2022 MLB All-Star Game: Start time, rosters, lineups, how to watch and stream

Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week concludes Tuesday with the 92nd annual All-Star Game, with the first pitch scheduled for just after 8 p.m.

The sole Phillies player who will be at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles is outfielder Kyle Schwarber, who entered the All-Star break leading the National League in home runs with 29. He’ll certainly be well rested after losing in the first round of last night’s Home Run Derby to 42-year-old Albert Pujols, who topped Schwarber by one home run.

If the game feels a bit depleted of stars, that’s because a number of All-Stars are nursing injuries. Among those who won’t take the field due to injuries are Phillies slugger Bryce Harper (broken thumb), Los Angeles Angels outfielder and South Jersey native Mike Trout (back spasms), Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (left knee), and St. Louis Cardinals third baseman and nine-time Gold Glove winner Nolan Arenado (lower back tightness).

» READ MORE: Take it from the stars: Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber is also an All-Star teammate

Helping to fill the void will be two All-Star Game veterans — Pujols and Detroit Tigers DH Miguel Cabrera — who were added to the rosters as “All-Star Legends Selections” thanks to a new clause in the collective bargaining agreement.

Dodger Stadium, the longtime home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is hosting the All-Star Game for the first time since 1980, when the Phillies were represented by Mike Schmidt, Pete Rose, and Steve Carlton. The Dodgers also hosted the game in 1959 at the Los Angeles Coliseum and in 1949, but back then the team was still in Brooklyn playing at Ebbets Field.

One lingering question is how many viewers will tune in. Last year, about 8.24 million people watched the All-Star Game on Fox, the second-smallest audience for the game in history, according to Sports Media Watch’s Jon Lewis. But despite the steady decline in viewers over the years, it has remained the most-watched All-Star game in professional sports, drawing more viewers than both the Pro Bowl (about 6.69 million viewers in 2022) and the NBA All-Star Game (about 6.28 million viewers).

Here’s everything you need to know to watch or stream this year’s MLB All-Star Game:

The 2022 MLB All-Star Game is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Eastern, and will air live on Fox from Dodger Stadium.

The game will stream live on the Fox Sports app, though it’s only available there for cable subscribers. It will also stream live on MLB.TV, though the subscription service is hardly worth it for Phillies fans in the Philadelphia market due to its blackout rules.

The game can also be streamed on a host of services that carry Fox, including FuboTV, Hulu With Live TV, DirecTV Stream, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.

Fox Sports will kick off its live coverage at 7 p.m. with a pregame show hosted by Kevin Burkhardt alongside analysts Alex Rodriguez, Frank Thomas, and David Ortiz.

» READ MORE: Bryce Harper and other MLB stars swing only one bat — and it’s made in Philly’s backyard

The last time there was an All-Star Game that Joe Buck didn’t call, Alex Rodriguez was with the Seattle Mariners and two of the National League’s reserve catchers were named Joe Girardi and Mike Lieberthal.

Buck called 19 straight All-Star Games for Fox, dating back to 2001 (there was no game in 2020 due to COVID-19). But thanks to his decision in March to join Troy Aikman on ESPN’s Monday Night Football, Fox needed a replacement in the booth for both the All-Star Game and the World Series later this year.

Enter Joe Davis, the 34-year-old television voice of the Dodgers who has called baseball, college football, and college basketball games for Fox since 2014. Davis will be joined in the booth by Hall of Famer John Smoltz, with Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci reporting from Dodgers Stadium.

» READ MORE: Will the Nationals trade Juan Soto? A deal elsewhere could help the Phillies’ playoff push

As part of the settlement between the league and its players that ended the MLB lockout in March, this year’s All-Star Game will have a fun tweak — but only if there’s a tie after nine innings.

Instead of going into extra innings, three players from each league will participate in a mini home run derby that will decide the game, according to rules obtained by the Associated Press. Each player gets three swings, and the team that ends up with the most home runs wins. Players are permitted to take an unlimited number of pitches without being penalized.

If the game remains tied, each team will pick a single player, with the pair facing off three swings at a time. The mini derby will continue until the tie is broken.

The All-Star Game has had a tie just 13 times since its inception in 1933, most recently in 2018, when the game was decided in 10 innings.

Harper was voted into his seventh All-Star game by fans as the National League’s designated hitter, but won’t play after his thumb was fractured by a 97 mph fastball during a game against the San Diego Padres last month.

The good news is Harper’s thumb surgery went off without a hitch a few weeks ago, and barring any complications, he’s on track to return to the Phillies as soon as mid-August.

That leaves Schwarber as the lone Phillies player on this year’s All-Star team. Starting pitchers Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola were snubbed and not selected as replacements, despite several National League All-Stars — including Braves ace Max Fried and 2021 Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes of the Milwaukee Brewers — pulling out of the game for various reasons.

“It would’ve been a privilege, but it is what it is,” Wheeler said following a loss against the St. Louis Cardinals last week. “I don’t care. I’ll spend time with my family.”