Judge, Raleigh, Betts And Tucker To Miss Baseball’s July All-Star Game

BusinessSportsMoneyJudge, Raleigh, Betts And Tucker To Miss Baseball’s July All-Star GameByBarry M. Bloom,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Boomskie on BaseballFollow AuthorJun 13, 2026, 03:19pm EDTKyle Tucker of the Los Angeles Dodgers is one of a number of key star MLB players who will not be on the field when MLB plays its annual All-Star Game, this year in Philadelphia on July 14. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)Getty ImagesMajor League Baseball’s All-Star ballot for the annual game this year at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park on July 14 is in circulation and the number of great players who won’t be there is already mindboggling.This is by no means intended to be an exhaustive list, but let’s look at the particular cases of Aaron Judge, Cal Raleigh, Mookie Betts and Kyle Tucker. Their absence will place the focus on Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper, who have both been productive and will be there in what amounts to a Phillies home game. It also opens the rosters to other younger players.Judge and Raleigh, who vied for the American League MVP last year with Yankees slugger Judge winning, are injured and out. Raleigh is hitting .161 with seven homers and 18 RBIs for the Mariners a year after shattering all records for a catcher and switch-hitter by hitting 60 homers.There won’t be a repeat of Raleigh winning the Home Run Derby, which he did last year in Atlanta using his torpedo bat. Raleigh and those bats are yesterday’s stories.“You don’t think you’re going to win it,” Raleigh said last July 25. “You don’t think you’re going to get invited, and then you’re invited. Then you win it with your family. It’s super special.”MORE FOR YOURaleigh batted lefty in the Derby, facing pitches from his 58-year-old father, Todd, a right-hander, with his 15-year-old brother, Todd, Jr., catching.Raleigh has a right oblique strain. He hit .220 with 30 homers and 100 RBIs in 2024, so all this may have some element of re...