The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t have a single player voted in as a starter in the 2021 MLB All-Star Game. A team with the third-best record in all of baseball. Understandably, there was some emotion in the clubhouse over the perceived slight.
Since the initial rosters dropped, however — and with other drops and additions — the Dodgers are up to 5 players on the NL roster for Tuesday’s midsummer classic. In a recent pregame interview, Justin Turner talked about so few Dodger players on the initial All-Star Game roster.
“Obviously not having anyone (starting) was disappointing to everyone in the room, but now that it’s still shaking out, at least five guys going.