“I was shocked,” Josiah Gray, 25, told reporters, as quoted by MASN writer Bobby Blanco, of learning he was named the Washington Nationals’ lone representative for the 2023 MLB All-Star Game in Seattle.
“I was shocked,” Gray continued, “... just because I think there are two other guys who are really deserving.”
The third-year major leaguer, acquired by the Nationals from the Los Angeles Dodgers at the trade deadline back in 2021 (as part of the return for both Max Scherzer & Trea Turner) mentioned two of his teammates, Lane Thomas and Jeimer Candelario, as players who he thought deserved the same recognition.