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Kluber going to All-Star Game for first time

Kluber, Salazar and Lindor are all first-time All-Stars.

This marks the first time since 2007 (CC Sabathia, Victor Martinez and Grady Sizemore) that Cleveland will send at least three players to an All-Star Game. It is the first time since Sabathia and Jake Westbrook got the nod in 2004 that the Indians have sent at least two pitchers to MLB's annual showcase of superstars.

It is a first for the 30-year-old Kluber, whose breakout 2014 campaign netted him the AL Cy Young Award. His second-half surge that season, combined with a 9-16 record that marred a solid overall showing in '15, contributed to the fact that he never made an All-Star team prior to now.