The 2024 MLB All-Star Game, the main attraction among this week’s festivities at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, has arrived.
The weekend has been full of headlines, including Oregon State’s Travis Bazzana becoming the first Australian player taken No. 1 overall in the MLB Draft and Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández winning the Home Run Derby after a bizarre national anthem, which Ingrid Andress later said she performed while drunk.
Pirates electric rookie pitcher Paul Skenes will get the start for the NL, becoming the first rookie pitcher to start the All-Star Game since Hideo Nomo of the Dodgers started, also for the NL, in 1994. Coincidentally, Nomo also started at the home of the Texas Rangers, then The Ballpark in Arlington.
Orioles pitcher Corbin Burnes gets the ball for the AL in his fourth career All-Star Game and first career All-Star start.
Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Location: Globe Life Field | Arlington, Texas
TV channel: Fox
Streaming: DirecTV Stream, Fubo, ESPN+
Check out the full AL and NL rosters here, and stay with Yahoo Sports for full coverage of the 2024 MLB All-Star Game.
Here’s how the American League is lining up:
Steven Kwan LF
Gunnar Henderson SS
Juan Soto RF
Aaron Judge CF
Yordan Alvarez DH
Jose Ramirez 3B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr 1B
Adley Rutschman C
Marcus Semien 2B
And here’s the National League:
Ketel Marte 2B
Shohei Ohtani DH
Trea Turner SS
Bryce Harper 1B
William Contreras C
Christian Yelich RF
Alec Bohm 3B
Teoscar Hernández CF
Jurickson Profar LF
Paul Skenes and Corbin Burnes will be your starting pitchers.
There are horses on the field. Not mascot version either. It’s MLB’s first rodeo, apparently.
Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) July 16, 2024
The Globe Life Field crowd just booed Astros mascot Orbit when he was shown on screen. Orbit pulled out a Uno reverse card and made a sarcastic tear gesture. Electric.
Shawn McFarland (@McFarland_Shawn) July 16, 2024
The usual suspects are at the top of the list, but according to BetMGM’s John Ewing, the most money is on NL starting picher Paul Skenes (+2800).
All-Star MVP is anyone’s game, who’s your pick? pic.twitter.com/wHXFCxFExP
BetMGM (@BetMGM) July 16, 2024
Tired: robot umpires.
Wired (literally): robot bartenders.
Live from the All-Star Game: the robot bartender at work! pic.twitter.com/4SWCRCvYwr
Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) July 16, 2024
There are three first basemen on the NL team tonight. One of them, the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman, reportedly realized he forgot his first baseman’s mitt, so he might be sharing a glove with Bryce Harper tonight.
Freddie Freeman was digging through his locker right now when he realized something His first basemans glove isnt here. It got packed in his bag going back to LA this week insteadHe and Bryce Harper might be sharing mitts tonight
Jack Harris (@ByJackHarris) July 16, 2024
The stars have arrived at Globe Life Field in Texas, and some of them embraced the challenge of the red carpet.
Bryce Harper went full cowboy with his newborn daughter:
Cowboy Bryce Harper and his newborn child on the #AllStarGame Red Carpet ️(MLB x Frutitas) pic.twitter.com/uWMuTwoIhx
MLB (@MLB) July 16, 2024
Adley Rutschman basically dressed up as what would happen if a pirate joined the mafia:
Adley Rutschman, red carpet veteran.The #Orioles catcher is here for the 2nd straight year. pic.twitter.com/PfXtQmOTS5
Jake Rill (@JakeDRill) July 16, 2024
And Shohei Ohtani made sure everyone knew about his dog Dekopin:
Decoy is always with Shohei. pic.twitter.com/79FpXwnOuX
Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 16, 2024