubles — giving the team (and its fans) a burst of hope that the old Harper is back.

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Kyle Schwarber won the MVP of the All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Atlanta, becoming just the second Phillies player to win the award.

The Philadelphia Phillies could be looking for outfielders at the trade deadline. The team needs to find upgrades if they want to keep the New York Mets from winning the division.

J.T. Realmuto doubled in Bryce Harper with the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth inning and Cristopher Sánchez was impressive for 7 1/3 innings as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 on Sunday to prevent a three-game sweep.

Now, it's being speculated by ESPN MLB writer Kiley McDaniel that Obermueller could have a quick path to "the show" now that he's in the Phillies' system. Philadelphia selected pitcher Gage Wood out of Arkansas with pick No. 26 in the first round. They then followed that up by picking the Iowa star.

Fisher becomes the ninth Memorial graduate to be chosen in the MLB Draft. The only others in program history to be chosen straight from the prep ranks were Don Mattingly (1979) and Mark Wezet (1973). Mattingly played 14 years with the New York Yankees; Wezet pitched in college at Murray State.