When a team is 12 games under .500 — as the Washington Nationals were just a couple of weeks ago — talk of potential All-Stars may seem silly.
But despite a terrible start to the season, the Nats have several players who have made a case to be part of the Midsummer Classic with Major League Baseball on July 9 in Cleveland.
And a recent hot stretch by the club, going 11-4 after a win Sunday in San Diego, won’t hurt.
Washington has had at least two All-Stars every year since 2012 and last season Bryce Harper, Max Scherzer and Sean Doolittle were named to the squad when the exhibition was held at Nationals Park in 2018.