T-minus 12 days until the 2021 All-Star Game, the first mid-summer classic since 2019. Once again, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will be the manager for the National League squad, same as he was for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
Of course, the 2020 exhibition was cancelled due to the pandemic. With that, 2019 World Series champion manager Davey Martinez was unable to lead an All-Star squad, something recently touched on by The Athletic. That publication ran the headline “Davey Martinez and the Nationals would have loved to take part in the All-Star Game.