Kirk, Muñoz and Paredes, with history in stars

Away Kirk, Andrés Muñoz and Isaac Paredes joined a short list of born in Mexico with at least two calls to the MLB stars game

With the called of Four players born in Mexico still same game of major league stars by first time in the historyhe MLB half -season classic ha propitiated Other records for Mexicans and It is expected than Tuesday others are achieved.

For now, to the brand of four born in Mexico in the same All Star, three of the summoned, Alejandro Kirk, Andrés Muñoz and Isaac Paredes HE They joined to one short list of Mexicans with At least two calls.

Kirk, who played in 2022, Muñoz, who stayed at the Bullpen in 2024, and Paredes, who took a turn in 2024, are the Mexican players seven, eight and nine to be elected at least two games of stars.

The list heads it Fernando “Toro” Valenzuela With six selections, Roberto “Beto” Ávila with three, while Jorge “Chairito” Orta, Vinicio Castilla, Esteban Loaiza and Joakim Soria They were reached by Kirk, Muñoz and Paredes, with two.

Muñoz, from Seattle Mariners, and Paredes joined Valenzuela, Ávila and Loaiza as the only ones to be selected in two consecutive seasons. Valenzuela has the mark of being called to six games of consecutive stars, while Ávila and Loaiza added two.

Paredes had the opportunity to be the fourth to play in consecutive years, but on Sunday his team Houston Astros announced that he will not attend due to “family matters.” Valenzuela has the brand with three games in a row (1984, 85 and 86), and is tied with Ávila (1954, 55) and Loaiza (2003, 04) with two others (1981, 82).

Kirk, by Toronto Blue Jays, is the only one who has the opportunity to play at least two games of stars, to join Valenzuela (5), Ávila (3), Castilla (2) and Loaiza (2). Ávila also played in 1952 and Castilla played in the two to which he was summoned in 1995 and 1998.

Jonathan Aranda, from Tampa Bay Rays, is the fourth born in Mexico called to the game of stars played on Tuesday night at the Truist Park, in Atlanta. It is Aranda’s first call, which makes it the sixteenth Mexican sixth selected in history. Aranda and Muñoz seek to be the tenth and tenth born in Mexico to play.

Kirk, Muñoz, Paredes and Aranda are in the American League roster.

Only once in history two born in Mexico have participated in the same game of stars and did it as rivals.