PHILADELPHIA -- The All-Star Game is coming to Philadelphia. Now the question is how many Phillies will be standing on the field when it gets here.
With less than 72 hours remaining in Phase 1 of MLB All-Star voting, the latest ballot update shows the Phillies with several players still positioned to advance, a few others trying to close ground, and one particularly fascinating race developing in the National League outfield.
Brandon Marsh, not Bryce Harper, not Trea Turner, not even Kyle Schwarber, is the Phillies player currently sitting in the strongest position to start the 2026 All-Star Game.
Marsh has moved into second place among National League outfielders with 1,256,874 votes, jumping ahead of Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. and putting himself in position to advance comfortably into Phase 2 of voting. Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages leads all NL outfielders with 1,518,451 votes, while Acuña sits third at 1,216,288. Michael Harris II, Teoscar Hernández and Juan Soto currently round out the top six.
That matters because the top six outfielders in each league advance to the second phase of voting, where totals reset and fans choose the three starters. For Marsh, who is batting .310 with nine home runs, 35 RBIs, 13 doubles, two triples, 40 runs, seven stolen bases and an .823 OPS, the path is clear. He is not just hanging around the race. He is in it.
And for a player who has often been discussed through the lens of platoon matchups, defensive value and role definition, this is a different kind of validation. Marsh has become one of the more productive and popular players on a Phillies team trying to send a strong hometown contingent into a Midsummer Classic that will be played in its own ballpark.
Schwarber is also in strong position, though he happens to be sharing a ballot line with the sport’s biggest star.
Shohei Ohtani remains the leading vote-getter in all of baseball with 2,310,735 votes at National League designated hitter. Schwarber is second at the position with 1,540,202, keeping him safely ahead of Atlanta’s Dominic Smith, who sits third with 599,893.
That means Schwarber appears headed for Phase 2, but the road to a fan-elected start still runs through Ohtani. It is a familiar kind of All-Star math. Schwarber has the production, the market, the moment and the setting. Ohtani has the global gravitational pull.
Still, Schwarber’s case is real. He has been one of the Phillies’ most recognizable offensive forces for years, and the idea of him starting an All-Star Game in Philadelphia would carry obvious weight. Few players on the roster are more connected to the current era of Phillies baseball, from October swings to clubhouse identity to the nightly threat of a game-changing plate appearance.
The Phillies also have two infielders sitting in Phase 2 position.
Alec Bohm ranks second among NL third basemen with 804,309 votes, behind Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy, who leads the position with 1,933,390. Bohm has a sizable cushion over Atlanta’s Austin Riley, who is third with 572,816, and Arizona’s Nolan Arenado, who is fourth with 556,009.
Bohm was an All-Star in 2024, and this ballot update gives him a chance to return to the event in a much more meaningful setting. The All-Star Game has been played in Philadelphia before, but never at Citizens Bank Park. If Bohm reaches Phase 2, he will have a direct shot at turning the city’s first All-Star Game in 30 years into a personal milestone.
Bryson Stott is in a similar position at second base. Stott ranks second with 801,006 votes, trailing Atlanta’s Ozzie Albies, who leads with 972,537. Milwaukee’s Brice Turang is close behind at 739,111, close enough to make the final stretch of Phase 1 meaningful.
If Stott were to eventually win the fan election, he would become the first Phillies second baseman to earn a fan-elected start since Chase Utley in 2014. That is not a small historical note in this city. Phillies fans understand what second base has meant here. Utley did not merely play the position in Philadelphia. He defined it for a generation.
Stott is not Utley, and he does not need to be. But an All-Star start in Philadelphia would place him inside a lineage that still matters.
Harper’s path is more complicated.
The eight-time All-Star sits third among NL first basemen with 1,143,481 votes, behind Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers at 1,779,538 and Matt Olson of the Braves at 1,421,095. Only the top two at each infield position advance to Phase 2, meaning Harper needs to make up ground on Olson before Phase 1 voting closes Thursday at noon.
For Harper, the symbolism is obvious. He is the face of this Phillies era, one of the defining players in franchise history, and one of the sport’s most bankable names. But the ballot has not made that easy. Freeman has been a fan-vote force for years, and Olson has the Atlanta bloc behind him.
J.T. Realmuto is also on the outside looking in, though still close enough to remain part of the conversation. Realmuto ranks third among NL catchers with 829,868 votes, trailing Atlanta’s Drake Baldwin at 1,755,768 and Dodgers catcher Will Smith at 1,290,090.
A Realmuto fan election would be historic for the Phillies. The franchise has not had a fan-elected starting catcher since Darren Daulton in 1993. But Realmuto would need a late surge to reach Phase 2, and the gap between him and Smith is significant.
Trea Turner faces an even steeper climb at shortstop. Turner is fourth with 736,372 votes, behind Washington’s CJ Abrams, Mookie Betts of the Dodgers and Elly De La Cruz of the Reds. Abrams leads with 1,192,774, while Betts is second at 1,161,221 and De La Cruz is third at 879,876.
The outfield depth chart includes two more Phillies names, though both are well outside the current top-six cutoff. Justin Crawford ranks 13th among NL outfielders with 647,932 votes, while Adolis García is 15th with 551,327. Their presence on the board still says something about the breadth of the Phillies’ roster and the attention surrounding the club in an All-Star year.
Phase 1 voting continues through noon Thursday. MLB Network will reveal the finalists at 6 p.m. that night. Phase 2 begins Monday, June 29, and runs through noon Thursday, July 2, with vote totals resetting. The starters and full rosters will be revealed July 4 on FOX.
The 96th Midsummer Classic is scheduled for July 14 at Citizens Bank Park, marking the fifth time Philadelphia has hosted the All-Star Game and the first time since Veterans Stadium in 1996.
That is the bigger backdrop here. This is not just another All-Star ballot update for the Phillies. This is the city’s All-Star Game. This is the summer Philadelphia becomes the center of the baseball world.
And with Marsh, Schwarber, Bohm and Stott all currently in position to advance, the Phillies still have a chance to make sure the host team is more than just the backdrop.
They can be part of the show.
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