Besides the postseason, the All-Star break is every baseball fan’s favorite time of year. The league’s best gather once every year to face off and decide which league is best: National or American. For over the last decade the American league has won every year except for a brief National winning streak from 2010 to 2012. This year’s game is coming up on July 15, 2014 and is being hosted by the Minnesota Twins at Target Field.
It is a truly one-of-a-kind game that transports the biggest names in the game back to a time where baseball was played just for the fun of it. While the All-Star Game is all in good fun, Major League Baseball still provides some incentive for everyone to try their hardest. Whichever league is victorious is rewarded with home-field advantage in the World Series.
So get your peanuts and Cracker Jack, because the the line-ups for this year’s game have been released:
American League Position Players
C: Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals
1B: Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
2B: Robinson Cano, Seattle Mariners
3B: Josh Donaldson, Oakland Athletics
SS: Derek Jeter, New York Yankees
OF: Jose Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays
OF: Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
OF: Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles
DH: Nelson Cruz, Baltimore Orioles
American League Pitchers
Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers
Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners
Masahiro Tanaka, New York Yankees
Jon Lester, Boston Red Sox
David Price, Tampa Bay Rays
Scott Kazmir, Oakland Athletics
Mark Buehrle, Toronto Blue Jays
Sean Doolittle, Oakland Athletics
Greg Holland, Kansas City Royals
Glen Perkins, Minnesota Twins
Dellin Betances, New York Yankees
National League Position Players
C: Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals
1B: Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks
2B: Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies
3B: Aramis Ramirez, Milwaukee Brewers
SS: Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies
OF: Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates
OF: Carlos Gomez, Milwaukee Brewers
OF: Yasiel Puig, Los Angeles Dodgers
National League Pitchers
Johnny Cueto, Cincinnati Reds
Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
Zack Greinke, Los Angeles Dodgers
Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants
Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals
Tyson Ross, San Diego Padres
Jordan Zimmermann, Washington Nationals
Julio Teheran, Atlanta Braves
Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves
Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds
Tony Watson, Pittsburgh Pirates
Francisco Rodriguez, Milwaukee Brewers
Pat Neshek, St. Louis Cardinals
