It’s about dang time, but MLB announced today that Bobby Witt Jr. will finally start an All-Star Game.
This will be Bobby’s first All-Star start, but third All-Star appearance. He was the runner-up at shortstop in each of the past two seasons. He was first prevented from starting by Gunnar Henderson in 2024 because he had not yet had his nuclear July, but Henderson was among the league leaders in home runs. That didn’t prevent Bobby from becoming the runner-up in the Home Run Derby, while Henderson had the fewest home runs in the first round and was eliminated.
Last year, he was bested in voting by rookie Jacob Wilson of the Athletics, who was leading the league in batting average. Jacob Wilson almost certainly won’t be an All-Star at all this year, as he is only slashing .277/.310/.386/.696.
Michael Wacha was also named an American League All-Star, his second appearance, but the first since 2015. Wacha has truly been fantastic this year. If you were holding out hope that Carter Jensen or Jac Caglianone would be selected, there is still a chance they could be chosen as injury replacements as Carlos Estévez and Maikel Garcia were last year.
Also, if you were wondering if Jac or Bobby might be in the home run derby, we’re still waiting for any participants other than Junior Caminero – who hit his 11th home run in 11 games earlier tonight. So we’ll just have to wait and see.
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