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37-year-old Clayton Kershaw as a rookie? Legend pick tops 2025 All-Star pitchers as rookies
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ESPN staff
A “legend pick” in the 2025 MLB All-Star game, it has been a long ride for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw since his MLB debut in 2008.
The future Hall of Famer has racked up 442 wins and 11 All-Star appearances — including his selection this year — across his major league career. Needless to say, the now-bearded Kershaw has grown up quite a bit since his fresh-faced debut.
For some of his fellow All-Star pitchers, however, there has been less change from their debut to today. Most starkly, fellow National League hurler Jacob Misiorowski made his debut in the majors a little more than a month ago.
From Kershaw’s clean shave, to Misiorowski’s and Paul Skenes‘ recent debuts, to Aroldis Chapman with the Cincinnati Reds in 2010, here are the 2025 All-Star pitchers — replacements and all — as rookies.
