CLEVELAND — Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt revealed the names of the team’s three All-Stars to a full clubhouse Saturday afternoon.Travis Bazzana was left speechless. Cade Smith smiled. Everyone else erupted.Bazzana, Smith and Parker Messick will represent the Guardians in Philadelphia in a week and a half. That’s a rookie second baseman, a rookie starting pitcher and a closer navigating his first full season as the bullpen’s final line of defense. All three were elected via a peer vote.There’s no José Ramírez, thanks to a broken hamate bone. He had been named to the last five American League teams and seven of the last eight. There’s no Steven Kwan, thanks to a rough season at the plate. He had appeared in the last two All-Star Games. Gavin Williams and Tanner Bibee were expected to anchor Cleveland’s rotation, but it’s Messick — who opened the season as the club’s No. 5 starter — receiving the honor. Bazzana didn’t even open the season on the big-league roster. Smith is handling the ninth inning only because the guy he replaced is awaiting trial.Bazzana and Messick join Herb Score (1955), Dick Stigman (1960) and Sandy Alomar Jr. (1990) as the only rookie All-Stars in franchise history.Here’s a look at each All-Star’s path to earning the honor.Only two months into Bazzana’s career, the league has taken notice.Had he not missed two months last season because of an oblique injury, Bazzana might have debuted in September. He might have made the Opening Day roster this spring.Instead, the Guardians promoted him April 28. And when players across the league submitted their All-Star votes by the June 28 deadline, they had seen enough.Rookie Travis Bazzana has hit seven home runs and leads AL second basemen with a .767 OPS. (Thomas Shea / Imagn Images)The No. 1 pick of the 2024 draft can play.“They’re recognizing what he’s doing,” Vogt said. “What we’ve asked Travis to do, to come in as a rookie and hit at the top of the order, it’s not easy to do.”Bazzana didn’t have All-Star expectations, but he felt he would be able to conquer whatever challenges surfaced once he reached this level. In fact, he said he holds himself to such a high standard that he’s actually been disappointed at some of the peaks and valleys in his performance. Receiving the affirmation from his peers, however, set him straight.“Obviously a good perspective to give to myself when I sometimes don’t give myself grace,” he said.Bazzana remembers watching Mike Trout win one of his two All-Star Game MVP honors. He remembers Josh Hamilton spraying home runs across the old Yankee Stadium during the 2008 Home Run Derby. He remembers his fellow Oregon State Beaver, Adley Rutschman, switch hitting during the 2023 Derby.Many of his childhood memories of All-Star week, however, came from replays of the marquee events, since they would typically air while he was in science or math class in his native Sydney.Now, he’ll have a front-row seat to the festivities merely a couple of months after breaking into the big leagues.Bazzana, the fourth Australian-born player to be named an All-Star, entered Saturday’s action with 12 doubles, 12 stolen bases and a .767 OPS, which leads AL second basemen. That level of output convinced Vogt to stick him in the leadoff spot a little more than three weeks into his career and not look back.“The way he settled in, the quality of his at-bats,” Vogt said, “it was screaming, ‘Move me up.’ We got to a point where it was time, and he’s handled it amazingly.”Messick, locked in a competition with Logan Allen, didn’t know he was making Cleveland’s Opening Day roster until a few days before spring camp ended. As it turns out, he’s been the club’s best, most consistent starter and heads one of the league’s top rotations.“It’s really telling when, if we lost (the first) two games of a series and he’s going the third one, it’s like, ‘OK, at least we’re going to salvage one,'” Guardians outfielder Kwan said. “Having that kind of mindset for a rookie pitcher is really comforting.”Messick debuted in August, and his last 11 months have been a bit of a surprise, a bit of a whirlwind, and not at all by accident.Behind the lefty who is always smiling and chatting with any teammate, coach, clubhouse attendant, reporter, usher or fan he walks past is a ruthless competitor. He constantly relays how grateful he is for the opportunity to pitch in the majors and how he owes everything to his faith.Parker Messick's PitchabilityAndrea ArcadipaneAnd then he relishes standing on the mound and watching hitters flail at his changeup, wail when they can’t keep up with his rapid pace and fail to pick up the ball when his limbs are pointing in all directions like a compass.Messick entered his outing Saturday ranked fifth among AL starters with a 2.85 ERA.“He wants to be great,” Vogt said. “He’s never satisfied.”He never thought about an All-Star Game nod, other than to say that if he landed one, he would be grateful. Just like he never worried about whether he was on the roster bubble during spring training.“The more you think about things like that,” Messick said, “things will start to spiral.”Smith doesn’t hold dear any memories of past All-Star Games. He said he isn’t sure what to expect in Philadelphia or what he’s looking forward to about the trip.Beep boop, beep boop. The robotic closer said he’s honored to be selected by his peers for the first time and appreciates the recognition.But really, what makes Smith worthy of the honor is what makes those around him describe him as robotic in the first place. He’s disciplined to an unparalleled degree.“His entire day is scripted,” Cleveland reliever Erik Sabrowski said.“He never wavers,” Cleveland starter Slade Cecconi said.“Cade’s the hardest worker I’ve ever seen,” Vogt said.“He’s a 1-of-1,” Sabrowski said, “so why wouldn’t he have a 1-of-1 routine and work ethic?”The routine changed last year when Emmanuel Clase was booted to the restricted list for his alleged involvement in a pitch-rigging scheme. Instead of Clase putting out fires in the sixth, seventh or eighth, Smith was thrown into a rigid, ninth-inning role without warning. There were a few bumps initially. But, unsurprisingly, he’s now cruising along as he did his first two years in the majors.“To me, this should be his third All-Star Game,” Vogt said.Smith leads the majors in saves and he owns a 57-to-10 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Since the start of the 2024 season, he has the highest fWAR total among relievers (6.9) and the best strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.74-to-1).His next assignment might be pitching the ninth inning for the AL.“It’s a huge honor,” Smith said, “and I’m looking forward to really soaking it in and just enjoying the experience.”His manager, a two-time All-Star himself, has some advice.“Don’t blink,” Vogt said. “It’s going to go by fast. It’s two of the longest days you’re ever going to have, but they go by quick. Enjoy every minute. Soak it up. You earned this.”