KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Major League Baseball announced today the rosters for the 2025 All-Star Game, which will be played on Tuesday, July 15 at Truist Park in Atlanta, Ga. The American League team will feature two Royals players, including shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and left-handed pitcher Kris Bubic, who were selected by the Commissioner’s Office.
This will mark Witt Jr.’s second straight All-Star Game, after he was elected by the players last season. The 25-year-old entered today with a Major League-most 30 doubles and tied for 2nd in the American League with 24 stolen bases, ranked 3rd with 104 hits and 44 extra-base hits and 5th with 173 total bases. Witt Jr. is just the second Royals shortstop to be named an All-Star multiple times, following three-time All-Star Fred Patek (1972, 1976, 1978).
Witt Jr.’s 30 doubles entering today are tied for the 2nd most by a Royals player before the All-Star break and trail only Mike Sweeney, who had 35 doubles before the break in 2001. In fact, Witt Jr. is the fourth Major League player to record at least 30 doubles, 20 stolen bases and 10 home runs before the All-Star break, following Ian Kinsler (2008), Alfonso Soriano (2002) and Chris Sabo (1988).
Witt Jr. entered today with 13 Outs Above Average on defense, 2nd in the American League at all positions.
Bubic, 27, is an All-Star for the first time this season thanks to a 2.36 ERA (27 ER in 103.0 IP) through 17 starts, which ranked 6th in the American League entering today, behind Hunter Brown (1.82), Max Fried (2.13), Jacob deGrom (2.13), Tarik Skubal (2.15) and Garrett Crochet (2.34).
Bubic’s 2025 season has been highlighted by, among other things, a banner month of May, in which he was named American League Pitcher of the Month. Bubic went 3-0 in 5 May starts with an American League-best 0.56 ERA (2 ER in 32.1 IP), which was the best mark in the month of May in Royals history (min. 5 starts) and was the 3rd best in any month, trailing only Zack Greinke’s 0.50 ERA (2 ER in 36.0 IP) in April 2009 and Greinke’s 0.55 ERA (2 ER in 33.0 IP) in September 2009.
Bubic has recorded 11 quality starts (T-6th in the AL) in 17 outings and has induced 13 groundball double plays (T-4th in the AL). He has made 10 starts this season in which he’s recorded at least 6.0 innings and allowed 2 earned runs or fewer and has made 5 starts in which he’s completed 7.0 innings and allowed 1 run or fewer.
Bubic has allowed just 6 home runs in 103.0 innings for a 0.52 HR/9, 2nd best in the American League entering today.