PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – One of the Philadelphia Phillies’ major offseason acquisitions is headed to the All-Star Game, and it’s not Bryce Harper. J.T. Realmuto on Sunday night was named to his second straight All-Star Game as the Phillies’ lone representative.
Realmuto, in his first season with the Phillies, is hitting .265/.319/.431 with 10 home runs and 37 RBI with 21 walks and 15 doubles in 79 games. He has started 70 of the Phillies’ 84 games ans appeared in all but five games this season.
On Sunday, Realmuto was 2-for-3 with a run scored in the Phillies’ 13-6 win over the Miami Marlins before exiting with a minor hamstring injury.