We're into July, which means the Major League Baseball All-Star Game is quickly approaching. On Sunday evening, MLB revealed the rosters for the 89th annual Midsummer Classic.
The 2018 All-Star Game takes place Tuesday, July 17 in Washington D.C.'s Nationals Park. The Home Run Derby is the night before and things officially get started Sunday, July 15 with the Futures Game (rosters here).
We've got seven things to know about the All-Star rosters that has background on how the teams are chosen, the roster construction, etc.
Here are the rosters, followed by the Final Vote candidates for each league. Be sure to refresh this page, as results will continue to update throughout Sunday's selection show. In parentheses by each player is the number of All-Star trips now, including this year.
National League
Player | Selection | Votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Willson Contreras
CHC C
| First | 2,172,682 | | |
Freddie Freeman
ATL 1B
| Third | 4,039,219 | | |
Javier Baez
CHC 2B
| First | 2,757,401 | | |
Brandon Crawford
SF SS
| Second | 3,212,103 | | |
Nolan Arenado
COL 3B
| Fourth | 3,261,425 | | |
Nick Markakis
ATL RF
| First | 3,556,469 | | |
Matt Kemp
LAD LF
| Third | 2,930,353 | | |
Bryce Harper
WAS RF
| Sixth | 2,335,733 | | |
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will select at DH
Player | Selection | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Buster Posey
SF C
| Sixth (injured) | |||
J.T. Realmuto
MIA C
| First | |||
Joey Votto
CIN 1B
| Sixth | |||
Paul Goldschmidt
ARI 1B
| Sixth | |||
Scooter Gennett
CIN 2B
| First | |||
Ozzie Albies
ATL 2B
| First | |||
Trevor Story
COL SS
| First | |||
Eugenio Suarez
CIN 3B
| First | |||
Lorenzo Cain
MIL CF
| Second | |||
Christian Yelich
MIL LF
| First | |||
Charlie Blackmon
COL CF
| Third | |||
Yadier Molina
STL C
| Ninth (injury replacement for Posey) | |||
Jesus Aguilar
MIL 1B
| First (Final Vote winner) |
Player | Selection | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Scherzer
WAS SP
| Sixth | |||
Jacob deGrom
NYM SP
| Second | |||
Jon Lester
CHC SP
| Fifth (unavailable) | |||
Aaron Nola
PHI SP
| First | |||
Patrick Corbin
ARI SP
| Second | |||
Mike Foltynewicz
ATL SP
| First | |||
Miles Mikolas
STL SP
| First (unavailable) | |||
Josh Hader
MIL RP
| First | |||
Kenley Jansen
LAD RP
| Third | |||
Sean Doolittle
WAS RP
| Second (injured) | |||
Brad Hand
SD RP
| Second | |||
Felipe Vazquez
PIT RP
| First | |||
Zack Greinke
ARI SP
| Fifth (Replacement for Lester) | |||
Jeremy Jeffress
MIL RP
| First (Replacement for Doolittle) | |||
Ross Stripling
LAD SP
| First (Replacement for Mikolas) |
American League
Player | Selection | Votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Wilson Ramos
TB C
| Second | 2,359,726 | | |
Jose Abreu
CHW 1B
| Second | 1,829,598 | | |
Jose Altuve
HOU 2B
| Sixth | 4,849,630 | | |
Manny Machado
BAL SS
| Fourth | 1,740,645 | | |
Jose Ramirez
CLE 3B
| Second | 2,521,120 | | |
Mookie Betts
BOS RF
| Third | 4,286,994 | | |
Mike Trout
LAA CF
| Seventh | 3,682,164 | | |
Aaron Judge
NYY RF
| Second | 2,766,661 | | |
J.D. Martinez
BOS DH
| Second | 3,035,619 | | |
Player | Selection | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Salvador Perez
KC C
| Sixth | |||
Mitch Moreland
BOS 1B
| First | |||
Gleyber Torres
NYY 2B
| First (injured) | |||
Francisco Lindor
CLE SS
| Third | |||
Alex Bregman
HOU 3B
| First | |||
Michael Brantley
CLE LF
| Third | |||
George Springer
HOU RF
| Second | |||
Mitch Haniger
SEA RF
| First | |||
Shin-Soo Choo
TEX DH
| First | |||
Nelson Cruz
SEA DH
| Sixth | |||
Jed Lowrie
OAK 2B
| First (injury replacement for Torres) | |||
Jean Segura
SEA SS
| Second (Final Vote winner) | |||
Yan Gomes
CLE C
| First (injury replacement for Ramos) |
Player | Selection | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Justin Verlander
HOU SP
| Seventh (unavailable) | |||
Corey Kluber
CLE SP
| Third (unavailable) | |||
Chris Sale
BOS SP
| Seventh | |||
Luis Severino
NYY SP
| Second | |||
Gerrit Cole
HOU SP
| Second | |||
Jose Berrios
MIN SP
| First | |||
J.A. Happ
TOR SP
| First | |||
Trevor Bauer
CLE SP
| First (Replacement for Verlander) | |||
Edwin Diaz
SEA RP
| First | |||
Joe Jimenez
DET RP
| First | |||
Craig Kimbrel
BOS RP
| Seventh | |||
Aroldis Chapman
NYY RP
| Fifth (unavailable) | |||
Blake Treinen
OAK RP
| First | |||
Charlie Morton
HOU SP
| First (Replacement for Chapman) | |||
Blake Snell
TB SP
| First (Replacement for Kluber) |