2025 All-Star Game

The 2025 All-Star Game was the 95th edition of the Midsummer Classic. It was played at Truist Park in Atlanta, GA on July 15, 2025. The 2021 All-Star Game had originally been awarded to Atlanta, but had been moved at the last moment to Denver, CO, following the adoption by the state of Georgia of legislation detrimental to voting rights; two years later, however, in the fall of 2023, Atlanta made a successful bid to host the 2025 game. It was the first All-Star Game to be played at Truist Park, which opened in 2017; Atlanta had previously hosted the game in 1972 and 2000, the first time at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, and the second at Turner Field.

The 2025 Futures Game took place before the game as part of the All-Star festivities, as did the 2025 Amateur Draft which began on July 13th. As per tradition, the annual Home Run Derby preceded the game by one day.

One of the rule changes for the game was the use of the robot umpire, or more properly the "automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system". This was used with success in spring training games and was expected to be introduced at the major league level for regular season games in 2026. The game was decided thanks to another rule peculiar to the All-Star Game, albeit one that had been introduced a few years earlier but had never needed to be used until then - the swing-off. When the two teams were tied after nine innings, following a comeback from a 6-0 deficit by the American League, the two teams designated three batters to take part in what was akin to a mini Home Run Derby. The National League, thanks to Kyle Schwarber going deep on all three of his swings, won the swing-off, 4 to 3, and received credit for a 7-6 win. Schwarber was named the winner of the Ted Williams Award as the game's MVP for his contribution. There were no winning or losing pitchers given how the game was decided.

The Teams[edit]

American League[edit]

Aaron Boone, manager of the New York Yankees, managed the American League team, assisted by coaches Joe Torre and Stephen Vogt.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Jonathan Aranda	Tampa Bay Rays	1B
Randy Arozarena	Seattle Mariners	OF		Replaced Rodríguez
Javier Baez	Detroit Tigers	OF	Starter
Alex Bregman	Boston Red Sox	3B		Replaced due to injury
Hunter Brown	Houston Astros	P		Replaced on roster
Kris Bubic	Kansas City Royals	P
Byron Buxton	Minnesota Twins	OF
Junior Caminero	Tampa Bay Rays	3B		Replaced Bregman
Aroldis Chapman	Boston Red Sox	P
Jazz Chisholm	New York Yankees	2B
Garrett Crochet	Boston Red Sox	P		Replaced on roster
Jacob deGrom	Texas Rangers	P		Replaced on roster
Carlos Estevez	Kansas City Royals	P		Replaced de Grom
Max Fried	New York Yankees	P		Replaced on roster
Maikel Garcia	Kansas City Royals	3B		Replaced Lowe
Riley Greene	Detroit Tigers	OF	Starter
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Toronto Blue Jays	1B	Starter
Josh Hader	Houston Astros	P		Did not play
Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	OF	Starter	Top vote-getter in AL
Yusei Kikuchi	Los Angeles Angels	P		Replaced on roster
Alejandro Kirk	Toronto Blue Jays	C
Steven Kwan	Cleveland Guardians	OF
Brandon Lowe	Tampa Bay Rays	2B		Replaced due to injury
Zach McKinstry	Detroit Tigers	3B		Replaced Peña
Casey Mize	Detroit Tigers	P		Replaced Crochet
Andrés Muñoz	Seattle Mariners	P
Ryan O'Hearn	Baltimore Orioles	DH	Starter
Isaac Paredes	Houston Astros	3B		Replaced Ramírez Did not play
Jeremy Peña	Houston Astros	SS		Replaced due to injury
Cal Raleigh	Seattle Mariners	C	Starter
José Ramírez	Cleveland Guardians	3B	Starter	Replaced due to injury
Drew Rasmussen	Tampa Bay Rays	P		Replaced Kikuchi
Carlos Rodon	New York Yankees	P		Replaced Fried
Julio Rodríguez	Seattle Mariners	OF		Replaced due to injury
Brent Rooker	The Athletics	DH
Joe Ryan	Minnesota Twins	P		Replaced Brown
Tarik Skubal	Detroit Tigers	P	Starting Pitcher
Shane Smith	Chicago White Sox	P
Gleyber Torres	Detroit Tigers	2B	Starter
Jacob Wilson	The Athletics	SS	Starter
Bobby Witt Jr.	Kansas City Royals	SS
Bryan Woo	Seattle Mariners	P

National League[edit]

Dave Roberts, manager of the defending World Champions the Los Angeles Dodgers managed the National League team, assisted by coaches Brian Snitker and Clayton McCullough.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Andrew Abbott	Cincinnati Reds	P		Replaced Yamamoto
Jason Adam	San Diego Padres	P
Ronald Acuña Jr.	Atlanta Braves	OF	Starter
Pete Alonso	New York Mets	1B
Matthew Boyd	Chicago Cubs	P		Replaced on roster
Corbin Carroll	Arizona Diamondbacks	OF
Pete Crow-Armstrong	Chicago Cubs	OF	Starter
Elly De La Cruz	Cincinnati Reds	SS
Edwin Díaz	New York Mets	P
Brendan Donovan	St. Louis Cardinals	2B
Freddie Freeman	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B	Starter
Hunter Goodman	Colorado Rockies	C
MacKenzie Gore	Washington Nationals	P
Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Legend Pick
Francisco Lindor	New York Mets	SS	Starter
Manny Machado	San Diego Padres	3B	Starter
Ketel Marte	Arizona Diamondbacks	2B	Starter
Trevor Megill	Milwaukee Brewers	P		Replaced Peralta
Jacob Misiorowski	Milwaukee Brewers	P		Replaced Boyd
Adrian Morejon	San Diego Padres	RP		Replaced Wheeler
Shohei Ohtani	Los Angeles Dodgers	DH	Starter	Top vote-getter in NL
Matt Olson	Atlanta Braves	1B
Freddy Peralta	Milwaukee Brewers	P		Replaced on roster
David Peterson	New York Mets	P		Replaced Ray
Robbie Ray	San Francisco Giants	P		Replaced on roster
Randy Rodriguez	San Francisco Giants	P
Chris Sale	Atlanta Braves	P		Replaced on roster
Kyle Schwarber	Philadelphia Phillies	DH
Paul Skenes	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	Starting Pitcher
Will Smith	Los Angeles Dodgers	C	Starter
Kyle Stowers	Miami Marlins	OF
Eugenio Suarez	Arizona Diamondbacks	3B
Robert Suarez	San Diego Padres	P		Replaced Sale
Fernando Tatis Jr.	San Diego Padres	OF
Kyle Tucker	Chicago Cubs	OF	Starter
Logan Webb	San Francisco Giants	P
Zack Wheeler	Philadelphia Phillies	P		Replaced on roster
James Wood	Washington Nationals	OF
Yoshinobu Yamamoto	Los Angeles Dodgers	P		Replaced on roster

The Game[edit]

The National League defeated the American League by a 7-6 score, but only after the AL made the biggest comeback in All-Star Game annals by erasing a 6-0 deficit, and thanks to winning the first-ever swing-off on the back of Kyle Schwarber's heroics.

Paul Skenes started things off expeditiously for the NL, as he struck out the first two batters he faced, then got Aaron Judge to ground out to second for a quick top of the 1st. The NL then got on the board quickly against Tarik Skubal as Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuña Jr. led off the bottom of the inning with back-to-back singles and both scored on a double by Ketel Marte before an out had been recorded. The first challenge of a call came two batters later when C Cal Raleigh and Skubal both challenged a pitch to Manny Machado that home plate umpire Dan Iassogna had called a ball; the battery-mates were right and Machado was called out on strikes.

The highlight of the 2nd inning was 37-year-old Clayton Kershaw, just off recording his 3,000th career strikeout and an All-Star for the 11th time thanks to the Commissioner's prerogative of naming up to two "Legend Picks", coming in to pitch. He retired both batters he faced, helped by a sliding catch by RF Kyle Tucker that deprived Raleigh of a doouble, before Jason Adam took over. There was no scoring in the 3rd either, after Junior Caminero led off the top of the inning with the AL's first hit and the first defensive substitutions took place. In the 4th, the AL got back-to-back two-out hits off David Peterson, with singles by Raleigh and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., but Ryan O'Hearn grounded back to Peterson to end the inning. There was no scoring in the 5th inning either.

In the bottom of the 6th, with Kris Bubic on the mound for the AL, the NL exploded for four runs to build what looked at the time like an insurmountable lead. Fernando Tatis Jr. led off with a walk and stole second base, then went to third on a single by Brendan Donovan. Pete Alonso followed with a mighty three-run homer to make it 5-0. One out later, Casey Mize replaced Bubic, but after two outs he also coughed up a gopher ball, this one by Corbin Carroll and it was now 6-0. However, the AL replied almost immediately. Alejandro Kirk led off the top of the 7th with a single off Adrian Morejon and Jonathan Aranda drew a walk. Brent Rooker then came in as a pinch-hitter for O'Hearn and blasted a three-run shot off Randy Rodriguez, brought in to face him, to cut the NL lead in half to 6-3. Maikel Garcia then drew a walk and after Byron Buxton had lined out, he stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error by C Hunter Goodman. He scored on a ground out by Bobby Witt Jr. and it was now 6-4. Jazz Chisholm then reached on an error by 1B Matt Olson to bring the tying run to the plate, but Trevor Megill got Steven Kwan to ground out to 3B Eugenio Suarez to end the inning. The NL put a couple of runners on base in the bottom of the inning, but it ended with Olson going down on strikes against Carlos Estevez.

Jacob Misiorowski, with only five major league games under his belt, came out to pitch the 8th for the NL, but the lack of experience did not show as his pitches were regularly timed at 100 mph or better, and he only allowed a two-out single to Aranda. Another rookie, Shane Smith, took the mound for the AL in the bottom of the inning, and he hit Suarez with a pitch, but then got pinch-hitter James Wood to hit into a force-out. Andrés Muñoz came in to pitch, with 84-year-old coach Joe Torre coming out to make the pitching change, and Muñoz walked Corbin to put a second runner on base. However, he got out of the jam by getting Elly De La Cruz to fly out and by striking out Kyle Stowers on a call that was confirmed after a challenge. The NL was still up 6-4 as the 9th inning started, with Robert Suarez now on the mound. He got Garcia to ground out, but Buxton followed with a double, as did Bobby Witt Jr., bringing the AL within one run. Edwin Díaz was now called upon to close the game, but he failed, as Witt advanced to third on a ground out by Jazz Chisholm and Kwan followed with a bouncing ball towards the third base side of the infield, and beat Suarez's throw to first base. The AL had managed to erase a six-run deficit, the biggest comeback in All-Star Game history. Kwan then stole second base, but Díaz struck out Randy Arozarena on a call that was overturned after a challenge. The NL had one more opportunity to win the game in regulation innings, but Aroldis Chapman made sure it wouldn't happen, retiring the three batters he faced in order. For the first time ever, there would be a swing-off to determine the winner.

Each manager designated three players to take part in the swing-off. Aaron Boone went with Rooker, Arozarena and Aranda, while Roberts chose Stowers, Schwarber and Alonso. Each batter had three swings to hit home runs. Rooker went first and homered twice on his three swings to put the AL in a good spot. Stowers managed one home run, but Arozarena also hit one. Then came Schwarber, and he rose to the occasion, as he sent all three of coach Dino Ebel's offerings into the stands to give the NL a 4-3 lead. It was now up to Aranda to hit at least one out to keep the AL alive, but he failed all three times, although he came close, hitting one ball near the top of the wall. Alonso did not even have to come to bat as the NL had won in unprecedented fashion. Given how the game was decided, there was neither a winning pitcher nor a losing pitcher and Schwarber was named the winner of the Ted Williams Award.

Starting Lineups[edit]

American League			Batting Order	National League
Player	Position	Team	Batting Order	Player	Position	Team
Gleyber Torres	2B	Detroit Tigers	1	Shohei Ohtani	DH	Los Angeles Dodgers
Riley Greene	LF	Detroit Tigers	2	Ronald Acuña Jr.	LF	Atlanta Braves
Aaron Judge	RF	New York Yankees	3	Ketel Marte	2B	Arizona Diamondbacks
Cal Raleigh	C	Seattle Mariners	4	Freddie Freeman	1B	Los Angeles Dodgers
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Manny Machado	3B	San Diego Padres
Ryan O'Hearn	DH	Baltimore Orioles	6	Will Smith	C	Los Angeles Dodgers
Junior Caminero	3B	Tampa Bay Rays	7	Kyle Tucker	RF	Chicago Cubs
Javier Baez	CF	Detroit Tigers	8	Francisco Lindor	SS	New York Mets
Jacob Wilson	SS	The Athletics	9	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CF	Chicago Cubs
Tarik Skubal	P	Detroit Tigers	SP	Paul Skenes	P	Pittsburgh Pirates