For the eight-year veteran catcher, specifically, it marks his third career All-Star nod, and his second in a Phillies uniform, the first back in 2019.
Following Sunday’s game, Realmuto is slashing .263/.359/.446 this season with eight home runs – including one on Sunday – and 31 RBI.
The Phils have not had multiple All-Stars since 2013, when outfielder Domonic Brown and left-hander Cliff Lee partook at Citi Field, home of the New York Mets.
That year, he went 0-for-2 with a strikeout, as the National League squad would go on to lose, 4-3.
Despite having no All-Star Game in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, MLB announced their “Unofficial All-Stars,” the lineups they believed would have merited the honor last year.