ARLINGTON, Texas – Gunnar Henderson. Juan Soto. Aaron Judge.

Paul Skenes has never seen a lineup like this – but perhaps those sluggers have never seen a pitcher quite like Skenes.

It will happen Tuesday night at Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, when Skenes – barely a year removed from getting drafted first overall out of LSU – starts for the National League against a loaded American League lineup.

The AL and NL unveiled their lineups Monday at Globe Life Field, with Baltimore Orioles right-hander Corbin Burnes anointed to oppose Skenes.

The 6-foot-6 Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander could pit his 100-mph fastball against the 2022 MVP in Judge – leading the majors in OPS (1.112), homers (34) and RBI (85) – who is hitting cleanup on Tuesday. Steven Kwan will bat leadoff for the AL, followed by Henderson (28 HR and a .947 OPS). And then there’s Soto, second to Judge in the AL with a .984 OPS, batting third ahead of his Yankee teammate.

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They’ll battle a pitcher who has twice taken a no-hitter into at least the sixth inning, joining Nolan Ryan as the only hurlers to pair that feat with an 11-strikeout effort in one season.

NL manager Torey Lovullo broke the news to Skenes by calling into a TV interview on Friday, an unusual move with the starter usually officially announced at the news conference the day before the game.

"It became something I needed to tell the world," Lovullo said Monday.

Skenes has 89 strikeouts in 66 ⅓ innings, though the 22-year-old will likely only see one inning.

"The goal was to be in the major leagues and hopefully a big league starter by now," Skenes said. "I didn't necessarily think I would be here."

For the AL, Burnes, 29, is 9-4 with a 2.43 ERA in 19 starts after joining the Orioles in an offseason trade. The 2021 NL Cy Young winner has 110 strikeouts in 118 ⅔ innings.

The All-Star Game (7:30 ET, Fox) returns to Arlington for the first time since 1995, when another rookie – Japanese star Hideo Nomo – started for the NL after a captivating first half. That field – now called Choctaw Stadium – can still be seen through the windows of Globe Life Field. 

All-Star Game starting lineups

National League

Starting pitcher: Paul Skenes, Pirates

  1. 2B Ketel Marte, Diamondbacks
  2. DH Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers
  3. SS Trea Turner, Phillies
  4. 1B Bryce Harper, Phillies
  5. C William Contreras, Brewers
  6. RF Christian Yelich, Brewers
  7. 3B Alec Bohm, Phillies
  8. CF Tesocar Hernandez, Dodgers
  9. LF Jurickson Profar, Padres

American League

Starting pitcher: Corbin Burnes, Orioles

  1. LF Steven Kwan, Guardians
  2. SS Gunnar Henderson, Orioles
  3. RF Juan Soto, Yankees
  4. CF Aaron Judge, Yankees
  5. DH Yordan Alvarez, Astros
  6. 3B Jose Ramirez, Guardians
  7. 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays
  8. C Adley Rutschman, Orioles
  9. 2B Marcus Semien, Rangers

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