If you’re a normal person who prefers your baseball played at the crack of dawn in your time zone, I have spectacular news, very specific to your interests: The 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series is underway, with a squadron of MLB stars dispatched overseas to take on the best players in Japan. Among them are Rhys Hoskins and Carlos Santana, as well as a litany of other stars, some of whom are multitasking by playing in Japan while simultaneously winning NL Rookie of the Year.
While playing overseas has been good for certain former Phillies, the two current Phillies representatives are not among the MLB team’s offensive leaders yet, though each have connected on home runs that would make their countrymen proud.