AL All-Star Game starters feature Mike Trout, Mookie Betts and Aaron Judge

Betallsports · Jul 8, 2018

The American League's starting outfield for next week's All-Star Game certainly isn't lacking in star power, with the Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout, New York's Aaron Judge and Boston's Mookie Betts getting the nods.

Trout is working on perhaps the best season of his stellar career with the Los Angeles Angels. Judge has 25 homers and 58 RBI for the New York Yankees, and Betts is batting .342 with 22 homers for the major league-leading Boston Red Sox.

The Red Sox have a second starter in designated hitter J.D. Martinez.

The Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs lead the National League's roster with two starters apiece.

First baseman Freddie Freeman and outfielder Nick Markakis, a first-time selection at 34, will be joined in the lineup by Cubs catcher Willson Contrerasand second baseman Javier Baez.

Washington Nationals slugger Bryce Harper will be in his usual spot for the All-Star Game, which will be played July 17 at Nationals Park. Harper, voted an All-Star for the fourth straight year, is batting just .218 this season, but he has 21 homers and 50 RBIs.

Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds out the outfield for the National League, with Colorado's Nolan Arenado and San Francisco's Brandon Crawfordjoining Baez and Freeman in the infield for the NL.

Baltimore's Manny Machado, a coveted trade target of contending teams, will start at shortstop for the American League, with Chicago's Jose Abreu, Houston's Jose Altuve and Cleveland's Jose Ramirez joining him in the infield.

Altuve led the fan balloting with 4.8 million votes.

Betallsports · Jul 8, 2018

Complete rosters for the 2018 MLB All-Star Game at Nationals Park on July 17:
[h=2]National League[/h]<aside class="inline inline-table" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 221, 223); clear: both; margin: 6px 0px 18px; padding: 15px; width: 565px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">[h=2]STARTERS[/h]

POS	PLAYER	TEAM
C	Willson Contreras	Chicago Cubs
1B	Freddie Freeman	Atlanta Braves
2B	Javier Baez	Chicago Cubs
3B	Nolan Arenado	Colorado Rockies
SS	Brandon Crawford	San Francisco Giants
OF	Nick Markakis	Atlanta Braves
OF	Matt Kemp	Los Angeles Dodgers
OF	Bryce Harper	Washington Nationals

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POS	PLAYER	TEAM
SP	Max Scherzer	Washington Nationals
SP	Jacob deGrom	New York Mets
SP	Aaron Nola	Philadelphia Phillies
SP	Mike Foltynewicz	Atlanta Braves
SP	Miles Mikolas	St. Louis Cardinals
SP	Jon Lester	Chicago Cubs
SP	Patrick Corbin	Arizona Diamondbacks
RP	Kenley Jansen	Los Angeles Dodgers
RP	Sean Doolittle	Washington Nationals
RP	Josh Hader	Milwaukee Brewers
RP	Brad Hand	San Diego Padres
RP	Felipe Vazquez	Pittsburgh Pirates

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POS	PLAYER	TEAM
C	Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants
C	J.T. Realmuto	Miami Marlins
1B	Paul Goldschmidt	Arizona Diamondbacks
1B	Joey Votto	Cincinnati Reds
2B	Ozzie Albies	Atlanta Braves
2B	Scooter Gennett	Cincinnati Reds
3B	Eugenio Suarez	Cincinnati Reds
SS	Trevor Story	Colorado Rockies
OF	Lorenzo Cain	Milwaukee Brewers
OF	Christian Yelich	Milwaukee Brewers
OF	Charlie Blackmon	Colorado Rockies

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[h=2]American League[/h]<aside class="inline inline-table" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 221, 223); clear: both; margin: 6px 0px 18px; padding: 15px; width: 565px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">[h=2]STARTERS[/h]

POS	PLAYER	TEAM
C	Wilson Ramos	Tampa Bay Rays
1B	Jose Abreu	Chicago White Sox
2B	Jose Altuve	Houston Astros
3B	Jose Ramirez	Cleveland Indians
SS	Manny Machado	Baltimore Orioles
OF	Mookie Betts	Boston Red Sox
OF	Mike Trout	Los Angeles Angels
OF	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees
DH	J.D. Martinez	Boston Red Sox

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POS	PLAYER	TEAM
SP	Luis Severino	New York Yankees
SP	Corey Kluber	Cleveland Indians
SP	Chris Sale	Boston Red Sox
SP	Trevor Bauer	Cleveland Indians
SP	Justin Verlander*	Houston Astros
SP	Gerrit Cole	Houston Astros
SP	J.A. Happ	Toronto Blue Jays
SP	Jose Berrios	Minnesota Twins
RP	Aroldis Chapman	New York Yankees
RP	Edwin Diaz	Seattle Mariners
RP	Joe Jimenez	Detroit Tigers
RP	Blake Treinen	Oakland A's
RP	Craig Kimbrel	Boston Red Sox
* Verlander will be inactive for game

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POS	PLAYER	TEAM
C	Salvador Perez	Kansas City Royals
1B	Mitch Moreland	Boston Red Sox
2B	Gleyber Torres	New York Yankees
3B	Alex Bregman	Houston Astros
SS	Francisco Lindor	Cleveland Indians
OF	Shin-Soo Choo	Texas Rangers
OF	Michael Brantley	Cleveland Indians
OF	Mitch Haniger	Seattle Mariners
OF	George Springer	Houston Astros
DH	Nelson Cruz	Seattle Mariners

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AL final vote players
Andrew Benintendi, OF, Boston Red Sox

michael777 · Jul 8, 2018

as always,i will be betting NO runs in the first inning

VIEJODINOSAUR · Jul 9, 2018

How does Blake Snell not get on the team? or Charlie Morton?

dr.vegas · Jul 9, 2018

How does Blake Snell not get on the team? or Charlie Morton?

I totally agree with you but nowadays so many guys get added for pitchers due to guys pitching on Sunday or nagging injuries both these guys you mentioned will make it with others.

Fishhead · Jul 9, 2018

That's a BIG NAME OF compared to that of the NL

Betallsports · Jul 9, 2018

VIEJO DINOSAUR said:
How does Blake Snell not get on the team? or Charlie Morton?

I agree that both should be in there. I think Morton will go for Verlander, if that's allowed, but you still need to get Snell in the game, shit, he leads the AL in ERA
and a 12 game winner, how could you Not have him in there ??

PatsFanatic · Jul 9, 2018

That AL lineup is scary

What's the line?

Betallsports · Jul 9, 2018

[h=1]Chris Archer on Blake Snell's snub from All-Star roster: 'Something like that can't happen'[/h]

Betallsports · Jul 9, 2018

PatsFanatic said:
That AL lineup is scary

What's the line?

I haven't seen a line yet, still a week away

Greenbacks · Jul 9, 2018

Blake Snell 12-4....2.09 ERA

What a joke

Michelangelo · Jul 9, 2018

Do the pitchers still get named by the manager? Or are they on the ballot too?

Betallsports · Jul 9, 2018

Michelangelo said:
Do the pitchers still get named by the manager? Or are they on the ballot too?

This kind of says it's different....

The 2018 MLB All-Star Game rosters will be announced on Sunday evening (7 p.m. ET, ESPN), with several factors determining the rosters for each league. Here is a look at how the sausage is made.
Each league will be allowed 32 players on the roster, including 20 position players and 12 pitchers. The composition of said rosters are filled in three parts.
Fan voting

First, the fans vote for the starting position players, which means eight players in the National League and nine — including the designated hitter — in the American League. The outfielders are voted on as a group and not separated by position, with the top three in each league getting to start.
Long gone are the days of the in-stadium paper ballots. This marked the fifth year that All-Star voting is exclusively online. The voting period ended on Thursday night, July 5.
The National League will use a designated hitter during the game, but it is up to the manager to determine who will start there among the remaining position players.
Player voting

MLB players get to vote as well, electing eight position players in each league, plus the designated hitter in the AL. The top vote-getter at each position earns a spot here. In the case that the player vote winner matched the fan vote, the player with the second-highest vote total from the players gets the spot.
Players also select eight pitchers for each side, five starters and three relievers.
Commissioner’s office

At this point we have 16 position players filled in the NL and 18 in the AL, plus eight pitchers in each league. That leaves four position players in the NL and two in the AL, plus four pitchers in each league for the commissioner’s office to fill in.

Michelangelo · Jul 9, 2018

Thanks BAS. Looks like managers get no say re the pitchers chosen.

So it will be up to the Commish's office to put Blake Snell on the roster.

VIEJODINOSAUR · Jul 10, 2018

Bauer went for Verlander....Snell and Morton still looking from the outside....

VIEJODINOSAUR · Jul 10, 2018

PatsFanatic said:
That AL lineup is scary

What's the line?

Imagine somewhere around AL-140 and 8under-115

Albatross · Jul 10, 2018

How does Baez get the start over Ozzie.....crazy stuff.

tar_heel_in_sc · Jul 10, 2018

Greenbacks said:
Blake Snell 12-4....2.09 ERA

What a joke

The fact that he's got those numbers in the AL East makes it even more impressive.

RX drew · Jul 10, 2018

Anyone see props yet for the game or HR Derby?rxb@ll

PatsFanatic · Jul 17, 2018

AL -131
7o -125

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