Elysian Fields · Jul 18, 2022
All Star Game and HR Derby, 2022
The best of news: Clayton Kershaw has been named to start the game in his home park. MLB made the announcement in a Monday news conference.
Kershaw had come close to being the All-Star Game starter several times before.
During Kershaw’s first All-Star-caliber and Cy Young-winning season in 2011, Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies got the nod. For the 2013 game hosted by the New York Mets, the host team’s ace, Matt Harvey, was picked over him.
In his 2014 MVP season, Kershaw was second in line again, following Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals. And since then, he’s twice seen teammates get the honor, with Zach Greinke starting in 2015 and Hyun-Jin Ryu in 2019.