Major League Baseball announced the starting lineups for the 2022 All-Star Game this evening. The starting lineups are determined by fan vote. This year’s All-Star Game will take place at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, July 19. The starting pitchers and reserves will be announced at a later date.
American League
- Catcher: Alejandro Kirk, Blue Jays (1st selection)
- First base: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays (2nd selection)
- Second base: Jose Altuve, Astros (8th selection)
- Third base: Rafael Devers, Red Sox (2nd selection)
- Shortstop: Tim Anderson, White Sox (2nd selection)
- Outfield: Aaron Judge, Yankees (4th selection)
- Outfield: Mike Trout, Angels (10th selection)
- Outfield: Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees (5th selection)
- Designated hitter: Shohei Ohtani, Angels (2nd selection)
National League
- Catcher: Willson Contreras, Cubs (3rd selection)
- First base: Paul Goldschmidt, Cardinals (8th selection)
- Second base: Jazz Chisholm Jr., Marlins (1st selection)
- Third base: Manny Machado, Padres (6th selection)
- Shortstop: Trea Turner, Dodgers (2nd selection)
- Outfield: Ronald Acuna Jr., Braves (3rd selection)
- Outfield: Mookie Betts, Dodgers (6th selection)
- Outfield: Joc Pederson, Giants (2nd selection)
- Designated hitter: Bryce Harper, Phillies (7th selection)
#JusticeForYordan
Yordan Álvarez is slaying it.
Harper back in the ASG…took way too long!
Last I checked you can’t play in a game with a broken hand
So happy for Joc.
But Pham is so angry right now
Yordan and Ty France got ROBBED
Everyone else is fine
Both will make it as reserves but both should probably be starters. Harper won’t be able to play so i wonder if Mookie shifts to DH which should put Soto in the starting lineup.
Congrats to Raffy Devers becoming the first Red Sox 3B to start back-to-back All Star games since Wade Boggs made 7 straight starts with the Sox from 1986-1992
Agreed…fan vote though and Ohtani and Vlad Jr are more well known than Yordan and France. Realistically speaking though, I don’t have too much of an issue with how the vote worked out for both leagues. Stanton might be the one questionable starter but I don’t think there was a third AL outfielder who definitely deserved the starter nod. Yordan is really the only guy who probably got “robbed” but Ohtani is still a fine choice.
Ohtani and Vlad have Japanese and Canadian voters voting for them.
Now look up the total population of Canada. Hint..it’s small.
For those claiming that Vlad Jr. had all of Canada voting for him, go ahead and look up Canada’s population.
Is it more than 5?
Uh…what about Joc ? Isn’t he a platoon player wth ? Did he have his TikTok posse stuff the ballot box or what?
Canada has 38 million between 1 team. California has 39 million between 5 teams.
@lasounis
You can tell your logic is flawed by how the blue jays fans sell out safeco in Seattle even though Toronto is nowhere near the west coast.
Vlad not only has Canada voting for him. He has the dominican vote, and as a venezuelan I can attest to the fact that when there’s no venezuelan player we vote for the fellow latino
And here I thought it was about the talent…
Julio Rodriguez
Yup I live there and last I checked it’s less then newyork state
I would hope we see him as a reserve..deserves it! Gilbert also.
The total population of Canada is bigger than every US city metro though, and pretty much everyone from BC to PEI roots for them in Canada. Not too many fans there of American teams. So they have the upperhand vs. individual fanbases.
I thought Mike Lowell had a good ASG run with the RS. Perhaps he was a reserve in some of those years.
Lowell made one All Star appearance while with the Sox in 2007 as a reserve. Shea Hillenbrand started the 2002 ASG with the Sox. Scott Cooper made in 1993-94 as a reserve (and subsequently disappeared shortly after).
Soto!? You’re kidding.
I can’t believe we traded him.
I guess you never know for sure what the ceiling of a prospect will be.
Ty France is injured, he wouldn’t have been able to play anyway
He is already back…came back Thursday.
Ty France played yesterday.!!
Vlad is waaaay better than France. You won’t find a team in baseball who would prefer France over Vlad.
Switzerland is pretty neutral…
Not anymore they joined or are joining NATO. They see what Puddin has done to Ukraine and decided it would be nice to have some back up.
Stanton!?
Yeah I think there are more deserving OF’ers who actually play more defense but it’s a popularity contest.
Yeah, I’m surprised that Stanton is considered an OF, but Yordan couldn’t be despite Yordan actually playing in the outfield occasionally.
Stanton has 33 games in the outfield this year, Yordan has 32.
Yordan is 10x better than Stanton so there is that as well.
10x better? Glad to know you’re a fan of hyperbole.
Joc didn’t deserve it and neither did Ohtani (he does deserve to make it as a pitcher but Alvarez should be starting DH)
explain how Joc was undeserving compared to others ?
Joc’s power stats have been good 17 HR and .282 ISO but Schwarber has been better .311 ISO and has 3 times Joc’s bWAR
Exactly who I was gonna say deserved it more lol
Will pitchers get all time great vote like hitters?
If they do, Greinke and Madbum would be my choice. Assuming Kershaw and Verlander make it on the regular squads.
Luis Tiant and Rick Reuschel
This is just a popular vote, to many .260 hitters with good past, how many guy’s that have hit 26 + hrs and not be a starter half way threw the season and didn’t make all star team, Ohtani should have been judged only on hitting nothing else. Nothing but a popularity contest. Don’t care for the voting twice, will they do it three times next year?
You are correct, it is a popularity contest, and the most popular players were elected to start.
It’s always been a popularity contest. There has always been undeserving players in the All Star game.
Alvarez played almost half his games in left field only person with more homers was Judge.
Just looked, Stanton played 33 games in OF vs Yordan who played 32 games in the OF. Guess that one game was really important.
Jonah Heim should’ve been the starting catcher
Heim’s been damn good, but Kirk has been better. I do believe Heim should be a reserve though, he’s probably the second best catcher in the A.L.
Strangely it was the guy the Rangers traded away (Trevino) that finished second in votes behind Kirk
I am just mind boggled how on earth Joc got in ??? His TikTok Army leftover from his World Series antics must have turned out big.
Lots of dodger fans maybe?
LA, ATL, and SF fans voting for Joc
ATL fans also forced Adam Duvall into the finals rounds. How, we still wonder that.
Dansby>Turner
Dansby got robbed.
Surprised it took so long in the comments to mention him.
Not a single person outside the state of Georgia thinks Dansby Swanson is better than Trea Turner.
Yordan>Othani
Gurriel>Stanton
Dansby>Turner
Kyle>Joc
Julio Rodriguez > stanton
Stanton>>Gurriel
We need voter reform for the all star game.
Dansby is running around yelling I won I got robbed I won and by a lot. Manfred told him to stop so know he just calls people and try to get people on the phone so he can gripe to people that will listen to him.
Mets fans looking at the ground thinking about that Lindor contract lol
Seriously, completely different player than who they thought they were getting.
None of those are All-Stars. What a boring exhibition game it will be without stars.
I thought will smith could’ve beaten out Contreras for starting catcher. Nice walk-off yesterday.
Will Smith just gives Chris Rock a beaten.
Yordan over Stanton as starter for sure, fans dropped the ball on that one.
JRam deserved the nod at 3rd…js
I’m a die hard yankee fan but Stanton doesn’t deserve it
Yordan should be starting at DH.
Ohtani should be the starting DH, and Yordan should be the starting LF. Also, they could always have Ohtani start the game as the pitcher, get his one AB in the 1st inning, then come out for Yordan to get his AB as the DH.
Except Ohtani isn’t having as good of a season as Yordan is when it comes to DH. Ohtani should not be starting.
The managers still get picks and replacements for injuries. Should work itself out
Pete Alonso wth
Given the year he’s having, Stanton has no business on the AL team. Typical Yankee popularity contest selection.
No way Stanton should be an All-Star. Especially as an OF. I would rather Alvarez DH instead of Ohtani (who deserves to be at the game for sure, just maybe as the starting pitcher). The other starting OF should be Buxton.