



Athletics rookie shortstop Jacob Wilson, out of Thousand Oaks High, and Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, a former Harvard-Westlake High standout, are first-time All-Stars after starters for the July 15 All-Star Game in Atlanta were revealed Wednesday.
The Dodgers will have three fan-elected starters on the National League team with first baseman Freddie Freeman and catcher Will Smith joining designated hitter Shohei Ohtani as winners in final ballot totals.
Detroit will have three fan-picked starters after second baseman Gleyber Torres along with outfielders Riley Greene and Javier Báez were voted in at their positions.
Cubs teammate Kyle Tucker joins Crow-Armstrong in the NL outfield along with Ronald Acuña Jr. of the host Braves.
Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte, N.Y. Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and San Diego third baseman Manny Machado also were voted NL starters.
Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh, Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Cleveland third baseman José Ramírez and Baltimore designated hitter Ryan O’Hearn round out the AL starters.
Wilson, whose father, Jack, was an All-Star for Pittsburgh in 2004, 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.
There will be nine total first-time starters. Also included are Greene, O’Hearn, Raleigh and Torres in the AL lineup and Lindor, Smith and Tucker in the NL.
Báez edged the Angels’ Mike Trout 26% to 24% in the closest vote, winning the third AL outfield slot.
N.Y. 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.
Freeman is the senior All-Star, picked for the ninth time and his fifth as a starter.
Machado and Judge were both selected for the seventh time — Judge all as a starter.
Schwellenbach on IL: Braves right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach, who broke his right elbow during a start last weekend, was placed on the IL.
Schwellenbach felt tightness while pitching against Philadelphia on Saturday.
He felt sore the following day and imaging Monday revealed a small fracture at the top of the elbow. Schwellenbach said he was told this was a freak accident and he hopes to be back this season.
A 25-year-old in his second big league season, Schwellenbach is 7-4 with a 3.09 ERA and leads the Braves in wins, WHIP (0.967) and innings (110 2/3).