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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 21: Drake Baldwin #30 of the Atlanta Braves celebrates with Ozzie Albies #1 after hitting a home run in the third inning during the game between the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 in Washington, District of Columbia. (Photo by Alyssa Piazza/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images
The starters for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game have officially been revealed ahead of tonight’s nationally-televised game on FOX between out Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets. As it turns out, the locals in Philadelphia will, in fact, get a chance to boo their divisional rivals as Ozzie Albies and Drake Baldwin have both been selected as starters for this season’s All-Star Game.
Rookie of the Year
Congratulations Drake! Baldwin joins @ronaldacunajr24 and David Justice as the only players in franchise history to win Rookie of the Year and start an All-Star Game for the club. pic.twitter.com/1uqDMV4m3N
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 4, 2026
This will be Ozzie’s fourth time getting selected to the All-Star team while Drake Baldwin will be participating in the Midsummer Classic for his first time. Despite the recent struggles, that doesn’t take away from the plate production that both of them have put up during the first half of the season.
Ozzie has had a bounce-back season here in 2026 as he’s hit .273/.322/.445 with a .330 wOBA and a 107 wRC+ for 1.8 fWAR so far this season. Meanwhile, Baldwin has been slashing .251/.333/.445 with a .341 wOBA, 114 wRC+ and 1.2 fWAR.
Shortly after the starters were announced, it was revealed that Matt Olson will be joining Ozzie and Drake in Philadelphia as an All-Star reserve.
Olson will be entering tonight’s game with a slash line of .273/ .345/.538 with a wRC+ of 138, a wOBA of .376 and 2.8 fWAR. He also put a flourish on his All-Star campaign with two dingers last night in the series opener against the Mets.
Once the pitchers were revealed, we ended up finding out that the Braves will actually have five representatives at this season’s All-Star Game. Chris Sale will now be heading to his 10th All-Star Game and Raisel Iglesias will be joining Drake Baldwin in the All-Star Deubtant Club as this will be his first career ASG selection.
As mentioned earlier, Chris Sale is no stranger to the All-Star Game and his performance this season as Atlanta’s most consistent starter has justified his selection. Sale has a 2.10 ERA (50 ERA-) and a 2.56 FIP (61 FIP-) so far this season and Iglesias has been carrying an ERA of 1.53 (36 ERA-) and a FIP of 1.99 (48 FIP-).
Both pitchers have been tough to deal with all aeason so it’s not particularly shocking to see both of them make it. It’s certainly a feel-good story for both of them, as Chris Sale continues to defy Father Time and Iglesias has finally done enough to make it to his first All-Star Game.
It appears that Michael Harris II came up just short of making it in but if there are any outfielders who can’t make it for any reason, Money Mike figures to be one of the first names in mind as a replacement.
For now, the Braves will have three players representing them in Philadelphia for the All-Star Game and the surrounding festivities. Even with the recent struggles, it’s nice to know that there will be multiple players repping the “A” once the crown jewel event of the Summer rolls around.
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