This Texas Rangers pitcher got snubbed from an All-Star Game selection

The Midsummer Classic at Truist Park in Atlanta is right around the corner and the Rangers lone representative will be their ace Jacob deGrom

He should've been joined by fellow rotation arm Nathan Eovaldi but because of the one team-one player rule, and an ill-timed IR stint, deGrom will be flying solo instead.

This dumb rule cost Eovaldi a spot on the American League All-Star team

The antiquated rule that each team must have at least one representative at the All-Star Game is one of the factors that cost Eovaldi an AL roster spot.

MLB can't replace no-brainers like deGrom, Tarik Skubal, Max Fried, Garrett Crochet, and Kris Bubic, but two AL starters are on the team as the sole representative for some awful teams and are not deserving over Eovaldi.

Nathan Eovaldi is 6-3 with an outstadning 1.62 ERA and 0.85 WHIP. Yet, he won't be in Atlanta because the White Sox are so bad that their mandatory representative, Shane Smith, who is 3-7 with a pedestrian 4.20 ERA and a WHIP 50 points higher than Eovaldi's, will be the South Siders' mandatory representative.

You could also make a solid argument that he deserves to go over Angels lefty Yusei Kikuchi, who is sporting a terrible 3-7 record with a 3.02 ERA and a WHIP (1.37) that is even higher than Smith's.

Eovaldi definitely deserves a spot over Smith, but MLB doesn't want to miss out on that big Chicago fan base that probably won't tune in to see their so-so starter maybe pitch an inning.

Eovaldi got hurt at the wrong time and lost his spot

Naysayers will point to Eovaldi's 83.1 innings pitched and recent time on the IL as the reason he didn't get a roster spot, because his numbers are among the very best in baseball.

Well, Shane Smith has only gotten one more out than Eovaldi at 83.2 innings pitched, and he got the nod from the Commissioner's Office with far inferior numbers.

It is a combination of the ridiculous "one player" rule and Eovaldi's unfortunate timing that led to his exclusion. Nevertheless, after tossing six innings and yielding just a single run in the Rangers' 13-1 drubbing of the Angels, he looks like an even bigger snub than ever.