2021 Pittsburgh Pirates All-Stars

S. Samek

It hasn’t been a great season so far in 2021 for the Pirates. Though their are a couple of bright spots in the form of the all-star games sections. they Pirates will send two representatives to this seasons mid-summer classic.

Adam Frazier was elected as the starter at second base. This is only the second time its happened for Pittsburgh and the last one was Bill Mazeroski. Frazier is hitting about .327 and was voted in ahead of the Braves Ozzie Albies. Which there isnt a doubt Frazier is playing well enough to get elected the starter, maybe just surprising that with the team not playing well he gets left out.

Bryan Reynolds is going to be going to his first all-star game as well as a reserve outfielder. He is having a come back year after an awful 2020 season. It’s good to see and hopefully this keeps the motivation going to keep playing well like his 2018 season.

It’s good to see the individual accomplishments of the Pirates weren’t weighted down by how bad they play as a team. Hopefully they represent the team well during the game as well, so the rest of the league can see their talent.