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Zack Wheeler, $40 M Pitcher, Snubbed from All-Star Roster

7/6/2026

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MLB left Zack Wheeler off the NL All-Star roster, prompting his agent B.B. Abbott to call the decision tone-deaf.
Wheeler posted a 2.36 ERA in 80 innings and allowed a .580 OPS.
He earns $40 million this season and next, the highest pitcher salary.
Wheeler returned after a thrombolysis clot-removal procedure and thoracic outlet syndrome surgery that doctors said could have ended his career.

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MLB left Zack Wheeler off the NL All-Star roster, prompting his agent B.B. Abbott to call the decision tone-deaf.
Wheeler posted a 2.36 ERA in 80 innings and allowed a .580 OPS.
He earns $40 million this season and next, the highest pitcher salary.
Wheeler returned after a thrombolysis clot-removal procedure and thoracic outlet syndrome surgery that doctors said could have ended his career.