All-Star Game: The Dodgers will have three fan-elected starters in the All-Star Game, with first baseman Freddie Freeman and catcher Will Smith joining designated hitter Shohei Ohtani as winners in final ballot totals announced Wednesday. The Tigers 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 Cubs were picked for the NL outfield along with Ronald Acuña Jr. of the host Braves. Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte, Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and Padres third baseman Manny Machado also were voted NL starters. Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson. Guardians third baseman José Ramírez and Orioles designated hitter Ryan O’Hearn were picked as AL starters. Wilson edged the Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. 52% to 48% and will become just the second rookie shortstop to start an All-Star Game after the Orioles’ Ron Hansen, who started both games in 1960. Wilson’s father, Jack, was an All-Star for the Pirates 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 Angels’ Mike Trout 26% to 24% in the closest vote, winning the third AL outfield slot. Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge earned a starting spot 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. The Tigers’ three elected starters for the 2007 game at San Francisco were catcher Iván Rodríguez, 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 Ramírez were holdovers from last year’s elected starters. Pitchers and reserves will be announced Sunday.

HR Derby: Nationals outfielder James Wood became the third player to announce he will take part in the Home Run Derby. The derby will be held on July 14, the night before the All-Star Game, at Truist Park in Atlanta. Wood joins Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. and Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who leads the majors with 33 homers, in the contest.

Astros: Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez’s setback to his recovery from a fractured right hand is not as serious as first feared, general manager Dana Brown said Thursday. Alvarez, who suffered the injury on May 2, was shut down after experiencing pain in his right hand. He had taken some swings at the team’s spring training complex in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday and when he arrived there on Tuesday the area was sore. He was examined by a specialist, who determined inflammation was the issue and not a setback with the fracture.