{"id":58974,"date":"2025-07-12T07:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58974\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T07:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:03:16","slug":"mlb-all-star-game-rosters-get-several-replacements-as-zack-wheeler-and-other-aces-bow-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58974\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB All-Star Game rosters get several replacements as Zack Wheeler and other aces bow out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were several changes to Major League Baseball\u2019s All-Star Game rosters Friday, as some prominent players decided not to participate and left spots open for others, including some first-time participants.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Philadelphia Phillies ace Zack Wheeler, who would\u2019ve been a candidate to start for the National League, will not participate Tuesday after getting named to the team for the third time. His spot went to San Diego Padres reliever Adrian Morejon, who has a 1.71 ERA in 45 appearances with two saves. The Padres are the first team to have three relievers named to an All-Star team in the same season, according to Elias Sports Bureau.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zack Wheeler has been dropped from the NL All-Star roster. He&#8217;s decided to prioritize rest and prepare for the second half, the Phillies said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Gelb (@MattGelb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattGelb\/status\/1943787132591779997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2022 Detroit Tigers starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6489136\/2025\/07\/11\/casey-mize-all-star-detroit-tigers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casey Mize will replace Boston Red Sox lefty Garrett Crochet<\/a>, who leads the majors in strikeouts with 151. Mize has a 9-2 record with a 2.63 ERA for the team with the best record in baseball. He\u2019ll start Saturday afternoon against the Seattle Mariners, and Crochet (9-4, 2.39 ERA) is scheduled to pitch against the Tampa Bay Rays a few hours later.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 New York Yankees starter Carlos Rod\u00f3n will replace his teammate Max Fried on the American League\u2019s All-Star roster. This is Rod\u00f3n\u2019s third time as an All-Star, as he made the AL roster in 2021 and the NL team in 2022 during his season with the San Francisco Giants. Fried was named an All-Star in three of the past four seasons. Fried, who signed with the Yankees in December after eight seasons with the Braves, could get a chance to face his former team, as the Yankees play in Atlanta next weekend in their first series after the All-Star break.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mariners outfielder Randy Arozarena will also replace a teammate, as he was named to the AL roster in place of Julio Rodr\u00edguez, who will use the break to rest and prepare for the rest of the season. Arozarena started slow this season but has picked up his production in recent weeks. He went into Friday with 15 homers, 15 steals and a 133 OPS+.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Los Angeles Angels\u2019 only All-Star, Yusei Kikuchi, will not participate. His spot was filled by Rays starter Drew Rasmussen, who went into Friday\u2019s start in Boston with a 2.82 ERA over 89 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Kansas City Royals had two players named as All-Stars on Friday, with Maikel Garcia replacing Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe, and AL saves co-leader Carlos Est\u00e9vez getting Texas Rangers starter Jacob deGrom\u2019s spot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Photo of Zack Wheeler: Emilee Chinn \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There were several changes to Major League Baseball\u2019s All-Star Game rosters Friday, as some prominent players decided not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1281,1885,1284,1285,1266,2228,2083,1306,62,1289,1278,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-58974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-boston-red-sox","9":"tag-detroit-tigers","10":"tag-kansas-city-royals","11":"tag-los-angeles-angels","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york-yankees","14":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","15":"tag-san-diego-padres","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","18":"tag-texas-rangers","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114838988773571869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}