Elly De La Cruz is there!
The 2025 edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game takes place tonight in Atlanta, with coverage set to begin at 8 PM ET on FOX. Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, and Tom Verducci will spearhead the televised coverage, though we’ll surely have multiple players mic’d up (and interviewed mid-game), too.
They’ll be using the automated ball-strike challenge system in this exhibition, a quirk that will surely infuriate at least one or six people along the way. They’ll also each be wearing their own team’s regular season uniforms instead of the usual horribly designed ASG-specific ones we’ve seen in the past.
Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates will toe the rubber for the National League, meaning he’ll throw the first pitch seeing as the NL will act as the home team in the Braves home park. Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal will start for the AL on the other side.
Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz isn’t in the starting lineup at short for the NL as Francisco Lindor of the New York Mets earned that nod in the voting. Elly will surely feature at some point, however, while lefty Andrew Abbott – who’s on almost a full week’s rest – has a chance to toss some pitches for the NL squad at some point, too.
Go All-Stars!
NL team is stacked, AL team is, well, Cal Raleigh is fun!