{"id":161806,"date":"2025-07-08T22:03:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/161806\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T22:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:03:13","slug":"cubs-seiya-suzuki-makes-mlb-history-after-all-star-game-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/161806\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki Makes MLB History After All-Star Game Snub"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki Makes MLB History After All-Star Game Snub<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Designated hitter Seiya Suzuki is in his fourth major-league season with the Chicago Cubs after nine standout years in Japan\u2019s Nippon Professional Baseball.<\/p>\n

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The Cubs signed Suzuki to a five-year, $85 million contract in 2022, and he\u2019ll become an unrestricted free agent after the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

Suzuki transitioned to the designated hitter role late last season, both because he immediately produced in that role and because Chicago\u2019s outfield was crowded with Cody Bellinger, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Ian Happ.<\/p>\n

In 2025, his first full season as a DH, Suzuki has dominated\u2014batting .263 with 25 home runs and an .880 OPS over 86 games.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Cubs designated hitter Seiya Suzuki (27)\u00a9 Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Despite that terrific first half, Suzuki was not selected to represent the National League at this year\u2019s All-Star Game.<\/p>\n

Entering the break with at least 25 home runs, 75 RBIs and 20 doubles is rare: in MLB history only 34 players have reached those marks by midseason, and just two have been left off the roster\u2014Hank Greenberg in 1935 and Suzuki in 2025.<\/p>\n

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Suzuki enters Tuesday\u2019s game against the Minnesota Twins with 77 RBIs\u2014the most in all of MLB\u2014leading Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh, who are both tied at 74.<\/p>\n

Although he won\u2019t participate in the Midsummer Classic, Suzuki’s focus remains on team success, and his bat has been an important piece so far.<\/p>\n

The Cubs currently stand 54\u201336 in first place in the NL Central, holding a 3.5-game lead over the second-place Milwaukee Brewers. Suzuki’s continued offensive production will be an important part of Chicago\u2019s quest for a division title and a deep postseason run.<\/p>\n

Related: Cubs Make History Against Cardinals on Fourth of July<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Kyle Tucker, Pete Crow-Armstrong Make MLB History for Cubs<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 8, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki Makes MLB History After All-Star Game Snub originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Designated hitter Seiya…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[106,5,3297,138,24,4245,1365,161,5021,16538,36,59,60,4,505,2353,35,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-161806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-cal-raleigh","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-chicago-cubs","13":"tag-chicagocubs","14":"tag-cody-bellinger","15":"tag-cubs","16":"tag-designated-hitter","17":"tag-hank-greenberg","18":"tag-ian-happ","19":"tag-milwaukee-brewers","20":"tag-minnesota-twins","21":"tag-mlb","22":"tag-national-league","23":"tag-nippon-professional-baseball","24":"tag-pete-crow-armstrong","25":"tag-seiya-suzuki"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114819878579929707","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}