The Latest Breaking News from Aaron Nola

Zach Eflin isn’t ashamed to admit it: He pays close attention to the Phillies. Like really close. He follows their social media accounts and scans their box scores. He even cheers them on.

CHICAGO — Although Rob Thomson will manage the National League All-Stars, he won’t have a say over which players are on the team. A few years ago, MLB changed the selection process, taking it out of the All-Star managers’ hands.

Patience is not an easy thing to preach in the last week of June. But that’s where the Phillies are. Time is the only thing that can solve their issues. The only reinforcements they need are already on the roster. They are Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption. Their salvation…

A disagreement over the intentions of starting pitcher Aaron Nola resulted in a tense scene during Saturday’s game in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia can still turn around its sputtering season to make the playoffs, and the team’s last-second push through the NL in 2022 proves it.

“He’s a magician.”

ATLANTA — Initially, it seemed like the Phillies would follow Wednesday’s walk-off win with another triumphant win on Thursday night. But instead, they fell to the Braves, 8-5, in demoralizing fashion.

PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies needed this.

Using the matchups to determine which players to spend up on and which stars to avoid.

CINCINNATI — For 44 minutes Sunday, before the finale of another series that didn’t go as planned, the Phillies idled in a rain delay. How fitting. Because extra time to stew over the previous day’s 13-run humiliation never hurt anyone.

PHILADELPHIA — Twenty-four hours after the Phillies scored 15 runs and banged out 20 hits against reigning Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara, fans threw $1 hot dogs onto the field.