Dodgers pitchers Clayton Kershaw, Tony Gonsolin are selected to All-Star team
The full list of this year’s All-Stars has been revealed with two more Dodgers making the cut.
Clayton Kershaw and Tony Gonsolin were named National League pitchers on Sunday for the 2022 All-Star Game, which will be played July 19 at Dodger Stadium.
The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, who was already voted in as the American League’s starting designated hitter, was also chosen as a pitcher — the second straight season he’s been selected to do both.
This makes All-Star nod No. 9 for Kershaw, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, and the first for Gonsolin, who is 11-0 with a 1.62 ERA.
The debate of late has been over which Dodger should be the starter for the game, which will be at Dodger Stadium for the first time since 1980.
“It’s at Dodger Stadium, I’ve been here a long time, I get all that,” Kershaw said last week, “but I don’t want to take anybody’s spot that’s more deserving than me … especially if that guy’s on my team.”
The starting pitchers are announced the day before the game by each team’s manager. For the NL, that would be the Atlanta Braves’ Brian Snitker.
Dodgers left-hander Julio Urías was not included in the list of All-Star pitchers, despite being in the midst of another strong season.
Asked whether Urías deserves to be an All-Star — before Sunday’s final list was revealed and before his start against the Chicago Cubs — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said: “I really do. I just think that managers have a bias towards their own players… he got overlooked last year, and he followed that up with an even better year this year.”
Urias gave up five runs in two innings on Sunday.
The pitchers and reserve players get voted on through a player ballot, then are selected by the commissioner’s office.
Angels right-fielder Taylor Ward was also among players making a case for an All-Star selection, but was not picked for a reserve role. It is possible he and/or Urías get invited as replacements for any players who end up skipping the game because of injuries or availability.
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