Major League Baseball announced on Friday the addition of seven players to the active All-Star rosters as replacements for All-Stars unable to participate in Tuesday’s 88^th Midsummer Classic.

Los Angeles Dodger starting pitcher Alex Wood joins the National League Team while newly-named American League All-Stars include Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Chris Archer, Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano, Houston Astros reliever Chris Devenski, Minnesota Twins reliever Brandon Kintzler, Toronto Blue Jays reliever Roberto Osuna and Detroit Tigers outfielder Justin Upton.

Dodgers left-hander Alex Wood will bring his perfect 10-0 record and MLB-best 1.67 ERA (from among pitchers with 80 or more innings pitched) into Marlins Park for the 2017 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 11.
(Photo credit – Ron Cervenka)

The players unable to participate in the 2017 All-Star Game include four pitchers scheduled to start for their respective Clubs on Sunday – Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers, Michael Fulmer of the Tigers, Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers and Corey Kluber of the Cleveland Indians – and three players currently on the disabled list – Starlin Castro of the New York Yankees, Dallas Keuchel of the Astros and Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels.

Wood, in his fifth Major League season, is also a first-time All-Star. The 26-year-old left-hander becomes the sixth Dodger All-Star selection, marking the most in the NL.  He joins Cody Bellinger, Kenley Jansen, Kershaw, Corey Seager and Justin Turner as an NL All-Star.  On Wednesday, Wood improved to 10-0 on the season with a 1.67 ERA and 97 strikeouts over 80.2 innings pitched.  With a win in each of his 10 decisions this season, Wood tied the Dodgers record for consecutive wins to start a season, joining Larry French (1942), Preacher Roe (1951), Don Newcombe (1955) and Ed Roebuck (1962).

With the new All-Star appointments, there are now 28 first-time All-Stars (18 AL, 10 NL) and 33 players (19 AL, 14 NL) age 27-or-younger to be selected to the All-Star rosters.  In addition, there are now 23 foreign-born players on the All-Star rosters (17 AL, 6 NL), including players from the Dominican Republic (10), Venezuela (4), Puerto Rico (3), Curacao (2), Canada (1), Cuba (1), Japan (1) and Mexico (1).

MLB All-Star Week includes the MLB All-Star Game at Marlins Park (July 11^th), Gatorade All-Star Workout Day featuring the ever-popular Home Run Derby (July 10^th), All-Star Sunday featuring the All-Star Futures Game and All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game (July 9^th). All-Star FanFest will be held at the Miami Beach Convention Center (July 7^th-11^th), this in addition to a variety of other events taking place throughout the city.

The 88^th Midsummer Classic will be televised nationally by FOX Sports; in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS; and worldwide by partners in more than 180 countries.  FOX Deportes will provide Spanish language coverage in the United States, while ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide exclusive national radio coverage of the All-Star Game.  MLB Network, MLB.com and Sirius XM also will provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage.  For more information about MLB All-Star Week, please visit AllStarGame.com and follow @AllStarGame on social media.

(Article courtesy of Dodgers PR Department).