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Legend pick Clayton Kershaw headlines MLB All Star pitchers as rookies

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.

Clayton Kershaw

Jacob Misiorowski

Andrew Abbott

Matthew Boyd

MacKenzie Gore

Freddy Peralta

David Peterson

Robbie Ray

Chris Sale

Paul Skenes

Logan Webb

Zack Wheeler

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Jason Adam

Edwin Diaz

Trevor Megill

Randy Rodriguez

Robert Suarez

Adrian Morejon

Hunter Brown

Kris Bubic

Garrett Crochet

Jacob deGrom

Max Fried

Yusei Kikuchi

Casey Mize

Drew Rasmussen

Carlos Rodon

Joe Ryan

Tarik Skubal

Shane Smith

Bryan Woo

Aroldis Chapman

Carlos Estevez

Josh Hader

Andres Munoz