2025 MLB All-Star Game rosters: Oversights, other takeaways

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The initial 2025 MLB All-Star Game rosters are out, the product of the collaborative process between fans, players and the league. How did this annual confab do?

We already know that injuries will prevent some of these selectees from appearing in Atlanta, and replacement choices will be announced in the days to come. By the end of this post-selection period, we'll end up with something like 70 to 75 All-Stars for this season.

These first-draft rosters contain 65 players, though, the odd number stemming from the decision to send Clayton Kershaw to the festivities as a "Legend" pick. First reaction: Baseball's newest member of the 3,000 strikeout club has earned everything he…