If his season went well, he said, he hoped he could play in the triple-A All-Star Game. The Dodgers called him up in April, and he took the National League by storm. On Sunday, he learned that his fellow players had voted him into the All-Star Game — the major league one, not the triple-A one. On Monday, he officially accepted an invitation to the home run derby that precedes the All-Star game. Clay Bellinger, his father, is a former major league infielder and current firefighter in Gilbert, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 04, 2017 05:26 UTC