OAKLAND, Calif. - Blake Treinen of the Oakland Athletics has been named to the American League All-Star Team for the 89^th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 17 at Nationals Park in Washington DC. It is his first career All-Star selection.
Treinen is 5-1 with 22 saves and a 0.81 ERA (4 ER, 44.2 IP) with 54 strikeouts while allowing a .172 opponents batting average in 36 relief appearances this season. He leads Major League relievers in ERA (0.81) and is tied for 1^st in the American League in opponent OPS (.449), 3 ^rd in slugging (.221), 4^th in saves (22) and on-base percentage (.229) and 8^th in innings pitched (44.2). In his last 28 games since May 2, he is 4-0, 19-for-19 in save opportunities with a 0.55 ERA (2 ER, 32.2 IP) with 40 strikeouts.
The right-hander is the first A's reliever to be named to the All-Star Team since Sean Doolittle in 2014 when Oakland had seven representatives at the game.
In five Major League seasons, Treinen has posted a 2.86 ERA (97 ER, 305.2 IP) with 286 strikeouts in 256 games, including seven starts with Washington (2014-17) and Oakland (2017-18). He was acquired by Oakland in a five-player trade with Washington on July 16, 2017. He was originally selected by Oakland in the 7^th round of the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
MLB All-Star Week includes the MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Nationals Park (July 17th), Gatorade All-Star Workout Day featuring the T-Mobile Home Run Derby (July 16th), All-Star Sunday featuring the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game and All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game (July 15th), GEICO All-Star FanFest at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (July 13th-17th), plus a lineup of additional events taking place around the city.
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