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Later this week, the 26th Annual DTBL All-Star Game will take place with the Komodos hosting for the first time at the Dragon Den. The exact date and time will be announced soon, so stay tuned for that. Officially, the managers for the squads will be Charlie for the American Division and myself for the National Division. Charlie and I broke all ties in the voting and chose the 23rd and final player for our respective rosters.
As usual, there are a lot of first time All-Stars: a total of 20, 11 on the American squad and nine more for the National team. But what sticks out the most about those first-timers is that the American starting lineup will consist almost exclusively of them. The only American starter who *won’t* be making his DTBL All-Star debut is Komodos outfielder Eddie Rosario. Meanwhile, the National starting lineup has a lot more experience, led by Mavericks outfielder Mike Trout who has amazingly been an All-Star in all eight of his DTBL seasons.
The current DTBL standings feature three National teams in the top spots, but also two at the bottom, surrounding the five American squads. So, on paper, this looks like a fairly even match-up. The National All-Stars will be looking to win their fourth straight All-Star Game.
Here are the 2019 DTBL All-Stars.
American Division
Starters:
- Pitcher – Hyun-Jin Ryu, Naturals (1st All-Star appearance)
- Catcher – Omar Narvaez, Choppers (1st)
- First Base – Cody Bellinger, Komodos (1st)
- Second Base – D.J. LeMahieu, Choppers (1st)
- Third Base – Rafael Devers, Moonshiners (1st)
- Shortstop – Adalberto Mondesi, Jackalope (1st)
- Outfield – Ronald Acuna, Jackalope (1st)
- Outfield – Domingo Santana, Jackalope (1st)
- Outfield – Eddie Rosario, Komodos (2nd)
Reserves:
- Catcher – Gary Sanchez, Jackalope (3rd)
- Second Base – Whit Merrifield, Choppers (2nd)
- Third Base – Nolan Arenado, Naturals (5th)
- Third Base – Anthony Rendon, Jackalope (2nd)
- Outfield – Marcell Ozuna, Naturals (2nd)
- Outfield – Joey Gallo, Komodos (1st)
- Pitcher – Walker Buehler, Komodos (1st)
- Pitcher – Gerrit Cole, Jackalope (3rd)
- Pitcher – Zack Greinke, Moonshiners (6th)
- Pitcher – Charlie Morton, Moonshiners (2nd)
- Relief Pitcher – Josh Hader, Naturals (2nd)
- Relief Pitcher – Kirby Yates, Komodos (1st)
- Relief Pitcher – Aroldis Chapman, Komodos (5th)
- Relief Pitcher – Roberto Osuna, Moonshiners (3rd)
National Division
Starters:
- Pitcher – Max Scherzer, Kings (6th)
- Catcher – Willson Contreras, Demigods (1st)
- First Base – Freddie Freeman, Demigods (4th)
- Second Base – Javier Baez, Mavericks (2nd)
- Third Base – Alex Bregman, Darkhorses (2nd)
- Shortstop – Trevor Story, Cougars (1st)
- Outfield – Charlie Blackmon, Cougars (3rd)
- Outfield – Mike Trout, Mavericks (8th)
- Outfield – Christian Yelich, Darkhorses (1st)
Reserves:
- Catcher – Yasmani Grandal, Mavericks (1st)
- Third Base – Eduardo Escobar, Mavericks (1st)
- Third Base – Mike Moustakas, Kings (1st)
- Shortstop – Xander Bogaerts, Darkhorses (2nd)
- Outfield – George Springer, Darkhorses (3rd)
- Outfield – Mookie Betts, Kings (3rd)
- Pitcher – Justin Verlander, Kings (6th)
- Pitcher – Jose Berrios, Darkhorses (1st)
- Pitcher – Jacob deGrom, Darkhorses (2nd)
- Pitcher – Stephen Strasburg, Mavericks (4th)
- Relief Pitcher – Brad Hand, Darkhorses (2nd)
- Relief Pitcher – Kenley Jansen, Mavericks (6th)
- Relief Pitcher – Will Smith, Kings (1st)
- Relief Pitcher – Alex Colome, Cougars (1st)
All-Stars per team:
- 7 – Darkhorses
- 6 – Jackalope, Komodos, Mavericks
- 5 – Kings
- 4 – Moonshiners, Naturals
- 3 – Choppers, Cougars
- 2 – Demigods
For the record, the 23rd player selections were a pair of third basemen: Anthony Rendon and Mike Moustakas. Although Rendon actually found himself in a three way tie for the starting spot as well, so his roster spot was well earned. Some of the notable players who weren’t able to make the cut include Moonshiners shortstop Tim Anderson, Demigods second baseman Ketel Marte and Mavericks outfielder Juan Soto. Here are the full voting results. More All-Star Game coverage coming soon.