Here are the 2014 MLB All-Star rosters. They include three players who signed one-year contracts this offseason in Nelson Cruz, Kurt Suzuki and Francisco Rodriguez, along with a minor-league signee in Pat Neshek. Also included are a number of key 2014-15 free agents, including Max Scherzer and Jon Lester.
AL Starters
1B Miguel Cabrera, 2B Robinson Cano, SS Derek Jeter, 3B Josh Donaldson, C Matt Wieters, OF Jose Bautista, OF Mike Trout, OF Adam Jones, DH Nelson Cruz
C Salvador Perez will start in placed of the injured Wieters.
AL Pitchers
Dellin Betances, Mark Buehrle, Yu Darvish, Sean Doolittle, Felix Hernandez, Greg Holland, Scott Kazmir, Jon Lester, Glen Perkins, David Price, Max Scherzer, Masahiro Tanaka
AL Reserves
Jose Abreu, Alexei Ramirez, Jose Altuve, Adrian Beltre, Michael Brantley, Yoenis Cespedes, Edwin Encarnacion, Alex Gordon, Brandon Moss, Derek Norris, Perez, Kurt Suzuki, Victor Martinez
AL Final Vote Candidates
Chris Sale, Corey Kluber, Rick Porcello, Garrett Richards, Dallas Keuchel
NL Starters
1B Paul Goldschmidt, 2B Chase Utley, SS Troy Tulowitzki, 3B Aramis Ramirez, C Yadier Molina, OF Andrew McCutchen, OF Carlos Gomez, OF Yasiel Puig
NL Pitchers
Madison Bumgarner, Aroldis Chapman, Johnny Cueto, Zack Greinke, Francisco Rodriguez, Clayton Kershaw, Craig Kimbrel, Pat Neshek, Tyson Ross, Jeff Samardzija, Julio Teheran, Adam Wainwright, Tony Watson, Jordan Zimmermann
NL Reserves
Charlie Blackmon, Matt Carpenter, Starlin Castro, Todd Frazier, Freddie Freeman, Dee Gordon, Josh Harrison, Jonathan Lucroy, Devin Mesoraco, Daniel Murphy, Hunter Pence, Giancarlo Stanton
NL Final Vote Candidates
Anthony Rizzo, Anthony Rendon, Casey McGehee, Justin Morneau, Justin Upton
Since Samardzija now pitches for an AL team, he will be considered an All-Star but will not be active for the game.
That worked out well for you, huh?
Except, you turned out to be completely wrong.
Actually, according to the rules, they believe the person with the most votes who wants to be seen by the most people, should be in the game. The original roots were so you can see the best players nationally.
Oh and btw, Jeter was one of the best players on the field that game, that’s why sample size matters. He literally played less than half the game and he managed to be better than most everyone else in that sample. Hence why freaking out about those innings was foolish then and is foolish now.