3 Dodgers who could become first-time All-Stars in 2025

After another extremely busy offseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers continue to find themselves with a wealth of riches as their quest for back-to-back World Series titles begins.

Name the accolade and the Dodgers likely have it on their active roster: from MVPs to Cy Youngs to Silver Sluggers, the list goes on and on. However, despite all the individual achievements, there are a few talented names who've yet to add All-Star to their big league career resume.

That could change for some in 2025, though, as three names in particular have a good shot at reaching this year's Midsummer Classic for the first time.

3 Dodgers who could become first-time All-Stars in 2025

Roki Sasaki

Now, it's important to preface with Sasaki that this is a very young 23-year-old arm who's pitching outside of NPB for the first time and coming off a season where he battled injury. Penciling him into an All-Star game in his rookie campaign would be unfair pressure to put on him as he continues to develop.

That being said, if the argument is "could make an All-Star team" and not "will make an All-Star team", then someone with Sasaki's professional track record and talent has to be in the conversation.

The first exposure many baseball fans outside of Japan got of Sasaki was when he carved up the Czech Republic's lineup in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, striking out eight over 3 2/3 innings.

In his four-year NPB career, Sasaki was a two-time All-Star who performed to the tune of a 2.10 ERA and a 0.89 WHIP with 505 strikeouts to just 88 walks over 394 2/3 innings. This included a 2023 season where he posted a 1.78 ERA, 0.75 WHIP and 13.4 K/9.

From a pitch-mix standpoint, MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo broke down Sasaki's excellent arsenal in a recent scouting report. In the report, Mayo highlights his blistering fastball that can touch triple digits, his phenomenal splitter that can leave hitters dumbfounded, and a solid slider as his third offering.

After Pirates rookie sensation Paul Skenes not only made his first All-Star game his rookie season in 2024, but started the game for the National League (and then won Rookie of the Year), we have to keep the possibility open that Sasaki could very well have what it takes to achieve All-Star status right out of the gate in his MLB career.

Tommy Edman

While his 98 wRC+ in the regular season may not have been the blistering start Edman had hoped for his Dodgers' career, the veteran utility man deserves some love after the stellar performance he put together in October.

He enters the 2025 season coming off an outstanding postseason in which he hit .328 with an .862 OPS and a 139 wRC+, claiming NLCS MVP honors in the process. He took advantage of a Dodgers lineup that had little to no weaknesses and emerged as a strong run producer.

While 11 RBI in the NLCS is the best example of this, despite some of his regular season shortcomings last season, Edman managed to drive in 20 across just 153 plate appearances. For context, he only managed 47 RBI in 479 plate appearances with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2023.

He's obviously in a good spot where he feels comfortable with the lineup around him, so if he can re-capture some of that magic in the first half of 2025, he stands a fair shot at finally getting his first All-Star nod.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

While Yamamoto did miss nearly three months of his rookie season last year due to injury, when he was on the mound he was simply one of the league's best starters.

In 90 innings pitched across 18 starts, Yamamoto threw to the tune of a 3.00 ERA, 2.61 FIP, a 1.11 WHIP. He also sat in the 85th percentile of league arms in strikeout rate and 81st percentile in walk rate, according to Baseball Savant.

Looking further into how he stacked up against the rest of the league in 2024, Yamamoto ranked in at least the Top 25 starters in ERA (T-15th), WHIP (T-25th), FIP (5th), K/9 (13th) and K/BB (17th).

He paired this success with some dominant postseason performances, showing why the Dodgers forked over a 12-year, $325 million contract to secure his services last winter. His October glory was headlined by the 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball he tossed in Game 2 of the World Series.

He was statistically amongst the league's best starters in 2024, showing out in both the regular season and postseason. A July trip to Atlanta as an All-Star in 2025 seems like the logical next step in Yamamoto's career.