On Sunday night, Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz was selected as a National League All-Star for the second season in a row. The 23-year-old joins rare company, becoming just the eighth National League shortstop is history to have multiple All-Star selections by age 23, according to Matt Wilkes.

Abbott (7-1, 2.15 ERA) has pitched well enough in 15 starts to help put the Reds at the fringes of the wild-card playoff mix – and maybe well enough yet earn a first All-Star bid the way teammate Hunter Greene did a year ago.

Elly De La Cruz and Andrew Abbott will represent the Cincinnati Reds at next week's MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta after Abbott's selection Tuesday.