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The White Sox will have one representative at the Midsummer Classic.
It was announced on Sunday that starting pitcher Shane Smith has been named to this year’s American League All-Star team. The rookie, who found out before Sunday’s game, becomes just the second player in MLB history to earn the honor in the year following his Rule 5 selection.
Smith, 25, has been quite the story for the South Siders despite some of his recent struggles. Selected in the Rule 5 Draft out of Milwaukee last December, he entered Sunday’s start against the Rockies with a 3.86 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, and 21.4% strikeout rate over his first 16 Major League starts. Smith also becomes the first White Sox rookie All-Star since Jose Abreu in 2014, the team’s first-ever rookie pitcher to make the Midsummer Classic, and the first Rule 5 pitcher to make an All-Star team in Major League history.
Having missed his final collegiate season due to Tommy John surgery, Smith got his start in professional baseball when he signed with the Brewers as an undrafted free agent in 2021. Since then, he has been successful at every stop in his minor league path, holding a career 2.69 ERA. In 2024, he pitched mostly at the Double-A level, logging 87.2 innings through 16 starts and 11 relief appearances. Through that stint, he held a 3.08 ERA with an impressive 4.08 K/BB rate to earn himself a promotion to Triple-A, where he pitched solely out of the bullpen to close out the season.
The announcement of Smith’s All-Star nod came on Sunday evening during ESPN’s full release of both the American and National League rosters. He will be the lone representative for the club in Atlanta.
The 2025 MLB All-Star Game will be played on Tuesday, July 15th at 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT. The contest will air on FOX.
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