Fan voting for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game—the 95th in history!—opened Wednesday. This date on the calendar can sneak up on you. Wait, wasn’t Opening Day yesterday? Now we’re voting for All-Stars?

Well, if you have some research to do for your ballot, we’re here to help. Our five-member staff roundtable covers some of the more difficult decisions on the ballot as well as an early look at the favorites to start on the mound.

1. Make the case for someone to make their All-Star Game debut.

Tom Verducci : The easy pick here is Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs, one of the major breakout stars of the season. I’ll go with a slightly less obvious pick: James Wood of the Washington Nationals. In NL OPS he trails only Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and Kyle Schwarber. He also is top five in th

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