Webb, Ray, Rodríguez give Giants 3 All-Stars for 1st time since '21

WEST SACRAMENTO -- A trio of pitchers will represent the Giants at Atlanta’s Truist Park on July 15 in the 2025 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard.

Co-aces Logan Webb and Robbie Ray and standout reliever Randy Rodríguez were named to the National League squad when full rosters were revealed on Sunday, giving the Giants three All-Stars for the first time since Buster Posey, Brandon Crawford and Kevin Gausman represented them at the 2021 Midsummer Classic.

Webb, 28, drew his second consecutive All-Star nod after going 8-6 with a 2.62 ERA over a Major League-high 120 1/3 innings in his first 19 starts of the year.

“You make it twice in a row, that’s a perennial All-Star,” manager Bob Melvin said. “That’s different-level stuff now for Logan. He’s just one of the best pitchers in the game, it feels like, every year and getting better and better and better.”

While Webb’s durability has long been one of his hallmarks, he’s also taken another step forward by striking out batters at the highest rate of his seven-year career. He ranks second in the NL with 133 strikeouts this season, a testament to his ability to optimize an arsenal that now features a cutter and a four-seam fastball in addition to his trusty sinker, changeup and sweeper.

“He’s as consistent as it gets,” third baseman Matt Chapman said Saturday. “Every single time he goes out there, he gives us a chance to win. I think he continues to get better. He’s evolved even more this year than last year. He’s added some new pitches. But it’s just impressive. He means a lot to this team. Every time he takes the mound, we feel like we’re going to win the game. It’s really nice to have a guy like that.”

Webb said he was out golfing with his dad and brother at Granite Bay on Sunday morning when Melvin called to tell him about his All-Star selection. The Rocklin, Calif., native is lined up to make his final start of the first half on Friday against the Dodgers, which should make him available to pitch in his second consecutive Midsummer Classic.

Webb isn’t sure if he’ll see game action yet, but he said he’s hoping he’ll have a chance to improve on his showing from last year, when he gave up three runs over one inning in his All-Star debut.

“It’s always an honor to be recognized as an All-Star,” Webb said. “Hopefully I can do a little better than I did last year.”

Ray, 33, showed mixed results after returning from Tommy John surgery last year, but he managed to regain his Cy Young form in his second season with the Giants. The veteran left-hander went 9-3 with a 2.68 ERA over 107 1/3 innings in his first 18 starts of 2025, earning him his second career All-Star selection and his first since 2017.

“It’s been a journey,” Ray said. “It’s been a long journey. It’s nice to see some of the payoff this year. Being the first full year of being back healthy. I feel really good. I’ve been saying it all year. The ball has been coming out good. I’m excited, just about this team in general. Just looking to press forward.”

Ray appears slated to start the Giants’ first-half finale against the Dodgers on July 13, so he seems less likely to pitch in the All-Star Game, which would be a bit of a bummer since he didn’t appear in the 2017 iteration either.

“It is what it is,” Ray said. “Ultimately, we’re trying to win a World Series here. Just being able to be named an All-Star this year and to get to go and enjoy it is great. If it works to where I can pitch in it, it’d be awesome, but we’ll just have to see.”

Rodríguez, 25, will make his first trip to the All-Star Game after logging a minuscule 0.71 ERA over his first 38 innings for the Giants, the lowest mark among Major League relievers this year. The hard-throwing right-hander has been charged with runs in only two of his 38 appearances, tying the Guardians’ Cade Smith for the most wins above replacement (1.6, per FanGraphs) among big league relievers in 2025.

Rodríguez is the first non-closer reliever to make an All-Star team in Giants history and was voted in by the players, a sign of his rising stature around the game.

“I’ve been doing this a long time,” Melvin said. “The job that he does is typically not rewarded with an All-Star nod. Where he’s come from last year to where he is right now, to be one of the elite pitchers in the game in the role that he has, is very rewarding. Certainly the guys really celebrated that.”

Rodríguez said he wasn’t expecting to be recognized and had to make sure to keep the thrilling news embargoed after he heard from Melvin on Sunday morning.

“They told me not to say anything,” Rodríguez said in Spanish. “If I had told my dad, the entire world would have known, so I called my agent.”