Phillies fans will hate this bold prediction amid recent troubling All-Star trend
This would be a complete disaster for the Phillies.
Phillies fans will hate this bold prediction amid recent troubling All-Star trend originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Philadelphia Phillies have been on a postseason stretch since the 2022 MLB season, as Rob Thomson has helped lead the Phillies to continued regular-season and postseason success.
In the last four years, the Phillies have made the World Series once, the NLCS once, and were bounced in the NLDS as the home team two years in a row. Heading into 2026, it's going to be a huge year for the Phillies as this iteration of the team is running out of time. That's why the bold prediction from MLB.
com's Anthony Castrovince would be such a disaster. He is predicting that the Phillies, an all-in team, will miss the postseason this year, following a recent All-Star host trend from the last three seasons. Phillies predicted to miss postseason in 2026 in disaster year "The Phillies will miss the playoffs," Castrovince predicts.
"But have you noticed Misummer Classic hosts have been kinda cursed in recent years? " The Seattle Mariners played host to the All-Star game in 2023 and missed the postseason despite having a 90% chance to make it at one point. Then in 2024, the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers collapsed at the end of the year.