The fear or joy (whichever way you want to see it) of seeing the Kansas City Royals take on the National League All Stars has been brought to a halt as the 86th MLB All Star Starters were revealed Sunday night.
While MLB created a way to let fans vote 35 times per day for their favorite players, it also meant giving them a chance to vote their whole team into the big game! No other MLB city took advantage of this opportunity as much as Kansas City. Take a look below.
Three weeks ago the All Star Game looked something like this:
Here is the latest AL voting update for the #ASG: pic.twitter.com/9YMYBvIG2a
— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) June 15, 2015
As close as we were to seeing the Kansas City Royals (respectively the top team in the American League) take on the Natinal League All stars, only four Royals were selected in Catcher – Salvador Perez, Short Stop – Alcides Escobar, and Outfielders – Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon.
This gave players, such as Outfielder – Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels and Second Baseman – Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros, the chance to represent their team in Cincinnati for the Midsummer Classic. Other players who made the cut for the American League include Third Baseman – Josh Donaldson of the Toronto Blue Jays,who brought in 14,090,188 votes and is the most votes in a single season in MLB history and First Baseman – Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers. For the National League we will see Catcher – Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants, Outfielder – Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals, and Matt Holliday of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Yet there’s still hope to see other Royals make the team as the list of Pitchers and Reserves will be released tonight at 7PM ET on ESPN.
The 86th MLB All Star Game will air on FOX on July 14th 7PM ET!
Check back on BackstageOL.com for the full All Star Line Up tonight!
UPDATE: Check out the full roster below. You can pick the final player for the Esurance 2015 ASG Final Vote by Friday, July 10th 4PM ET here! :
National League All Stars
Starters
C: Buster Posey, Giants
1B: Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs
2B: Dee Gordon, Marlins
3B: Todd Frazier, Reds
SS: Jhonny Peralta, Cardinals
OF: Bryce Harper, Nationals
OF: Matt Holliday, Cardinals
OF: Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins
Pitchers
LHP: Madison Bumgarner, Giants
RHP: A.J. Burnett, Pirates
LHP: Aroldis Chapman, Reds
RHP: Gerrit Cole, Pirates
RHP: Jacob deGrom, Mets
RHP: Zack Greinke, Dodgers
RHP: Mark Melancon, Pirates
RHP: Shelby Miller, Braves
RHP: Jonathan Papelbon, Phillies
RHP: Francisco Rodriguez, Brewers
RHP: Trevor Rosenthal, Cardinals
RHP: Max Scherzer, Nationals
RHP: Michael Wacha, Cardinals
Reserves
C: Yasmani Grandal, Dodgers
C: Yadier Molina, Cardinals
1B: Adrian Gonzalez, Dodgers
1B: Anthony Rizzo, Cubs
2B: DJ LeMahieu, Rockies
2B: Joe Panik, Giants
3B: Nolan Arenado, Rockies
3B: Kris Bryant, Cubs
SS: Brandon Crawford, Giants
OF: Andrew McCutchen, Pirates
OF: Joc Pederson, Dodgers
OF: A.J. Pollock, D-backs
OF: Justin Upton, Padres
Final Vote candidates
RHP: Johnny Cueto, Reds
RHP: Jeurys Familia, Mets
LHP: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers
RHP: Carlos Martinez, Cardinals
SS: Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies
American League All Stars
Starters
C: Salvador Perez, Royals
1B: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers
2B: Jose Altuve, Astros
3B: Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays
SS: Alcides Escobar, Royals
OF: Mike Trout, Angels
OF: Lorenzo Cain, Royals
OF: Alex Gordon, Royals
DH: Nelson Cruz, Mariners
Pitchers
RHP: Chris Archer, Rays
RHP: Dellin Betances, Yankees
RHP: Brad Boxberger, Rays
LHP: Zach Britton, Orioles
RHP: Wade Davis, Royals
RHP: Sonny Gray: Athletics
RHP: Kelvin Herrera, Royals
RHP: Felix Hernandez, Mariners
LHP: Dallas Keuchel, Astros
RHP: Darren O’Day, Orioles
LHP: Glen Perkins, Twins
LHP: David Price, Tigers
LHP: Chris Sale, White Sox
Reserves
C: Russell Martin, Blue Jays
C: Stephen Vogt, Athletics
1B: Albert Pujols, Angels
1B: Mark Teixeira, Yankees
2B: Jason Kipnis, Indians
3B: Manny Machado, Orioles
SS: Jose Iglesias, Tigers
IF/OF: Brock Holt, Red Sox
OF: Jose Bautista, Blue Jays
OF: Adam Jones, Orioles
OF: J.D. Martinez, Tigers
DH: Prince Fielder, Rangers
Final Vote candidates
SS: Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox
OF: Yoenis Cespedes, Tigers
SS: Brian Dozier, Twins
OF: Brett Gardner, Yankees
3B: Mike Moustakas, Royals
