MLB All-Star Game 2025 Secrets Revealed: Predetermined Swing-Off Lineups Spark Controversy as Starters Exit Early in Atlanta
While there were several big names left out of it, it makes sense if players like Ohtani and Judge weren’t planning on sticking around anyways. If they are playing only a few innings early on, it’s tough to stay loose in a glorified exhibition to then come back and hit home runs a few hours later.
“We went around and sort of polled the guys and figured out who was going to be in the back half of the game, kind of thing like that,” Roberts said.
There were, though, other options for Boone — like Bobby Witt Jr., who finished in second in the Home Run Derby last season. Witt, who was in the game late and hit an RBI double in the ninth to keep the AL in it, told MLB.com’s Anne Rogers that he wasn’t even asked.
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