San Diego Padres star slugger Manny Machado crushed a 435-foot home run off Phillies ace Zack Wheeler, ending his no-hit bid on Thursday.

Tim Britton of The Athletic is predicting that Phillies ace Cristopher Sanchez will do what Wheeler could not, and win the NL Cy Young award this season for his dominance so far in 2026. Phillies' Cristopher Sanchez predicted to be Cy Young frontrunner "Top awards candidate: Cristopher Sanchez,

Zack Wheeler has led the Phillies to a win in each of his six outings this season—the Dodgers want to break that streak

The Philadelphia Phillies got the news they needed before MLB Opening Day — Zack Wheeler fired 29 pitches in a two-inning sim game at Carpenter Complex on Monday, a ramp-up breakthrough that has spring camp buzzing about his return timeline, per MLB.com ...

However, the Philadelphia Phillies ’ loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday broke that mold as Wheeler had an uncharacteristic start against the reigning World Series champions. Wheeler ended up pitching 6.0 innings, gave up five hits, allowed four earned runs, issued one walk, and struck out four hitters.

Justin Wrobleski was dominant and struck out 9 over 7 innings.

Zack Wheeler will be eager to put his last start behind him when he takes the mound for Thursday afternoon's series finale against the Padres at Citizens Bank Park. After looking like his usual dominant self through his first six starts this season,

Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler has been outstanding since coming off the injured list and is putting himself in contention to win the National League Cy Young Award.