{"id":1451,"date":"2022-07-14T21:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2022-07-14T21:00:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T04:00:45","slug":"2022-dtbl-all-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=1451","title":{"rendered":"2022 DTBL All-Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id='SRLsLCuxTdRlpCzD6erYXw' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1395770963' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'SRLsLCuxTdRlpCzD6erYXw',sig:'IrZYZnbXZf3JCXyHPnesr7cOqmIFDZmQfKRtJ_wmsP0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1395770963',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><br \/>\nNext week, the 28th installment of the DTBL All-Star Game will take place, with the Jackalope hosting the game for the third time.\u00a0 Last year, the American Division ended the National&#8217;s four game winning streak and will try to create a streak of their own.\u00a0 On paper, they would seem favorites to do just that.\u00a0 Three of the top four title contending teams have players making up the American roster.\u00a0 But there is no shortage of talent on the National squad either.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly half of the All-Star rosters consist of players who will be making their first DTBL All-Star appearance.\u00a0 21 to be exact.\u00a0 This exceeds last year&#8217;s total by one, which is actually quite surprising since last year followed a 2020 season in which there was no All-Star Game for league newcomers to participate in.\u00a0 Among the first timers are both of the guys who will start the game on the mound:\u00a0 Komodos&#8217; rookie Shane McClanahan and Demigods&#8217; Joe Musgrove.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Trout returns to the All-Star Game after missing the roster for the first time in his career a year ago.\u00a0 This will be his ninth appearance.\u00a0 Kenley Jansen, Justin Verlander and Paul Goldschmidt are on rosters for the seventh time in their careers.\u00a0 Goldschmidt is making his first appearance since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>I think we all do a very good job picking these All-Stars, so I wouldn&#8217;t say anyone got snubbed.\u00a0 But a few of the more notable players who did not make the rosters include Dylan Cease, Tony Gonsolin, Luis Robert and Jazz Chisholm.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the 2022 DTBL All-Stars.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pitcher &#8211; Shane McClanahan, Komodos (1st All-Star appearance)<\/li>\n<li>Catcher &#8211;\u00a0Alejandro Kirk, Choppers (1st)<\/li>\n<li>First Base &#8211;\u00a0Paul Goldschmidt, Jackalope (7th)<\/li>\n<li>Second Base &#8211;\u00a0Whit Merrifield, Choppers (4th)<\/li>\n<li>Third Base &#8211;\u00a0Jose Ramirez, Komodos (3rd)<\/li>\n<li>Shortstop &#8211; Trea Turner, Diamond Dogs (4th)<\/li>\n<li>Outfield &#8211;\u00a0Yordan Alvarez, Komodos (2nd)<\/li>\n<li>Outfield &#8211;\u00a0Shohei Ohtani,\u00a0Moonshiners (2nd)<\/li>\n<li>Outfield &#8211;\u00a0Kyle Tucker, Moonshiners (1st)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reserves:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catcher &#8211;\u00a0Daulton Varsho, Moonshiners (1st)<\/li>\n<li>First Base &#8211;\u00a0Pete Alonso, Choppers (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Third Base &#8211;\u00a0Rafael Devers, Moonshiners (3rd)<\/li>\n<li>Shortstop &#8211;\u00a0Dansby Swanson, Jackalope (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Outfield &#8211;\u00a0Kyle Schwarber, Choppers (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Outfield &#8211;\u00a0Adolis Garcia, Jackalope (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Sandy Alcantara, Diamond Dogs (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Justin Verlander, Moonshiners (7th)<\/li>\n<li>Pitcher &#8211; Gerrit Cole,\u00a0Jackalope (5th)<\/li>\n<li>Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Alek Manoah, Moonshiners (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Relief Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Emmanuel Clase, Choppers (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Relief Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Edwin Diaz, Moonshiners (2nd)<\/li>\n<li>Relief Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Josh Hader, Diamond Dogs (4th)<\/li>\n<li>Relief Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Luis Severino, Jackalope (2nd)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>National Division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Joe Musgrove, Demigods (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Catcher &#8211;\u00a0Willson Contreras, Demigods (3rd)<\/li>\n<li>First Base &#8211;\u00a0C.J. Cron, Demigods (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Second Base &#8211;\u00a0Tommy Edman, Darkhorses (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Third Base &#8211; Manny Machado, Mavericks (5th)<\/li>\n<li>Shortstop &#8211;\u00a0Francisco Lindor, Demigods (2nd)<\/li>\n<li>Outfield &#8211;\u00a0Mookie Betts, Kings (4th)<\/li>\n<li>Outfield &#8211;\u00a0Bryce Harper, Darkhorses (4th)<\/li>\n<li>Outfield &#8211;\u00a0Aaron Judge, Mavericks (4th)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reserves:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catcher &#8211;\u00a0J.T. Realmuto, Darkhorses (2nd)<\/li>\n<li>First Base &#8211;\u00a0Freddie Freeman, Demigods (6th)<\/li>\n<li>Third Base &#8211;\u00a0Austin Riley, Kings (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Shortstop &#8211;\u00a0Trevor Story, Cougars (2nd)<\/li>\n<li>Outfield &#8211;\u00a0Mike Trout, Mavericks (9th)<\/li>\n<li>Outfield &#8211;\u00a0Randy Arozarena, Kings (2nd)<\/li>\n<li>Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Max Fried, Demigods (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Corbin Burnes, Cougars (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Carlos Rodon, Cougars (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Zack Wheeler, Kings (2nd)<\/li>\n<li>Relief Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Kenley Jansen, Darkhorses (7th)<\/li>\n<li>Relief Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0David Bednar, Demigods (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Relief Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Scott Barlow, Cougars (1st)<\/li>\n<li>Relief Pitcher &#8211;\u00a0Taylor Rogers, Darkhorses (1st)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All-Stars per team:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7 &#8211; Demigods, Moonshiners<\/li>\n<li>5 &#8211; Choppers, Darkhorses, Jackalope<\/li>\n<li>4 &#8211; Cougars, Kings<\/li>\n<li>3 &#8211; Diamond Dogs, Komodos, Mavericks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Charlie and I are the managers for the American and National Divisions respectively on the strength of our top two finishes a year ago.\u00a0 We were responsible for breaking all ties in the vote and selecting the 23rd and final player for each roster.\u00a0 Those 23rd player selections were\u00a0Rafael Devers and Austin Riley.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/asvote22.txt\">Here are the full voting results<\/a>.\u00a0 One person did not vote, so players who received nine votes were unanimous selections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embed from Getty Images Next week, the 28th installment of the DTBL All-Star Game will take place, with the Jackalope hosting the game for the third time.\u00a0 Last year, the American Division ended the National&#8217;s four game winning streak and will try to create a streak of their own.\u00a0 On paper, they would seem favorites [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-star-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1452,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}