CINCINNATI -- Cubs closer Wade Davis will join his former and current manager Joe Maddon at the All-Star Game.
Davis will be the Cubs' lone representative following their World Series championship season, which is odd since the right-hander was not part of the team last year.
"He's done a great job for us," Maddon said of Davis. "He deserves to go. There are other guys on the cusp who are deserving. If you look at the other guys, there's no argument for me."
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Maddon will manage the National League All-Star squad, the second time he's done so for an All-Star Game. He also managed the American League team in 2009 after leading the Rays to the World Series in '08.
Davis is 16-for-16 in save situations this year with the Cubs, his first in Chicago. The right-hander pitched for Maddon in Tampa Bay from 2009-12.
This is the third All-Star appearance for Davis, 31, who had a stretch of 64 1/3 homerless innings, which ended May 24.
Last year, the Cubs made All-Star history by becoming the second team ever to have its entire infield to start an All-Star Game as Anthony Rizzo, Benjamin Zobrist, Addison Russell and Kristopher Bryant were elected to the NL team. The only other team to accomplish that feat was the 1963 Cardinals.
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