CJ Abrams representing the Washington Nationals at this year's All-Star Game

Major League Baseball announced today that the Washington Nationals representative for this year’s Major League All-Star game will be CJ Abrams.

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The announcement was made during the All-Star Selection Show on ESPN tonight.

CJ Abrams, 23, shortstop born out Alpharetta, GA, was a first-round pick, overall sixth in 20219 by the San Deigo Padres was traded along with MacKenzie Gore, Luke Voit, Robert Hassell, James Wood, and Jarlín Susana, traded to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Juan Soto and Josh Bell in August of 2021. This will be CJ Abrams’ first All-Star selection in his career.

Entering today’s game, Abrams is hitting .357/.466/.643 with 11 doubles, a triple, five home runs, 20 RBI, 16 walks, six stolen bases, and 24 runs scored in 26 games over this stretch. Additionally, since June 6, CJ Abrams ranked fourth in Major League Baseball with a 1.109 OPS. Abrams trails only Aaron Judge (1.186), Shohei Ohtani (1.173), and Yordan Alvarez (1.157).

On the season, he ranks in the National League in triples (3rd, 5), extra-base hits (T4th, 40), slugging percentage (7th, .506), doubles (T8th, 21), runs (9th, 56), and OPS (9th, .856).

CJ Abrams got two additional hits and got on base three times in this afternoon’s Washington Nationals loss against the St. Louis Cardinals.

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