We’ve talked about how ridiculous it is that Michael Busch was not named to the 2025 MLB All-Star Game and now it’s time to get justice for Seiya Suzuki, who is entering rare territory with his snub.
Suzuki was not named an All-Star this season despite leading MLB in RBI. Shohei Ohtani was voted in as the starter, which he certainly deserved, but then former Cubs World Series hero Kyle Schwarber was picked as one of the reserves for the NL, making the team as the second designated hitter. This isn’t to say that Schwarber isn’t deserving of the honor because he’s putting up a better offensive season than Suzuki, but the current Cubs slugger is now one of only five players since 1933 to hit 25+ home runs and have 75+ RBI and not be an All-Star.
Hank Greenberg: 1935
Billy Williams: 1970
Frank Thomas: 2000
Ryan Howard: 2008
Seiya Suzuki: 2025
Crazy that out of the five players two were Cubs as Suzuki joined Hall of Famer Billy Williams as the second in franchise history to not get an All-Star nomination despite the eye-popping numbers.
Suzuki blasted his 25th home run of the season in Sunday night’s 11-0 throttling of the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field. Suzuki also hit an RBI-double earlier in the game and is now up to 77 RBI in 2025, which leads all MLB hitters, three ahead of Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh.
Nevertheless, Suzuki is having a monster year, All-Star Game nod or not. He leads the Cubs in home runs, 25, RBI 77 and doubles with 22.
Suzuki has always been a solid hitter since coming over from Japan in 2022, but he’s certainly taken his power game to a higher level so far in 2025. The right-handed hitter had 55 home runs combined in his first three years with the Cubs and now he’s on pace to hit 45 home runs this season.
He’s been on fire the last two weeks, crushing seven home runs in his last 14 games, while going 18-for-57 at the plate. Suzuki has been the ideal middle of the order bat the Cubs have needed for years and there’s no doubt that Kyle Tucker’s arrival has helped enable Suzuki’s improvement in 2025.
We’ll see if Suzuki and Busch are eventually added on to the National League All-Star team as replacements.
For now, the Cubs have three players on the NL team, Kyle Tucker, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Matthew Boyd.
