MLB All-Star Game 2024: Pirates' rookie ace Paul Skenes, OF Bryan Reynolds make National League roster
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes was picked for the All-Star Game on Sunday just eight weeks after his debut, and the major league-leading Philadelphia Phillies had a big league-high seven selections.
Skenes, who turned 22 in May, was selected by the Pirates as the top pick in last year’s amateur draft, two days before the All-Star Game in Seattle. He made his first big league start May 11 and is 5-0 with a 2.12 ERA in 10 starts and 78 strikeouts in 59 1/3 innings. He has thrown 74 pitches of 100 mph or more.
Outfielder Bryan Reynolds will join him on the National League team as a reserve.
Skenes’ final outing before the All-Star break is likely to be midweek, so he could be a possibility to start for the National League.
“That’d be cool. No expectations,” he said. “I don’t know who gets to decide that kind of thing, but that’d definitely be cool."
Chicago Cubs pitcher Shoto Imanaga joined Skenes and San Diego outfielder Jackson Merrill as the only rookie All-Stars for the July 16 game at Arlington, Texas.
Philadelphia has seven All-Stars for the first time — pitchers Zack Wheeler, Ranger Suárez, Jeff Hoffman and Matt Strahm were picked to join first baseman Bryce Harper, shortstop Trea Turner and third baseman Alec Bohm.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have six All-Stars. Cleveland topped the AL with five.
Skenes is scheduled to have one more start for Pittsburgh, and his 11 games put him on track to have the fewest for a player in an All-Star Game, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Detroit’s Mark Fidrych in 1976, the Dodgers’ Hideo Nomo in 1995 and Florida’s Dontrelle Willis in 2003 each had 13. (While Boston’s Don Schwall had 11 at the time of the first All-Star Game in 1961, he did not appear, and he had 15 when he pitched three innings three weeks later in that year’s second All-Star Game.)
American League
Starters
Catcher — Adley Rutschman, Baltimore Orioles
First Baseman — Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays
Second Baseman — Jose Altuve, Houston Astros
Shortstop — Gunnar Henderson, Baltimore Orioles
Third Baseman — José Ramírez, Cleveland Guardians
Designated Hitter — Yordan Alvarez, Houston Astros
Outfield — Aaron Judge, New York Yankees; Juan Soto, New York Yankees; Steven Kwan, Cleveland Guardians
Pitchers — Garrett Crochet, Chicago White Sox, Tarik Skubal, Detroit Tigers, Tanner Houck, Boston Red Sox, Seth Lugo, Kansas City Royals, Cole Ragans, Kansas City Royals, Logan Gilbert, Seattle Mariners, Corbin Burnes, Baltimore Orioles, Tyler Anderson, Los Angeles Angels, Mason Miller, Oakland Athletics, Kirby Yates, Texas Rangers, Clay Holmes, New York Yankees, Emmanuel Clase, Cleveland Guardians'
Reserves — C Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals, SS Carlos Correa, Minnesota Twins, 3B Rafael Devers, Boston Red Sox, 2B Marcus Semien, Texas Rangers, OF Kyle Tucker, Houston Astros, 1B Josh Naylor, Cleveland Guardians, 3B Isaac Parades, Tampa Bay Rays, SS Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals, OF Jarren Duran, Boston Red Sox, OF Riley Greene, Detroit Tigers, DH David Fry, Cleveland Guardians
National League
Starters
Catcher — William Contreras, Milwaukee Brewers
First Baseman — Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies
Second Baseman — Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks
Shortstop — Trea Turner, Philadelphia Phillies
Third Baseman — Alec Bohm, Philadelphia Phillies
Designated Hitter — Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers
Outfield — Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers; Jurickson Profar, San Diego Padres; Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego Padres
Pitchers — Ranger Suárez, Philadelphia Phillies, Tyler Glasnow, Los Angeles Dodgers, Shota Imanaga, Chicago Cubs, Reynaldo López, Atlanta Braves, Logan Webb, San Francisco Giants, Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chris Sale, Atlanta Braves, Zack Wheeler, Philadelphia Phillies, Ryan Helsley, St. Louis Cardinals, Tanner Scott, Miami Marlins, Robert Suarez, San Diego Padres, Matt Strahm, Philadelphia Phillies, Jeff Hoffman, Philadelphia Phillies
Reserves — C Will Smith, Los Angeles Dodgers, SS Mookie Betts, Los Angeles Dodgers, 1B Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles Dodgers, OF Teoscar Hernández, Los Angeles Dodgers, SS Elly De La Cruz, Cincinnati Reds, SS CJ Abrams, Washington Nationals, 3B Ryan McMahon, Colorado Rockies, OF Jackson Merrill, San Diego Padres, OF Heliot Ramos, San Francisco Giants, OF Bryan Reynolds, Pittsburgh Pirates, DH Marcell Ozuna, Atlanta Braves, 1B Luis Arraez, San Diego Padres, 1B Pete Alonso, New York Mets