Rosters For 2013 MLB All-Star Game Set Except For Final Vote For Remaining Two Spots (Vote on Twitter July 11th)

2013 MLB All-Star Game managers are San Francisco's Bruce Bochy for the National League (NL) and Detroit's Jim Leyland for the American League (AL). The 2013 will be the 83rd edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic"

 The first game was held in 1933. In the all-time series,the NL has prevailed 43 times, the AL winning 38, with two ties. The National League has the longest winning streak of 11 games from 1972-1982. The American League held a 13-game unbeaten streak from 1997–2009 (including a tie in 2002).

The AL previously dominated from 1933–1949, winning 12 of the first 16. The National League dominated from 1950–1987, winning 33 of 42 with 1 tie, including a stretch from 1963–1982 when they won 19 of 20. There was no All-Star award for the game's Most Valuable Player until 1962, when Maury Wills won the inaugural award.
 
2013 National League starters are St. Louis' Yadler Molina (C), Cincinnati's Joey Votto (1B) and Brandon Phillips (2B), Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki (SS) and New York's David Wright (3B). Outifielders are Carlos Beltran (St. Louis), Carlos Gonzalez (Colorado) and Bryce Harper (Washington).

Pitchers for the National League are Jose Fernandez (Miami), Jason Grilli (Pittsburgh), Matt Harvey (New York), Craig Kimbrel (Atlanta), Adam Wainwright (St. Louis), Jordan Zimmerman (Washington), Madison Bumgarner (San Francisco), Aroldis Chapman (Cincinnati), Patrick Corbin (Arizona), Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles), Cliff Lee (Philadelphia), Jeff Locke (Pittsburgh) and Travis Wood (Cubs).

The National League's reserves are catcher Buster Posey (San Francisco); 1B Paul Goldschmidt (Arizona) and Allen Craig (St. Louis); 2B Matt Carpenter (St. Louis) and Marco Scutaro (San Francisco); SS Everth Cabrera (San Diego) and Jean Segura (Milwaukee); 3B Pedro Alvarez (Pittsburgh) and outfielders Domonic Brown (Philadelphia), Michael Cuddyer (Colorado), Carlos Gomez (Milwaukee) and Andrew McCutchen (Pittsburgh).

2013 American League starters are Minnesota's Joe Mauer (catcher), Baltimore's Chris Davis (1B), New York's Robinson Cano (2B), Baltimore's J.J. Hardy (SS), Detroit's Miguel Cabrera (3B), and outfielders Mike Trout (Los Angeles), Adam Jones (Baltimore) and Jose Bautista (Toronto). Boston's David Ortiz is the starting DH.

Pitchers for the American League are Clay Buchholz (Boston), Bartolo Colon (Oakland), Jesse Crain (White Sox), Yu Darvish (Texas), Felipe Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma (Seattle), Justin Masterson (Cleveland), Joe Nathan (Texas), Mariano Rivera (New York), Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander (Detroit), Brett Cecil (Toronto), Glen Perkins (Minnesota) and Chris Sale (White Sox). Because Colon and Perkins are injured, they will be replaced on the roster by Buchholz and Crain. 


American League reserves are catchers Jason Castro (Houston) and Kansas City's Salvador Perez; 1B Prince Fielder (Detroit); 2B Jason Kipnis (Cleveland), Dustin Pedroia (Boston) and Ben Zobrist (Tampa); SS Jhonny Peralta (Detroit), 3B Manny Machado (Baltimore), outfielders Nelson Cruz (Texas), Alex Gordon (Kansas City) and Torii Hunter (Detroit); and DH Edwin Encarnacion (Toronto).


On Thursday, MLB.com closed the 2013 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by freecreditscore.com with the second-highest single day of online balloting as 3.8 million ballots were cast, setting the stage for the five furious days of online-only voting for the two remaining All-Star roster spots among the following 10 players:

American League  Joaquin Benoit (DET) - #BackBenoit (A1)  Steve Delabar (TOR) - #RaiseTheBar (A2)  David Robertson (NYY) - #HighSocksForVotes (A3)  Tanner Scheppers (TEX) - #TakeTanner (A4)  Koji Uehara (BOS) - #HighFiveCiti (A5)

National League  Ian Desmond (WSH) - #DesiIn13 (N1) Freddie Freeman (ATL) - #VoteFreddie (N2) Adrian Gonzalez (LAD) - #VoteTitan (N3) Hunter Pence (SF) - #VotePence (N4) Yasiel Puig (LAD) - #VotePuig (N5)

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Twitter Voting Returns one day only - JULY 11!  For the second consecutive year, the All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote will include social balloting as Twitter support from the 10 candidates' fans over the last six hours of balloting will count toward their final vote totals. From 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, July 11, any tweet that includes a designated player hashtag (noted above) will be tabulated as part of the official vote total used to determine the American League and National League winners. Fans will be able to follow @MLB on the popular social networking service for the latest standings updates over the course of the entire five-day voting period.

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National League
Manager: Bruce Bochy, Giants
Starters:
C – Yadier Molina, Cardinals
1B – Joey Votto, Reds
2B – Brandon Phillips, Reds
3B – David Wright, Mets
SS – Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies
OF – Carlos Beltran, Cardinals; Carlos Gonzalez, Rockies; Bryce Harper, Nationals


Reserves:
Buster Posey, C, Giants
Allen Craig, 1B, Cardinals
Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, Diamondbacks
Matt Carpenter, 2B, Cardinals
Marco Scutaro, 2B, Giants
Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Pirates
Everth Cabrera, SS, Padres
Jean Segura, SS, Brewers
Domonic Brown, OF, Phillies
Michael Cuddyer, OF, Rockies
Carlos Gomez, OF, Brewers
Andrew McCutchen, OF, Pirates

Pitchers:
Madison Bumgarner, Giants
Patrick Corbin, Diamondbacks
Jose Fernandez, Marlins
Matt Harvey, Mets
Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers
Cliff Lee, Phillies
Jeff Locke, Pirates
Adam Wainwright, Cardinals
Travis Wood, Cubs
Jordan Zimmermann, Nationals
Aroldis Chapman, Reds
Jason Grilli, Pirates
Craig Kimbrel, Braves

American League
Manager: Jim Leyland, Tigers
Starters:
C – Joe Mauer, Twins
1B – Chris Davis, Orioles
2B – Robinson Cano, Yankees
3B – Miguel Cabrera, Tigers
SS - J.J. Hardy, Orioles
OF – Adam Jones, Orioles; Mike Trout, Angels; Jose Bautista, Blue Jays
DH – David Ortiz, Red Sox
 
Reserves: Jason Castro, C, Astros
Salvador Perez, C, Royals
Prince Fielder, 1B, Tigers
Jason Kipnis, 2B, Indians
Dustin Pedroia, 2B, Red Sox
Ben Zobrist, 2B, Rays
Manny Machado, 3B, Orioles
Jhonny Peralta, SS, Tigers
Nelson Cruz, OF, Rangers
Alex Gordon, OF, Royals
Torii Hunter, OF, Tigers
Edwin Encarnacion, DH, Blue Jays

Pitchers:
Clay Buchholz, Red Sox
Bartolo Colon, A’s
Yu Darvish, Rangers
Felix Hernandez, Mariners
Hisashi Iwakuma, Mariners
Justin Masterson, Indians
Chris Sale, White Sox
Max Scherzer, Tigers
Justin Verlander, Tigers
Brett Cecil, Blue Jays
Jesse Crain, White Sox
Joe Nathan, Rangers
Glen Perkins, Twins
Mariano Rivera, Yankees