All-Star honors: Pujols, Cabrera to get ASG nods

Sluggers Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals and Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers will take part within the 2022 All-Star Recreation, commissioner Rob Manfred introduced Friday.

Pujols, Cabrera and Corridor of Famer Hank Aaron are the one gamers in MLB historical past to register 3,000 hits, 500 dwelling runs and 600 doubles.

“I’m delighted that Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera have agreed to take part within the All-Star Recreation,” Manfred stated in an announcement. “Albert and Miguel are two of probably the most achieved gamers of their era. They’ve additionally represented the baseball traditions of the Dominican Republic and Venezuela with excellence for the final 20 years. Albert and Miguel are two all-time greats whose achievements warrant this particular recognition.”

It’s the eleventh All-Star choice for Pujols, who’s in his twenty second MLB season. The 42-year-old ranks fifth in MLB historical past with 683 dwelling runs and ninth with 3,326 profession hits.

“If there may be one recreation for the followers to rejoice the historical past and longevity, it is the All-Star Recreation,” stated Chicago White Sox supervisor Tony LaRussa, who was Pujols’ supervisor in St. Louis for seven years. “Something like that (them making it), I am all in favor of.”

Cabrera, 39, reached 3,000 profession hits earlier this season. He can be showing in his twelfth All-Star Recreation.

The All-Star Recreation can be held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 19.

The 2022 MLB All-Star choice present will air Friday evening at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.