Phillies fans will hate this bold prediction amid recent troubling All-Star trend

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.

Last year, the Atlanta Braves were out of the postseason race very early in the season due to a litany of injuries and struggling players.

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While this is merely correlation, and not causation, this trend is a concerning one for the Phillies. Castrovince is piggybacking on this trend and predicting the Phillies will miss the postseason in 2026.

Philadelphia is relying on Andrew Painter and Justin Crawford, rookies who have yet to make their MLB debuts, for big roles in the 2026 MLB season.

Bryce Harper is getting older, Kyle Schwarber, coming off a $150 million extension, might not be as good as he was last year, and Zack Wheeler is coming off a serious injury.

There are real reasons to be concerned about this Phillies team, but this prediction, in which the Phillies miss the postseason entirely despite being about as all-in as a team can get, would make this upcoming season a complete disaster.

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