This time next week, two members of the Philadelphia Phillies will be down at Truist Park in Atlanta waiting to participate in a baseball game. However, it won't be against the Atlanta Braves. Instead, Zack Wheeler and Kyle Schwarber will both be representing the City of Brotherly Love down in the ATL for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game as the Phillies' lone representatives.
You could make an argument that the Phillies should have more than two players representing them in the Midsummer Classic though. After all, they only have a 53-38 record entering play Tuesday, which is good for first in the NL East and the fifth-best in all of baseball, thanks to some of the best starting pitching in the league.
Ranger Suárez and Cristopher Sánchez are two players who are worthy of an All-Star roster spot, as they hold 1.99 and 2.68 ERAs, respectively, but no one deserves it more than Trea Turner, especially after looking at the numbers.
MLB fWAR leaderboard makes Trea Turner's snub from 2025 All-Star Game even more outrageous
What do Aaron Judge, Cal Raleigh, José Ramirez, Will Smith, Francisco Lindor, Shohei Ohtani, Pete Crow-Armstrong, and Kyle Tucker all have in common? Entering Tuesday, they rank among the top 15 players in fWAR and will all be starting in the All-Star Game as a result. Meanwhile, Bobby Witt Jr., Jeremy Peña, James Wood, Fernando Tatis Jr., Corbin Carroll, and Byron Buxton also qualify among the top 15 fWAR players and will be reserves for the Midsummer Classic.
The only player inside the top 15 to miss the All-Star Game altogether? Trea Turner, who ranks ninth with 3.8 fWAR.
Every player that is Top 15 in fWAR this year was selected as an All-Star except for Trea Turner
— Just Baseball (@JustBB_Media) July 6, 2025
Was he snubbed out of his 2nd All-Star game as a Phillie? pic.twitter.com/fxmXx9UAJZ
After an All-Star appearance last year, Turner has been nothing short of a hit machine in his third season with the Phillies. Entering Tuesday's game against the San Francisco Giants, Turner has collected a National League-best 110 hits through 89 games and has flirted with a batting average near .300 all season long. His .299 average is currently tied for 10th in MLB and just third in the National League behind Will Smith (.332) and Freddie Freeman (.307).
When you compare his numbers to the other shortstops, it's even more insane that the Phillies shortstop was snubbed. While Lindor (3.4) and Elly De La Cruz (3.0) both have a lower fWAR than Turner (3.9), he beats out Lindor, who is the starting shortstop for the NL, in batting average (.299 vs. .261), on-base percentage (.350 vs. .333), OPS (.798 vs. .785), and stolen bases (22 vs. 14).
It's only a matter of time until Turner gets in, whether it be because of an injury or someone dropping out. But the fact that he isn't in the game as either a starter or reserve is outrageous.