The 2017 Phillies have an all-star. Well, of course they do – every team has to have an all-star, even the team that holds the worst record in baseball by a cool four games.
Anyway, Pat Neshek is the Phils’ lone all-star.
The middle reliever, acquired in a trade during the offseason, has a 1.39 ERA in 32.1 innings. He has struck out 31 and walked four. He’s been very good. He’s a middle reliever.
Congratulations to Neshek.
Tim MalcolmTim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.
