Shohei Ohtani continues to break records across baseball this season, including some All-Star Game records. On Monday, it was announced that the phenom will be the American League starting pitcher in the All-Star Game on Tuesday.
In addition to being the starter, Ohtani will also bat leadoff.
Ohtani will become the sixth Angels pitcher to start an All-Star Game, joining: Ken McBride (1963), Dean Chance (1964), Nolan Ryan (1979), Mark Langston (1993) and Jered Weaver (2011). He also will become the second Japanese-born pitcher to start an All-Star Game, joining Hideo Nomo who started for the National League in 1995.