FDH Lounge picks for 2016 MLB All-Star Game Rosters

By Rick Morris

NOTE: This exercise, as always, is about picking the best available rosters for each league and not having to adhere to the insipid “every team must be represented” rule.

American League

C Salvador Perez

1B Miguel Cabrera

2B Jose Altuve

SS Xander Bogaerts

3B Manny Machado

OF Mookie Betts

OF Mike Trout

OF Ian Desmond

DH David Ortiz

SP Danny Salazar

 

C Matt Wieters

1B Chris Davis

1B Eric Hosmer

2B Ian Kinsler

2B Robinson Cano

SS Eduardo Nunez

3B Evan Longoria

OF Mark Trumbo

OF Nelson Cruz

OF Carlos Beltran

DH Victor Martinez

DH Edwin Encarnacion

SP Chris Sale

SP Steven Wright

SP Marco Estrada

SP Cole Hamels

SP Rich Hill

SP Michael Fulmer

SP Jose Quintana

SP Carlos Carrasco

SP Josh Tomlin

RP Zach Britton

RP Andrew Miller

RP Wade Davis

 

National League

C Wilson Ramos

1B Wil Myers

2B Daniel Murphy

SS Corey Seager

3B Nolan Arenado

OF Carlos Gonzalez

OF Sterling Marte

OF Marcell Ozuna

DH Kris Bryant

SP Jake Arrieta

 

C Buster Posey

C Jonathan Lucroy

1B Paul Goldschmidt

1B Anthony Rizzo

2B Matt Carpenter

SS Trevor Story

3B Jake Lamb

OF Yoenis Cespedes

OF Jay Bruce

OF Adam Duvall

 

SP Madison Bumgarner

SP Johnny Cueto

SP Jose Fernandez

SP Max Scherzer

SP Stephen Strasburg

SP Noah Syndergaard

SP Jon Lester

SP Drew Pomeranz

SP Julio Teheran

SP Kenta Maeda

SP Kyle Hendricks

SP Jacob deGrom

RP Kenley Jansen

RP Mark Melancon