The Los Angeles Dodgers will have yet another representative at the All-Star Game after left-hander Justin Wrobleski was added to the National League roster on Saturday, stepping in for Cincinnati Reds right-hander Chase Burns.
Burns, who last took the mound for Cincinnati on Wednesday, was not expected to pitch in Tuesday’s Midsummer Classic at Philadelphia regardless of his roster status.
The addition makes Wrobleski the sixth Dodgers player on the NL squad — a team that will be led by Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts.
When All-Star rosters were first revealed earlier this week, Wrobleski was notably absent despite being tied for the league lead in victories. The 25-year-old pitcher acknowledged the roster crunch at the time but said being passed over would only push him harder.
“I mean, you want to be an All-Star, and I felt like I did enough to kind of put myself in that conversation, if not be there,” Wrobleski said last week. “To not get the selection, yeah, it definitely adds some fuel to the fire for the rest of this year. Go out there every outing and prove that I’m worthy of that, and that I’m going to be one of those guys moving forward.”
Through 16 appearances — 15 of them starts — Wrobleski has posted a 10-2 record with a 2.69 ERA this season. He also played a role in last October’s World Series, coming out of the bullpen in Game 7 to throw 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Shohei Ohtani during the third inning, when the Dodgers were trailing the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0. Los Angeles came back to claim the championship in 11 innings.
Burns, 23, has had an impressive first full major league season, going 11-1 with a 2.54 ERA across 18 starts. Selected second overall in the 2024 draft, he has already logged 102 2/3 innings this year — nearly matching the combined 109 1/3 innings he threw between the majors and minors last season, his first as a professional.
Cincinnati will still have a presence at the All-Star Game through rookie infielder Sal Stewart.
