The 2013 All-Star Game rosters were announced and the Detroit Tigers lead all teams with a total of six representatives. The Baltimore Orioles have four. O’s slugger Chris Davis tallied 8,272,243 votes, the most of any player. St Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina led the NL by being named on 6,883,258 ballots.
Mariano Rivera, who has already announced that he’ll retire at the end of the season, will be an All-Star for the 13th time. The starting pitchers won’t be announced until Monday, July 15, but early speculation has focused on Matt Harvey for the NL and Max Scherzer for the AL.
The NL Final Vote candidates are Yasiel Puig and Adrian Gonzalez of the Dodgers, Ian Desmond of the Nationals, Freddie Freeman of the Braves and Hunter Pence of the Giants. In the AL, fans can choose between Joaquin Benoit of the Tigers, Steve Delabar of the Blue Jays, David Robertson of the Yankees, Tanner Scheppers of the Rangers and Koji Uehara of the Red Sox.
“This is not a simple thing, but I’m proud of it,” Tigers and American League manager Jim Leyland said. “We worked hard on it. We’re not going to be perfect. I put a lot of time and thought into it. I had a lot of help. It’s still not going to make everybody happy. There’s going to be guys who should be All-Stars who are left off. That happens every year.”
Longoria has played in 84 games this year and posted the AL’s sixth-best OPS at .908 and has 17 HR and 49 RBI.
Strasburg has made 16 starts and has pitched to an ERA of 2.24. a stint on the disabled list may have hurt his chances.
Oakland A’s third baseman Josh Donaldson like Longoria may have been the victim of and numbers game with a glut of all-star caliber third baseman in the American League.
With Miguel Cabrera deservedly starting at third base Manny Machado was chosen as the backup.
Matt Moore who has 12 wins, second behind in the Scherzer’ 13 wins in American League was left off the team. He’s in the top 10 in hits per nine innings and strikeouts per inning.
National League snubs include Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce. After a horrible April, Bruce posted a .946 OPS and 17 homers between May 1 and June 30. His 56 RBIs rank sixth among Major League outfielders
American League
Starters
C: Joe Mauer, Twins
1B: Chris Davis, Orioles
2B: Robinson Cano, Yankees
SS: J.J. Hardy, Orioles
3B: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers
OF: Mike Trout, Angels
OF: Adam Jones, Orioles
OF: Jose Bautista, Blue Jays
DH: David Ortiz, Red Sox
Pitchers
RHP: Clay Buchholz, Red Sox
LHP: Brett Cecil, Blue Jays
RHP: Bartolo Colon @, A’s
RHP: Jesse Crain, White Sox
RHP: Yu Darvish, Rangers
RHP: Felix Hernandez, Mariners
RHP: Hisashi Iwakuma, Mariners
RHP: Justin Masterson, Indians
RHP: Joe Nathan, Rangers
LHP: Glen Perkins, Twins
RHP: Mariano Rivera, Yankees
LHP: Chris Sale, White Sox
RHP: Max Scherzer, Tigers
RHP: Justin Verlander, Tigers
Reserves
C: Jason Castro, Astros
C: Salvador Perez, Royals
1B: Prince Fielder, Tigers
2B: Jason Kipnis, Indians
2B: Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox
2B: Ben Zobrist, Rays
SS: Jhonny Peralta: Tigers
3B: Manny Machado, Orioles
OF: Nelson Cruz, Rangers
OF: Alex Gordon, Royals
OF: Torii Hunter, Tigers
DH: Edwin Encarnacion, Blue Jays
National League
Starters
C: Yadier Molina, Cardinals
1B: Joey Votto, Reds
2B: Brandon Phillips, Reds
SS: Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies
3B: David Wright, Mets
OF: Carlos Beltran, Cardinals
OF: Carlos Gonzalez, Rockies
OF: Bryce Harper, Nationals
Pitchers
LHP: Madison Bumgarner, Giants
LHP: Aroldis Chapman, Reds
LHP: Patrick Corbin, D-backs
RHP: Jose Fernandez, Marlins
RHP: Jason Grilli, Pirates
RHP: Matt Harvey, Mets
LHP: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers
RHP: Craig Kimbrel, Braves
LHP: Cliff Lee, Phillies
LHP: Jeff Locke, Pirates
RHP: Adam Wainwright, Cardinals
LHP: Travis Wood, Cubs
RHP: Jordan Zimmermann, Nationals
Reserves
C: Buster Posey, Giants
1B: Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs
1B: Allen Craig, Cardinals
2B: Matt Carpenter, Cardinals
2B: Marco Scutaro, Giants
SS: Everth Cabrera, Padres
SS: Jean Segura, Brewers
3B: Pedro Alvarez, Pirates
OF: Domonic Brown, Phillies
OF: Michael Cuddyer, Rockies
OF: Carlos Gomez, Brewers
OF: Andrew McCutchen, Pirates
