Clayton Kershaw reaches his 11th star game
Clayton Kershaw reaches its 11th star game; James Wood is the youngest player with 22 years
New York – Clayton Kershawpitcher of Los Angeles Dodgerswas selected for Your 11th Star Gamewhile Paul Skenes, James Wood and ELLY DE LA CRUZ They raised he group of children under 23 years to five When they were chosen on Sunday for the July 15 event at the Truist Park, in Atlanta.
Wood, with 22 years, is the youngest of the 65 chosen players, while Skenes, de la Cruz and the headlines selected by the Pete Crow-Armstrong and Jacob Wilson fans are 23 years old.
Cal Raleigh and Yoshinobu Yamamoto joined Wood, Wilson and Crow-Armstrong among the 19 that will participate in the event for the first time. Wood was acquired by Washington Nationals in the exchange of August 2022 who sent the Dominican gardener Juan Soto to San Diego Padres.
“It will be great to be surrounded by some of the best players,” Wood said.
Kershaw became last week in the 20th pitcher to reach 3,000 strikeouts in the largest, and Commissioner Rob Manfred made the left -handed the 65th member of the star game as a selection of legend, his first since he chose Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols in 2022 under a provision in the then new collective work agreement.
Kershaw gives the Dodgers at least five All-Stars for the sixth consecutive season. The most veteran member of the National League with 37 years and the most experienced with 11 selections, and is accompanied by Yamamoto and the headlines chosen by fans Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith.
Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners will have four players each in the game.
Hunter Brown opening launchers, from Houston Astros; Garrett Croct, by Boston Red Sox; Jacob Degrom, from Texas Rangers; Max Fried, from New York Yankees; and Tarik Skubal, from Detroit, were voted as the American League Staff by players, managers and coaches along with the relief of Aroldis Chapman, from Boston; Josh Hader, by Houston Astros; and Mexican Andrés Muñoz, from Seattle.
Chapman is the most veteran player who will be in the event, born 19 days before Kershaw.
The reserves of the American League chosen by the players included the Toronto Blue Jays receiver, the Mexican Alejandro Kirk; to the first base of Tampa Bay Rays, also Mexican, Jonathan Aranda; and to the second base Brandon Lowe; to the Houston campocort, Jeremy Peña; to the third base of Boston, Alex Bregman; to the designated batter of the Athletics, Brent Rooker; Already the gardeners Byron Buxton, from Minnesota Twins; Steven Kwan, by Cleveland Guardians; and Julio Rodríguez, from Seattle.
The Major Leagues used their six selections at the Kris Bubic launchers, by Kansas City Royals; Yusei Kikuchi, from Los Angeles Angels; Shane Smith, from the Chicago White Sox; and Bryan Woo, from Seattle, along with the infielder of the Yankees, Jazz Chisholm Jr.; and the Kansas City campocorto, Bobby Witt Jr.
Smith became the second player since 2000 to become All-Star in the season after being selected in the Draft of Rule Five, following the second base of the Marlins, Dan Uggla, in 2006, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Smith was left unprotected by Milwaukee and joined Wilson (Athletics) as the only rookies on the lists of the star game.
Skenes, by Pittsburgh Pirates; Mackenzie Gore, from Washington; Chris Sale, from Atlanta; Logan Webb, by San Francisco Giants; and Zack Wheeler, from Philadelphia Phillies, were chosen for the initial rotation by the players along with the reliefs Jason Adam, of San Diego Padres; Edwin Díaz, from the New York Mets; and Randy Rodríguez, from San Francisco.
Skenes started last year’s game only 66 days after his major leagues debut, throwing a hits without hits in the defeat of National League 5-3 in Arlington, Texas.
The reserves of the National League, chosen by the players, were the Rockies Colorado receiver, Hunter Goodman; the first base of the Mets, Pete Alonso; the second base of St. Louis Cardinals, Brendan Donovan; De la Cruz, from Cincinnati Reds as Campocorto; the third base of Arizona Diamondbacks, Eugenio Suárez; the designated batter of Philadelphia, Kyle Schwarber; and Wood, Corbin Carroll, from Arizona; and Fernando Tatis Jr., of the parents in the garden.
The national league selections by Major Leagues were Yamamoto; Matthew Boyd, of the Chicago Cubs; Freddy Peralta, from Milwaukee; and Robbie Ray, of the giants for the body of pitchers along with the first base of Atlanta, Matt Olson; and Miami gardener Kyle Stowers.
