ATLANTA — Managers Dave Roberts and Aaron Boone announced their starting lineups a day before the 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, with Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal and Pirates ace Paul Skenes taking the mound at Truist Park.
Roberts (National League) and Boone (American) had revealed the starting pitchers on Saturday, July 12, ending any speculation as to who might get the ball three days before the game.
‘It’s such a huge honor to be on the stage and play with all these unbelievable players,’ Skenes said, ‘some of them that I’ve watched for years.’
It’s the second All-Star start in a row for Skenes, who was picked to open in 2024 despite having just 11 MLB starts under his belt. Skenes has an NL-best 2.01 ERA in 20 starts this season and has surrendered just six home runs, but has a 4-8 record for the last-place Pirates.
‘Excited to go oat it with these guys tomorrow night, and obviously be able to give the ball to Tarik Skubal,’ Boone said. ‘Coming off a Cy Young season, and continuing that dominance in the first half of the season … Can’t wait to see him go get us off to a good start tomorrow.’
Skubal, the 2024 AL Cy Young winner, has been even better this year. The 28-year-old is 10-2 with 2.23 ERA, and and leads the AL in strikeouts per nine (11.4), WHIP (0.826) and strikeouts per walk (9.6) – all up from last year’s historic campaign.
Here’s a look at the full starting lineups:
MLB All-Star Game starting lineups
American League
Starting pitcher: Tarik Skubal, Tigers
- 2B Gleyber Torres, Tigers
- LF Riley Greene, Tigers
- RF Aaron Judge, Yankees
- C Cal Raleigh, Mariners
- 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays
- DH Ryan O’Hearn, Orioles
- 3B Junior Caminero, Rays
- CF Javier Baez, Tigers
- SS Jacob Wilson, Athletics
National League
Starting pitcher: Paul Skenes, Pirates
- DH Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers
- LF Ronald Acuña Jr., Braves
- 2B Ketel Marte, Diamondbacks
- 1B Freddie Freeman, Dodgers
- 3B Manny Machado, Padres
- C Will Smith, Dodgers
- RF Kyle Tucker, Cubs
- SS Francisco Lindor, Mets
- CF Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cubs
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