Los Angeles Dodgers’ Will Smith, right, hits a walk-off home run as San Diego Padres catcher Elias Diaz watches during the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Detroit Tigers’ Javier Báez bats during the third inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Athletics’ Max Schuemann, bottom, steals second base as Detroit Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres (25) leaps to catch the throw from catcher Jake Rogers in the third inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)
Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene stands in the dugout following the ninth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Washington Nationals, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Freeman, Smith join Ohtani to give Dodgers 3 All-Star starters for first time since 1980
NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers will have three fan-elected starters in the All-Star Game for the first time in 45 years, with first baseman Freddie Freeman and catcher Will Smith joining designated hitter Shohei Ohtani as winners in final ballot totals announced Wednesday.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Will Smith, right, hits a walk-off home run as San Diego Padres catcher Elias Diaz watches during the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers will have three fan-elected starters in the All-Star Game for the first time in 45 years, with first baseman Freddie Freeman and catcher Will Smith joining designated hitter Shohei Ohtani as winners in final ballot totals announced Wednesday.
Detroit will have three fan-picked starters for the first time since 2007 after second baseman Gleyber Torres along with outfielders Riley Greene and Javier Báez were voted in at their positions for the July 15 game at Atlanta’s Truist Park.
Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker of the Chicago Cubs were picked for the NL outfield along with Ronald Acuña Jr. of the host Braves.
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Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte, New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and San Diego third baseman Manny Machado also were voted NL starters.
Wilson edged Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. 52% to 48% and will become just the second rookie shortstop to start an All-Star Game after Baltimore’s Ron Hansen, who started both games in 1960. Wilson’s father, Jack, was an All-Star for Pittsburgh in 2004.
There will be nine first-time starters for the second time in three years. Wilson will be joined by Greene, O’Hearn, Raleigh and Torres in the AL lineup and Crow-Armstrong, Lindor, Smith and Tucker in the NL lineup.
Báez edged the Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout 26% to 24% in the closest vote, winning the third AL outfield slot.
last week as the top vote-getter in the first round, when Ohtani was picked as NL DH with the top total in his league. Under rules that began in 2022, voting is split into two stages, and the second phase ran from Monday to Thursday.
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Los Angeles hadn’t had this many starters since first baseman Steve Garvey, second baseman Davey Lopes, shortstop Bill Russell and center fielder Reggie Smith in 1980 at Dodger Stadium.
Detroit’s three elected starters for the 2007 game at San Francisco were catcher Iván RodrÃguez, left fielder Magglio Ordóñez and second baseman Plácido Polanco.
Freeman is the senior All-Star, picked for the ninth time and his fifth as a starter. He will return to Atlanta, where he starred from 2010-21.
Machado and Judge were both selected for the seventh time — Judge all as a starter.
Guerrero, Judge, Marte, Ohtani and RamÃrez were holdovers from last year’s elected starters.
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