While emceeing a press conference with Tarik Skubal, Paul Skenes, Dave Roberts, and Aaron Boone, he stammered his way through an answer to some pointed questioning by Jen Ramos Eisen. He also duffed an interview with Shohei Ohtani, at one point instructing Ohtani's interpreter to provide some 'energy on the delivery' of his question.
Shohei Ohtani will bat leadoff as the designated hitter for the National League in the All-Star Game, with Ronald Acuna Jr. following in the batting order.