- Philly will be the show — Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber meet again in the Home Run Derby, and six Phillies (Harper, Schwarber, Cristopher Sánchez, Jesús Luzardo, Brandon Marsh and Jhoan Duran) are on the All-Star rosters.
- Sentimental moments await — Justin Verlander gets a likely farewell All-Star bow, and Mike Trout will make a hometown start less than 50 miles from where he grew up.
- Watch for drama — a Harper/Schwarber Derby rematch, the chance of another swing-off tiebreaker, lots of first-time All-Stars and a handful of big-name absences that could shake things up.
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