Which Orioles should be heading to Atlanta in July?

All-Star voting season is here! Entering the 2025 season, if you were to cast early votes for the Midsummer Classic, most would tell you that the likely suspects of Gunnar Henderson or Adley Rutschman would be heading to Atlanta to represent the Baltimore Orioles.

While those two big names could get hot at any time and make a push for the game, they aren’t the leading candidates in the clubhouse.

That honor, instead, goes to a few players in the midst of breakout campaigns.

The first is Ryan O’Hearn. The slugger has been all over the diamond for the Orioles, from the corner outfield to first base and designated hitter. On the ballot, you can find O’Hearn in the DH spot, which could certainly help him in voting.

As of the start of voting, O’Hearn leads all qualified American League designated hitters in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging, and nobody is particularly close in those categories. O’Hearn has roughly a 50-point lead in both batting average and OPS, mammoth leads in categories that both show up on the ballot.

Where O’Hearn may suffer is in name value, going up against the likes of Yordan Alvarez and Rafael Devers. But a dive into the numbers shows you that O’Hearn has had the best season of them all.

Several Orioles worthy of being first-time All-Stars

One player who isn’t lacking for name value is Jackson Holliday, who ranks in the top four among qualified AL second basemen in the following categories: hits, home runs, runs batted in, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS. So, basically, all of the important ones.

Holliday finds some tough competition in his category as well, with Gleyber Torres, Dylan Moore, and Willi Castro all putting up solid seasons. But Holliday continues to surge, and he could do so all the way to the All-Star Game.

Unfortunately, you won’t be able to vote for pitchers on the ballot.

If you could, perhaps you’d cast your vote for Tomoyuki Sugano, who has been stellar all season in Baltimore with an ERA just over 3.00. Unfortunately, he finds himself behind five AL pitchers with a sub-2.00 ERA, so getting an All-Star nod in his rookie season may be an uphill battle.

A similar case can be made for Bryan Baker, who, despite having an excellent season, doesn’t have saves to jump off the page. All-Star nod or not, his 2.67 ERA and 11.7 strikeouts per nine are still outstanding feats.

It may not be the usual suspects representing the O’s in Atlanta this season, but there are certainly some big-time players wearing orange and black worthy of selections.