Updated: 6:29 PM EDT Jul 4, 2021 By Russ Reed Three more Boston Red Sox players have been selected to take part in the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Denver.Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez and pitchers Nathan Eovaldi and Matt Barnes were named to the American League All-Star team on Sunday.On Thursday, Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts and third baseman Rafael Devers were named AL All-Star starters for the Midsummer Classic at Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies.Martinez has made his fourth All-Star team and his third since joining the Red Sox ahead of the 2018 season. The 33-year-old, who is a reserve DH for the American League this year, was batting .303 with 17 home runs, 56 runs batted in and a .557 slugging percentage entering Sunday.Eovaldi, 31, has been named to his first MLB All-Star team. In 17 starts, he s compiled a 9-4 win-loss record with a team-best 3.41 earned run average among Boston s starting pitchers and 90 strikeouts.
Jared Walsh selected to American League All-Star Team
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Shohei Ohtani becomes first ever All-Star selected as both a position player and pitcher
July 4th, 2021
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Major League Baseball announced today that Angels infielder Jared Walsh has been selected to the American League All-Star team and that Shohei Ohtani has been selected as a pitcher, in addition to being selected via fan voting as the A.L. s starting designated hitter. With Mike Trout also making the team, the Angels have three All-Stars for the first time since 2015 (Trout, Albert Pujols and Hector Santiago).
Walsh earns his first career All-Star selection after entering play on Sunday ranking fourth in the American League in RBI (60), tied for fourth in home runs (20), fifth in extra-base hits (42) and slugging (.564), tied for fifth in doubles (21) and tied for sixth in total bases (167). He has recorded both of the Angels two walk-off hits this season and hit a game-tying grand slam in the
LF: Teoscar Hernandez, Toronto Blue Jays
DH: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
National League Starters
1B: Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves
2B: Adam Frazier, Pittsburgh Pirates
3B: Nolan Arenado, St. Louis Cardinals
SS: Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego Padres
CF: Ronald Acuna Jr., Atlanta Braves
RF: Nick Castellanos, Cincinnati Reds
LF: Jesse Winker, Cincinnati Reds
Here are the full voting results:
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This year’s MLB All-Star starters and final voting results have been announced: pic.twitter.com/19ej8OIzu8
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