Earlier than Sunday’s sport in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers, supervisor Dave Roberts held a workforce assembly the place he introduced who could be representing the Dodgers within the All-Star Sport this 12 months.
It turned out to be an extended announcement.
For the third time since 2017, the Dodgers will ship six representatives to the Midsummer Basic. This 12 months it is going to be held in Arlington, Texas at Globe Life Discipline the place the Dodgers received the World Sequence in 2020.
The primary particular person Roberts introduced was Mookie Betts. Nevertheless, Betts will not play this 12 months as he’s recovering from a fractured left hand.
That is Betts’ eighth All-Star choice and fourth as a Dodger. For the primary time in his profession, Betts was voted in as a shortstop.
The subsequent participant Roberts introduced was catcher Will Smith. That is Smith’s second time going to the All-Star Sport.
Roberts referred to as Smith “the very best [player] at his place within the sport.” Smith has had an incredible begin to July. In 4 video games he has 4 dwelling runs and owns a 1.188 OPS.
Subsequent to be introduced was the one All-Star Sport starter for Los Angeles, Shohei Ohtani. That is Ohtani’s fourth All-Star Sport and his first with the Dodgers.
Ohtani leads the Nationwide League in dwelling runs with 28 and is second solely to Aaron Decide in all of MLB in OPS with 1.036.
Teoscar Hernández was introduced as the subsequent All-Star. Hernández signed a one-year cope with the Dodgers within the offseason and has been value each penny.
Hernández leads Nationwide League outfielders in dwelling runs with 19 and RBIs with 60. He additionally has expressed curiosity in collaborating within the dwelling run derby.
The one pitcher to make the All-Star workforce is Tyler Glasnow, who’s in his first season of a five-year, $136.5M contract.
That is the primary choice for Glasnow, who has at all times had the expertise previously however had hassle staying on the sphere resulting from harm. He has stayed wholesome this 12 months, setting a career-high in innings pitched whereas main the Nationwide League in strikeouts with 143.
The ultimate All-Star introduced by Roberts was Freddie Freeman. Like Betts, Freeman is making his eighth journey to the Midsummer Basic.
Freeman has been a constant hitter within the sport for years now. If it weren’t for Bryce Harper now enjoying at first base, Freeman could be main the place in virtually each statistic. He’s simply behind Harper in batting common and OPS.
Whereas solely six gamers have been introduced up to now, extra can be part of the roster as different gamers drop out or turn into unavailable.
