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Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Zack Wheeler has declined an invitation to join the National League All-Star roster as a replacement player. The offer from Major League Baseball came three days after Wheeler struck out 14 batters and called his omission from the original roster "BS." Wheeler said he chose not to participate because he felt disrespected by the selection process. "They disrespected me, so I’m not going to participate," Wheeler […]

Left-hander Justin Wrobleski became the sixth member of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers on the National League All-Star roster and Chicago outfielder Tristan Peters was added to the American League squad on Saturday, a day after becoming the seventh White Sox player to hit for the cycle. Washington left-hander Foster Griffin also was added. Wrobleski replaced Cincinnati right-hander Chase Burns, who won't be active for Tuesday night's game […]

Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski has been scratched from his scheduled start against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday because of arm fatigue and will also miss the All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Brewers manager Pat Murphy announced the decision Saturday after the NL Central leaders were swept by the Pirates in a doubleheader. "He didn’t recover well from his last start, and his throwing program was clunky today, […]