The San Diego Padres will be represented on the mound in Atlanta in the 2025 MLB All-Star Game by a relief pitcher.
Some might think Robert Suarez, and some would be wrong.
It is none other than Jason Adam, who has very much seen a return to form since his return to San Diego last summer in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays.
In the 2025 season, Adam has been brilliant out of the Padre bullpen, holding a 6-3 win-loss record in 43.2 innings pitched with 51 strikeouts and a 1.65 ERA.
Adam will be one of three Padres representing the team at the All-Star Game, along with Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado, the latter of which is the National League’s starting third baseman.
This is Adam’s first career All-Star selection, and since his major league debut in 2018 with the Kansas City Royals, Adam has recorded 25 wins, a 2.71 career ERA, 370 strikeouts, and 24 saves.
After spending his rookie year with the Royals, he was then traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for the 2019 season, before spending the 2020 and 2021 seasons in the Windy City with the Chicago Cubs, and would then spend the next three years in Tampa with the Rays, solidifying his bullpen production before being traded in the middle of the 2024 season to San Diego, all leading up to the 2025 season where it seems that this is the Omaha native’s breakout season.
The 2025 MLB All-Star Game will be on Tuesday, July 15.
