



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.
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.
Padres third baseman Manny Machado, was also named a National League starter, along with Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker of the Chicago Cubs in NL outfield along with Ronald Acuña Jr. of the host Braves.
Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte, and New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor also were voted NL starters.
Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh, Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson. Cleveland third baseman José Ramírez and Baltimore designated hitter Ryan O’Hearn were picked as AL 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 Angels’ Mike Trout 26% to 24% in the closest vote, winning the third AL outfield slot.
New York 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.
Detroit’s 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.
Pitchers and reserves will be announced Sunday.
MUNCY UPDATE
Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy went on the injured list Thursday with a left knee bone bruise.
He left in the sixth inning Wednesday night after a collision with Chicago White Sox center fielder Michael A. Taylor, who was attempting a steal. Muncy took a throw from catcher Will Smith and tagged out Taylor.
Muncy sprawled on his back as a Dodgers trainer came out to check on him. He had to be helped off the field and was barely able to put any weight on his left leg.
The Dodgers recalled outfielder Esteury Ruiz from Triple-A Oklahoma City.
ANGELS LOSE MOORE
The Angels placed rookie second baseman Christian Moore on the 10-day injured list with a sprained left thumb on Thursday.
Moore was injured in Wednesday night’s 8-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves when he dove for Ozzie Albies’ ground ball in the sixth inning. His hand bent awkwardly when he hit the ground.
Angels interim manager Ray Montgomery said he was grateful Moore would not require surgery, though he wouldn’t put a timetable on how much time the rookie may miss.
Moore, a 2024 first-round draft pick, was hitting .189 in 53 at-bats following his promotion on June 13.
Chad Stevens was called up from Triple-A Salt Lake, moved into the starting lineup at second base.
PROFAR RETURNS
Former Padres’ fan favorite Jurickson Profar started his day Wednesday by addressing his teammates in the Atlanta Braves clubhouse, apologizing for missing the last 80 games for violating Major League Baseball’s joint drug prevention and treatment program.
In his first game back, he went 2 for 4 with a home run and two runs scored in Atlanta’s victory over the Angels.
“I got to talk to my teammates and to the fans and to everyone and to put it behind me,” Profar said. “It’s all about winning. I’m going to do everything I can to help the team win every night.”
Profar, an All-Star with the Padres last season after he had career highs in home runs, RBIs and OPS, signed a three-year, $42 million contract with the Braves in the offseason. After four games, he was suspended without pay following his positive test for Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) and he is ineligible for the postseason for 2025.