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2019 ALL-STAR TEAMS ANNOUNCED
Rosters include a record thirty-two first-timers
By Jason Frampton, MLB.com

The 2019 All-Star rosters were unveiled earlier this morning, roughly one week before the beginning of the All-Star Break. Boston led the way with five selections, but no other team had more than three. Both the Red Sox and Indians each had three players voted in as starters for the American League side, while the team with the best record in baseball, Colorado, had just two All-Stars in all with reserve third baseman Nolan Arenado and starting center fielder Charlie Blackmon.

Cleveland is barely above .500, and managed to get three players into the starting lineup (Francisco Lindor, A.J. Pollock, Yonder Alonso). Joey Gallo won the American League's final vote, with Gregory Polanco winning the final vote in the National League, edging out Atlanta's Freddie Freeman by less than 2,000 votes. Just 4,588 votes separated first place and third place in the American League vote, as Oakland first baseman Matt Olson finished second, and Kansas City shortstop Adalberto Mondesi finished third.

The game will be played on July 16th at Cleveland's Progressive Field, and the homerun derby will precede the game on July 15th. The rosters in full are below:

2019 MLB All-Star Game Rosters
American League		National League
Manager: Alex Cora, Boston		Manager: Dave Roberts, LA Dodgers
Pos	Starters	Pos	Starters
C	Gary Sanchez, NY Yankees	C	Buster Posey, San Francisco
1B	Yonder Alonso, Cleveland	1B	Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona
2B	Jose Altuve, Houston	2B	Joe Panik, San Francisco
3B	Josh Donaldson, Toronto	3B	Kris Bryant, Chi. Cubs
SS	Francisco Lindor, Cleveland	SS	Trea Turner, Washington
LF	Andrew Benintendi, Boston	LF	Michael Conforto, NY Mets
CF	A.J. Pollock, Cleveland	CF	Charlie Blackmon, Colorado
RF	Bryce Harper, Boston	RF	Wil Myers, San Diego
DH	J.D. Martinez, Boston	DH	Steven Souza Jr., Arizona
Pos	Pitchers & Reserves	Pos	Pitchers & Reserves
SP	Masahiro Tanaka, NY Yankees	SP	Jacob deGrom, NY Mets
SP	Danny Duffy, Kansas City	SP	Bryan Mitchell, San Diego
SP	Sean Manaea, Oakland	SP	Jose Quintana, Chi. Cubs
SP	Lance McCullers, Jr., Houston	SP	Robbie Ray, Arizona
SP	Shohei Ohtani, LA Angels	SP	Max Scherzer, Washington
SP	James Paxton, Seattle	SP	Noah Syndergaard, NY Mets
SP	Blake Snell, Tampa Bay	SP	Michael Wacha, St. Louis
RP	Diego Castillo, Tampa Bay	SP	Alex Wood, LA Dodgers
RP	Jandel Gustave, Houston	RP	Keone Kela, Pittsburgh
RP	Archie Bradley, Boston	RP	Kyle Barraclough, Miami
RP	Edwin Diaz, Seattle	RP	Zach Britton, Atlanta
RP	Ken Giles, Toronto	RP	Phil Maton, San Diego
RP	Roberto Osuna, Houston	RP	Andrew Miller, Chi. Cubs
C	Welington Castillo, Chi. Sox	RP	Anthony Swarzak, NY Mets
C	Jonathan Lucroy, LA Angels	C	Willson Contreras, Chi. Cubs
2B	Jose Ramirez, Cleveland	C	Francisco Mejia, San Diego
3B	Jeimer Candelario, Detroit	1B	Carlos Santana, Philadelphia
3B	Cheslor Cuthbert, Kansas City	1B	Joey Votto, Cincinnati
3B	Rafael Devers, Boston	3B	Manny Machado, LA Dodgers
3B	Joey Gallo, Texas	3B	Nolan Arenado, Colorado
OF	Nicky Delmonico, Chi. Sox	SS	Orlando Arcia, Milwaukee
OF	DJ Stewart, Baltimore	OF	Ian Happ, Chi. Cubs
OF	Byron Buxton, Minnesota	OF	Starling Marte, Pittsburgh
OF	Mike Trout, LA Angels	OF	Gregory Polanco, Pittsburgh
OF	Aaron Judge, NY Yankees	OF	Domingo Santana, Milwaukee