Chicago White Sox rookie outfielder Tristan Peters, a former member of the exhibition team the Savannah Bananas, was named to Major League Baseball's American League All-Star squad only around 12 hours after hitting for the cycle. The rapid rise is notable because it caps an unusual career path, taking Peters from a novelty barnstorming outfit to one of the sport's showcase events in his debut season.

Peters earned the call-up to replace Nick Kurtz, who had recently been placed on the injured list. His cycle — recording a single, double, triple and home run in the same game — was the first by a White Sox player in nine years, and he completed it with a triple down the right-field line in his final at-bat against the Athletics. The article also notes, separately, that Shohei Ohtani is set to miss the All-Star Game.