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The 25th Annual DTBL All-Star Game will take place at Kings Park, home of Kevin’s Kings, at a date and time to be determined. As the defending champion, Marc will be the official manager for the National Division while Nick will call the shots for the American Division. The National Division will look to win their third straight mid-summer classic.
Much like the MLB All-Star rosters, the top-end talent seems to be tilted towards a particular team. But unlike MLB, that would be the National squad in the DTBL. That’s not terribly surprising when you take a look at the standings. National Division teams currently occupy the top four positions. The American Division roster features four starters and nine total players who weren’t even selected for the MLB All-Star Game (so far). Meanwhile, here is an impressive list of National Division players who did not make this team: Eugenio Suarez, Scooter Gennett, Jacob deGrom and Jose Berrios. That’s not to say there weren’t any good players who missed the American roster. Jon Lester and James Paxton certainly would have been worthy selections.
There are an impressive 20 first time All-Stars this year, 10 per team. Without further ado, here are the 2018 DTBL All-Stars.
American Division
Starters:
- Pitcher – Luis Severino, Jackalope (1st All-Star appearance)
- Catcher – Wilson Ramos, Choppers (2nd)
- First Base – Paul Goldschmidt, Jackalope (6th)
- Second Base – Whit Merrifield, Choppers (1st)
- Third Base – Jose Ramirez, Komodos (1st)
- Shortstop – Jean Segura, Komodos (2nd)
- Outfield – Eddie Rosario, Komodos (1st)
- Outfield – Giancarlo Stanton, Jackalope (5th)
- Outfield – Nelson Cruz, Komodos (5th)
Reserves:
- Catcher – Gary Sanchez, Jackalope (2nd)
- Third Base – Nolan Arenado, Naturals (4th)
- Shortstop – Trea Turner, Naturals (2nd)
- Shortstop – Tim Anderson, Moonshiners (1st)
- Outfield – Starling Marte, Komodos (3rd)
- Outfield – Mitch Haniger, Jackalope (1st)
- Pitcher – Gerrit Cole, Jackalope (2nd)
- Pitcher – Chris Sale, Choppers (7th)
- Pitcher – Trevor Bauer, Choppers (1st)
- Pitcher – Charlie Morton, Moonshiners (1st)
- Relief Pitcher – Aroldis Chapman, Komodos (4th)
- Relief Pitcher – Edwin Diaz, Moonshiners (1st)
- Relief Pitcher – Craig Kimbrel, Choppers (6th)
- Relief Pitcher – Josh Hader, Naturals (1st)
National Division
Starters:
- Pitcher – Corey Kluber, Demigods (2nd)
- Catcher – Evan Gattis, Kings (3rd)
- First Base – Freddie Freeman, Demigods (3rd)
- Second Base – Ozzie Albies, Mavericks (1st)
- Third Base – Manny Machado, Mavericks (3rd)
- Shortstop – Javier Baez, Mavericks (1st)
- Outfield – Mookie Betts, Kings (2nd)
- Outfield – Aaron Judge, Mavericks (2nd)
- Outfield – Mike Trout, Mavericks (7th)
Reserves:
- Catcher – J.T. Realmuto, Darkhorses (1st)
- Second Base – Jose Altuve, Demigods (5th)
- Third Base – Alex Bregman, Darkhorses (1st)
- Shortstop – Francisco Lindor, Demigods (1st)
- Outfield – Andrew Benintendi, Mavericks (1st)
- Outfield – J.D. Martinez, Demigods (2nd)
- Pitcher – Max Scherzer, Kings (5th)
- Pitcher – Blake Snell, Cougars (1st)
- Pitcher – Justin Verlander, Kings (5th)
- Pitcher – Aaron Nola, Demigods (1st)
- Relief Pitcher – Brad Hand, Darkhorses (1st)
- Relief Pitcher – Kenley Jansen, Mavericks (5th)
- Relief Pitcher – Blake Treinen, Cougars (1st)
- Relief Pitcher – Sean Doolittle, Kings (2nd)
All-Stars per team:
- 7 – Mavericks
- 6 – Demigods, Jackalope, Komodos
- 5 – Choppers, Kings
- 3 – Darkhorses, Moonshiners, Naturals
- 2 – Cougars
Interestingly enough, the 23rd players selected by the managers were both middle infielders: Tim Anderson and Jose Altuve. This makes sense since an unusually high percentage of the extra “DH” votes were cast for middle infielders this year. One very unusual voting oddity is that five National Division outfielders were unanimous selections. So Marc and to pick three of those five to be the starters. Obviously, no bad choices in that group. Mike Trout and Chris Sale are both making their 7th DTBL All-Star Game appearances. Trout has never NOT made the team and Sale only missed out his rookie year when he was toiling in the bullpen. Here are the full voting results. More All-Star Game coverage coming soon.