Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw, 19 1st-timers fill MLB All-Star rosters - ESPN

The rosters for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game will feature 19 first-timers — and one legend — as the pitchers and reserves were announced Sunday for the July 15 contest at Truist Park in Atlanta.

Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw, the three-time Cy Young Award winner who made his first All-Star team in 2011, was named to his 11th National League roster as a special commissioner's selection.

Kershaw, who became just the fourth left-hander to amass 3,000 career strikeouts, is 4-0 with a 3.43 ERA in nine starts after beginning the season on the injured list. He joins Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera as a legend choice, after the pair of sluggers were selected in 2022.

Among the first-time All-Stars announced Sunday: Dodgers teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Washington Nationals outfielder James Wood and left-hander MacKenzie Gore, Houston Astros ace Hunter Brown and shortstop Jeremy Pena, and Chicago Cubs 34-year-old left-hander Matthew Boyd.

Rosters for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, to be held July 15 at Truist Park in Atlanta.

First-time All-Stars previously elected to start by the fans include Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson, Baltimore Orioles DH Ryan O'Hearn and Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Overall, the 19 first-time All-Stars is a drop from the 32 first-time selections on the initial rosters in 2024.

Kershaw would be the sentimental choice to start the contest, although Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes, who leads National League pitchers in ERA and WAR, might be in line to start his second straight contest. Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler, a third-time All-Star, is 9-3 with a 2.17 ERA after Sunday's complete-game victory and would be a strong