PHILADELPHIA -- Cristopher Sánchez is almost certainly going to make his second National League All-Star team next month.
He is 9-3 with a 2.13 ERA, leading all MLB pitchers with 5.2 bWAR and ranking second with 3.9 fWAR, behind only Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski. On Tuesday night, Sánchez will start against the Pirates, his final outing before Major League Baseball announces its full All-Star rosters at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday on FOX.
Sánchez has a 5.40 ERA in his last three starts, but has had a historically great first half. He had a 50 2/3-innings scoreless streak that ended in early June -- the fifth-longest scoreless streak in MLB since at least 1893. Sánchez’s 2.13 ERA is the sixth-lowest among Phillies starters before the All-Star break:
- Chris Short, 1964 (1.59 ERA)
- Curt Simmons, 1952 (1.74 ERA)
- Bobby Munoz, 1994 (1.96 ERA)
- Dutch Leonard, 1948 (1.97 ERA)
- Zack Wheeler, 2026 (2.03 ERA)
- Cristopher Sánchez, 2026 (2.13 ERA)
- John Denny, 1983 (2.13 ERA)
- Jim Bunning, 1964 (2.14 ERA)
- Woodie Fryman, 1968 (2.14 ERA)
- Steve Carlton, 1980 (2.14 ERA)
Sánchez tossed a shutout against the Pirates in Pittsburgh on May 16.