After ace pitcher Tarik Skubal was chosen for the Midsummer Classic and three players were chosen by fans for the American League roster, the Detroit Tigers will have a strong presence at the 2025 MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta.
However, several former Tigers players who are on the National League roster will also go to Atlanta for the All-Star celebrations.
The group includes Robbie Ray of the San Francisco Giants, southpaw Matthew Boyd of the Chicago Cubs, and third baseman Eugenio Suárez of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Boyd is having the finest season of his 11-year big league career and was named an All-Star for the first time. With 96 strikeouts in 103 2/3 innings and a 2.52 ERA, the 2013 sixth-round draft selection has already thrown the most innings since joining the Tigers in 2019.
Boyd was a consistent starter for the Tigers for the greater part of eight seasons after being traded from the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015.
Boyd, 34, made 162 appearances with Detroit, pitching over 850 innings with a 4.92 ERA and 825 strikeouts. He would return to the Tigers in 2023 after spending a season as a reliever with the Giants and Seattle Mariners in 2022, but this season he really brought his career back to life with the Cubs.
Alongside him on the NL pitching staff will be Robbie Ray, 33, another former Tigers starter.
After being selected to the All-Star team in 2017 with the Diamondbacks, this is the 2021 AL Cy Young Award winner’s second selection. Before being sold to Arizon, Ray had nine appearances for the Tigers in 2014, his first Major League Baseball season.
Despite battling recent ailments, Ray is back to his best with the Giants, starting 18 games this season with a 2.68 ERA and 117 strikeouts.
After earning the NL roster in 2018 while playing for the Cincinnati Reds, Suárez will also make his second appearance on the All-Star team this season.
After signing with the Tigers as an international player, the Venezuelan slugger also made his Major League Baseball debut in 2014. With 13 extra-base hits and 23 RBI in 85 games, he slashed.242/.316/.336 for Detroit.
After the season, the Tigers moved Suárez to the Reds, and over the course of his 12-year career, he has established himself as a reliable impact hitter. With 28 home runs in 88 games so far this season, his career home run total of 304 has increased significantly. In terms of home runs this season, Suárez ranks fourth in the major leagues.
After finishing second in the All-Star player vote to Manny Machado, Suárez was designated a reserve.
