MLB All-Star Rosters Announced

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	ASG NO.
C	Jason Castro	Houston	1
C	Salvador Perez	Kansas City	1
1B/DH	Edwin Encarnacion	Toronto	1
1B	Prince Fielder	Detroit	5
2B	Jason Kipnis	Cleveland	1
2B	Dustin Pedroia	Boston	4
SS	Jhonny Peralta	Detroit	2
3B	Manny Machado	Baltimore	1
OF	Nelson Cruz	Texas	2
OF	Alex Gordon	Kansas City	1
OF	Torii Hunter	Detroit	5
OF/INF	Ben Zobrist	Tampa Bay	2

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	ASG NO.
C	Yadier Molina	St. Louis	5
1B	Joey Votto	Cincinnati	4
2B	Brandon Phillips	Cincinnati	3
3B	David Wright	N.Y. Mets	7
SS	Troy Tulowitzki	Colorado	2
OF	Carlos Beltran	St. Louis	8
OF	Carlos Gonzalez	Colorado	2
OF	Bryce Harper	Washington	2

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	ASG NO.
LHP	Madison Bumgarner	San Francisco	1
LHP	Aroldis Chapman	Cincinnati	2
LHP	Patrick Corbin	Arizona	1
RHP	Jose Fernandez	Miami	1
RHP	Jason Grilli	Pittsburgh	1
RHP	Matt Harvey	N.Y. Mets	1
LHP	Clayton Kershaw	L.A. Dodgers	3
RHP	Craig Kimbrel	Atlanta	3
LHP	Cliff Lee	Philadelphia	4
LHP	Jeff Locke	Pittsburgh	1
RHP	Adam Wainwright	St. Louis	2
LHP	Travis Wood	Chi. Cubs	1
RHP	Jordan Zimmermann	Washington	1

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	ASG NO.
3B	Pedro Alvarez	Pittsburgh	1
OF	Domonic Brown	Philadelphia	1
SS	Everth Cabrera	San Diego	1
2B	Matt Carpenter	St. Louis	1
1B	Allen Craig	St. Louis	1
OF	Michael Cuddyer	Colorado	2
1B	Paul Goldschmidt	Arizona	1
OF	Carlos Gomez	Milwaukee	1
OF	Andrew McCutchen	Pittsburgh	3
C	Buster Posey	San Francisco	3
2B	Marco Scutaro	San Francisco	1
SS	Jean Segura	Milwaukee	1

Major League home run leader Chris Davis received the most votes over last year’s triple crown winner Miguel Cabrera, which isn’t all that surprising considering how much national coverage he and the Orioles have received this year. For the most part, it looks like the fans did a good job in voting, as most of the players on these lists are worthy of the all-star moniker. Now, let’s look at who is up for the Final Vote:

American League

RHP     Steve Delabar          Toronto Blue Jays

RHP     David Robertson     New York Yankees

RHP     Koji Uehara              Boston Red Sox

RHP     Tanner Scheppers   Texas Rangers

RHP     Joaquin Benoit        Detroit Tigers

National League 

SS      Ian Desmond             Washington Nationals

1B     Freddie Freeman       Atlanta Braves

1B     Adrian Gonzalez        Los Angeles Dodgers

OF     Hunter Pence             San Francisco Giants

OF     Yasiel Puig                  Los Angeles Dodgers

Puig’s inclusion in the Final Vote has already sparked some controversy, most of which stems from the fact that he’s only played 31 career games. However, the rookie’s incredible numbers do speak for themselves and for many voters, they’ll simply be to hard to ignore. Puig is hitting .407 with eight homers and 19 RBIs since being called up in early June and has helped the Dodgers climb back into the playoff race in the NL West.

Puig’s All-Star Game fate is now up to the fans! Voting closes on Thursday, July 11, so get ’em in as soon as you can!