The MLB All-Star Game aims to assemble the sport's best players, but Red Sox manager Alex Cora is concerned about how many players have been opting out in recent years.

In each player's first season with the Red Sox, the veteran trio was chosen to participate in the MLB All-Star Game on July 15 in Atlanta.

Six times this season, Boston Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman has pitched a scoreless ninth inning that sent the game to extra innings. In the Major League Baseb

Unlike typical regular-season and postseason MLB games, the All-Star Game does not feature extra innings. Instead, the leagues came up with an even more interesting way to determine a winner if the game is knotted up after nine innings: another Home Run Derby.

The former Red Sox slugger homered in all three of his swings, winning game MVP honors and saving the NL after it squandered a six-run lead.

MLB All-Star Game prediction . Here's hoping both teams have fun. Three of the top five teams, as judged by regular season run differential, reside in the National League. Th

Brayan Bello will take the mound as the Red Sox look to make it 10 straight wins heading into the All-Star break.