Everything you need to know about the 2025 MLB All-Star game

Detroit second baseman Gleyber Torres will lead off for the AL, followed by Tigers left-fielder Riley Greene, New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge, Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh, Guerrero Jr., Baltimore designated hitter Ryan O'Hearn, Tampa Bay third baseman Junior Caminero, Tigers centre-fielder Javy Baez and Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson.

Shohei Ohtani will bat leadoff as the designated hitter for the National League at Truist Park, and the Los Angeles Dodgers star will be followed in the batting order by left fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. of the host Atlanta Braves.

Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte will hit third in the batting order announced Monday by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, followed by Los Angeles first baseman Freddie Freeman, San Diego third baseman Manny Machado, Dodgers catcher Will Smith, Chicago Cubs right-fielder Kyle Tucker, New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and Cubs centre-fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Pittsburgh right-hander Paul Skenes will start his second straight all-star Game, Major League Baseball announced last week. Detroit left-hander Tarik Skubal will make his first all-star start for the AL.

Skenes and Skubal are 1-2 in average four-seam fastball velocity among those with 1,500 or more pitches this season, Skenes at 98.2 miles per hour and Skubal at 97.6, according to MLB Statcast.

A 23-year-old right-hander, Skenes is 4-8 despite a major league-best 2.01 earned-run average for the Pirates, who are last in the NL Central. The 2024 NL rookie of the year has 131 strikeouts and 30 walks in 131 innings.

Skubal, a 28-year-old left-hander, is the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner. He is 10-3 with a 2.23 ERA, striking out 153 and walking 16 in 121 innings.

Major League Baseball plans to use its robot umpire technology for ball-strike challenges in Tuesday's contest, another step toward possible regular-season use next season.

Teams won 52.2 per cent of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test, with 617 of 1,182 challenges successful in the 288 exhibition games using the Automated Ball-Strike System.

ABS was installed at 13 spring training ballparks hosting 19 teams, and an animation of the pitch was shown on video boards displaying the challenge result for spectators to see.

During the 2024 regular season, 10.9 per cent of called pitches in the strike zone were ruled balls and 6.3 per cent of called pitches outside of the strike zone were ruled strikes, according to MLB Statcast.

MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the minor leagues since 2019.

Catch the action as they take the field at 8:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 15..