Matthew Boyd named an All-Star while 3 of his Cubs teammates were snubbed

The final MLB All-Star Game roster announcements are in - and Chicago Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd will be joining his teammates Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker in the Midsummer Classic next week in Atlanta.

It's the latest chapter in Boyd's remarkable story. From college standout to promising Detroit Tigers pitching prospect to an oft-injured veteran looking to get his career back on track, Boyd has been sensational for the Cubs this year after quickly signing a two-year, $29.5 million deal early last offseason.

As if to celebrate the announcement, Boyd spent Sunday night at Wrigley Field carving up the St. Louis Cardinals in his latest gem, carrying a shutout into the sixth at the time of this being written. As excited as we all are for Boyd to make his first All-Star team, you can easily make the case for two, potentially three, of his Cubs teammates who missed the cut.

3 Cubs All-Star snubs: Seiya Suzuki

MLB RBI leader Seiya Suzuki will not make his first career All-Star Game, despite his monster season at the plate. The offseason addition of Tucker and the emergence of Crow-Armstrong offered him better protection and he's made the most of it, focusing on delivering power in his fourth MLB season.

He entered Sunday slugging nearly 70 points above his career average, having already set career-highs in home runs and runs batted in. Suzuki has hit the ball hard all season, ranking in the top nine percent of the league in average exit velocity and xSLG - and his team-leading 25 home runs have set the tone for the Cubs' offense, somewhat quietly due to the exploits of Tucker and PCA.

3 Cubs All-Star snubs: Michael Busch

Michael Busch should be an All-Star. Period. The former first-round pick out of UNC has shown he's one of the league's best all-around first basemen and his offensive upside was on full display this weekend against St. Louis.

He clubbed three home runs on Friday, then added another Saturday as part of a three-hit effort. Heading into Sunday's rubber match, he was batting just under .300 with an eye-popping 167 OPS+/ Busch is nearing last season's offensive output in roughly half as many games, and unlike someone like Pete Alonso, there's more to his game than his bat.

3 Cubs All-Star snubs: Carson Kelly

OK, this one isn't the slam dunk that Suzuki and Busch are, but I still think the guy deserved to make the All-Star team. Unfortunately for him, every team has to have a representative and the lowly Colorado Rockies' best position player is catcher Hunter Goodman.

You can make the case that Kelly, like Busch, is a better all-around player than the chosen representative in the All-Star Game. Given the 'every team must be represented' rule, I don't know that it would have made a difference, but if Kelly could've gotten back on track at the plate after cooling off from his Ruthian start at the plate sooner than the last handful of games, maybe he gets the edge. Instead, he'll watch from home with the rest of us.