On Tuesday, July 11, baseball's best and brightest stars will convene in Miami's Marlins Park for the 2017 All-Star Game. The Home Run Derby will be held on July 10 and the Futures Game will kick off the All-Star festivities on July 9.
On Sunday, MLB unveiled the starters and reserves for the National League and American League All-Star teams. Fan vote, of course, determined the starting position players in each league (eight in the NL and nine -- including DH -- in the AL, and pitchers and reserves were chosen by a combination of player ballot and selections made by the commissioner's office. The respective managers, Joe Maddon of the Cubs for the NL and Terry Francona of the Indians for the AL, will chose the starting pitchers. Maddon will also select his DH from the NL's reserves. Each roster comprises 32 players -- 20 position players and 12 pitchers. As in years past, each of MLB's 30 teams must be represented by at least one All-Star.
Now let's have a look at the 2017 All-Star teams:
| Appearance | Votes | | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Salvador Perez
KC C
| Fifth | 3,086,237 | | |
Justin Smoak
TOR 1B
| First | 2,566,181 | | |
Jose Altuve
HOU 2B
| Fifth | 3,880,372 | | |
Jose Ramirez
CLE 3B
| First | 1,969,696 | | |
Carlos Correa
HOU SS
| First | 2,947,674 | | |
Aaron Judge
NYY RF
| First | 4,488,702 | | |
Mike Trout
LAA CF
| Sixth | 3,208,925 | | |
George Springer
HOU CF
| First | 2,207,329 | | |
Corey Dickerson
TB DH
| First | 1,793,821 | | |
| Apperance | | | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Sanchez
NYY C
| First | | | |
Yonder Alonso
OAK 1B
| First | | | |
Starlin Castro
NYY 2B
| Fourth | | | |
Jonathan Schoop
BAL 2B
| First | | | |
Miguel Sano
MIN 3B
| First | | | |
Francisco Lindor
CLE SS
| Second | | | |
Mookie Betts
BOS RF
| Second | | | |
Avisail Garcia
CHW RF
| First | | | |
Michael Brantley
CLE LF
| Second | | | |
Nelson Cruz
SEA DH
| Fifth | | | |
| Appearance | | | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yu Darvish
TEX SP
| Fourth | | | |
Michael Fulmer
DET SP
| First | | | |
Dallas Keuchel
HOU SP
| Second | | | |
Corey Kluber
CLE SP
| Second | | | |
Lance McCullers
HOU SP
| First | | | |
Chris Sale
BOS SP
| Sixth | | | |
Luis Severino
NYY SP
| First | | | |
Jason Vargas
KC SP
| First | | | |
Dellin Betances
NYY RP
| Fourth | | | |
Craig Kimbrel
BOS RP
| Sixth | | | |
Andrew Miller
CLE RP
| Second | | | |
| Appearance | Votes | | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Buster Posey
SF C
| Fifth | 3,368,263 | | |
Ryan Zimmerman
WAS 1B
| Second | 2,103,142 | | |
Daniel Murphy
WAS 2B
| Third | 3,925,418 | | |
Nolan Arenado
COL 3B
| Third | 2,658,643 | | |
Zack Cozart
CIN SS
| First | 2,466,143 | | |
Charlie Blackmon
COL CF
| Second | 4,163,666 | | |
Bryce Harper
WAS RF
| Fifth | 4,630,306 | | |
Marcell Ozuna
MIA LF
| Second | 1,756,663 | | |
| Apperance | | | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yadier Molina
STL C
| Eighth | | | |
Paul Goldschmidt
ARI 1B
| Fifth | | | |
Joey Votto
CIN 1B
| Fifth | | | |
Josh Harrison
PIT 2B
| Second | | | |
DJ LeMahieu
COL 2B
| Second | | | |
Jake Lamb
ARI 3B
| First | | | |
Corey Seager
LAD SS
| Second | | | |
Giancarlo Stanton
MIA RF
| Fourth | | | |
Ender Inciarte
ATL CF
| First | | | |
Cody Bellinger
LAD 1B
| First | | | |
Michael Conforto
NYM LF
| First | | | |
| Appearance | | | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Zack Greinke
ARI SP
| Fourth | | | |
Clayton Kershaw
LAD SP
| Seventh | | | |
Carlos Martinez
STL SP
| Second | | | |
Robbie Ray
ARI SP
| First | | | |
Max Scherzer
WAS SP
| Fifth | | | |
Stephen Strasburg
WAS SP
| Third | | | |
Wade Davis
CHC RP
| Third | | | |
Brad Hand
SD RP
| First | | | |
Greg Holland
COL RP
| Third | | | |
Kenley Jansen
LAD RP
| Second | | | |
Corey Knebel
MIL RP
| First | | | |
Pat Neshek
PHI RP
| Second | | | |
And now for roster replacements. As for those being replaced, on the AL side Angels OF Mike Trout, Yankees 2B Starlin Castro, and Astros SP Dallas Keuchel are on the DL and can't participate. As well, Corey Kluber of the Indians, Yu Darvish of the Rangers, and Michael Fulmer of the Tigers are scheduled to start on Sunday and thus won't be available to pitch in the Midsummer Classic. On the NL side, Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw needs a replacement as he'll also start on Sunday.
In their place, the newly named 2017 replacement All-Stars ...
- Chris Archer, SP, Rays; second All-Star appearance
- Robinson Cano, 2B, Mariners; eighth All-Star appearance
- Chris Devenski, RP, Astros; first All-Star appearance
- Brandon Kintzler, RP, Twins; first All-Star appearance
- Roberto Osuna, RP, Blue Jays; first All-Star appearance
- Justin Upton, OF, Tigers; fourth All-Star appearance
- Alex Wood, SP, Dodgers; first All-Star appearance
For those counting, that's four first-time All-Stars within this group. Overall, that makes 28 first-time All-Stars on the 2017 AL and NL rosters.