Jared Walsh didn’t know what Perry Minasian was up to.
When Minasian, the Angels general manager, walked into the clubhouse and called the team to attention Sunday afternoon, Walsh thought it might just be a midseason meeting, or maybe some other routine announcement.
“I was sitting next to [Patrick Sandoval],” said Walsh, the Angels’ 27-year-old first baseman, “and I was like, ‘Yeah, I don’t know what this is about.’”
Minasian had far more exciting news: For the first time in his career, Walsh had been selected to the MLB All-Star Game.