Staff Picks: Submitting our early All-Star ballots
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On Monday, Major League Baseball announced that ballots were officially open for the All-Star Game set to take place Tuesday, July 11 at Marlins Park in Miami.
With voting officially underway to see who will start for their respective leagues, theScore's MLB staff decided to get an early jump on submitting our ballots for the 88th version of the Midsummer Classic.
With no exact parameters given except to choose who they would pencil in if they were given a ballot to complete today, here are each writer's selections:
Jonah Birenbaum
| League/Position | Player |
|---|---|
| AL 1B | Miguel Cabrera |
| AL 2B | Jose Altuve |
| AL SS | Francisco Lindor |
| AL 3B | Miguel Sano |
| AL C | Brian McCann |
| AL OF | Mike Trout/Aaron Judge/Khris Davis |
| AL DH | Nelson Cruz |
| NL 1B | Freddie Freeman |
| NL 2B | Daniel Murphy |
| NL SS | Corey Seager |
| NL 3B | Kris Bryant |
| NL C | Buster Posey |
| NL OF | Bryce Harper/Matt Kemp/Michael Conforto |
Michael Bradburn
| League/Position | Player |
|---|---|
| AL 1B | Miguel Cabrera |
| AL 2B | Jose Altuve |
| AL SS | Francisco Lindor |
| AL 3B | Miguel Sano |
| AL C | Brian McCann |
| AL OF | Mike Trout/Aaron Judge/Mookie Betts |
| AL DH | Nelson Cruz |
| NL 1B | Freddie Freeman |
| NL 2B | Daniel Murphy |
| NL SS | Corey Seager |
| NL 3B | Justin Turner |
| NL C | Buster Posey |
| NL OF | Bryce Harper/Ryan Braun/Marcell Ozuna |
Lucas Casaletto
| League/Position | Player |
|---|---|
| AL 1B | Miguel Cabrera |
| AL 2B | Jose Altuve |
| AL SS | Francisco Lindor |
| AL 3B | Manny Machado |
| AL C | Salvador Perez |
| AL OF | Mike Trout/Aaron Judge/Mookie Betts |
| AL DH | Hanley Ramirez |
| NL 1B | Eric Thames |
| NL 2B | Daniel Murphy |
| NL SS | Corey Seager |
| NL 3B | Kris Bryant |
| NL C | Buster Posey |
| NL OF | Bryce Harper/Charlie Blackmon/Giancarlo Stanton |
Bryan Mcwilliam
| League/Position | Player |
|---|---|
| AL 1B | Yuli Gurriel |
| AL 2B | Jose Altuve |
| AL SS | Francisco Lindor |
| AL 3B | Miguel Sano |
| AL C | Salvador Perez |
| AL OF | Mike Trout/Aaron Judge/Khris Davis |
| AL DH | Nelson Cruz |
| NL 1B | Eric Thames |
| NL 2B | Daniel Murphy |
| NL SS | Corey Seager |
| NL 3B | Nolan Arenado |
| NL C | Matt Wieters |
| NL OF | Bryce Harper/Charlie Blackmon/Matt Kemp |
Simon Sharkey-Gotlieb
| League/Position | Player |
|---|---|
| AL 1B | Yuli Gurriel |
| AL 2B | Jose Altuve |
| AL SS | Francisco Lindor |
| AL 3B | Manny Machado |
| AL C | Brian McCann |
| AL OF | Mike Trout/Mookie Betts/Andrew Benintendi |
| AL DH | Nelson Cruz |
| NL 1B | Eric Thames |
| NL 2B | Daniel Murphy |
| NL SS | Corey Seager |
| NL 3B | Kris Bryant |
| NL C | Buster Posey |
| NL OF | Bryce Harper/Matt Kemp/Jay Bruce |
Jonathan Soveta
| League/Position | Player |
|---|---|
| AL 1B | Yuli Gurriel |
| AL 2B | Starlin Castro |
| AL SS | Francisco Lindor |
| AL 3B | Miguel Sano |
| AL C | Brian McCann |
| AL OF | Mike Trout/Aaron Judge/Avisail Garcia |
| AL DH | Nelson Cruz |
| NL 1B | Eric Thames |
| NL 2B | Daniel Murphy |
| NL SS | Corey Seager |
| NL 3B | Justin Turner |
| NL C | Buster Posey |
| NL OF | Bryce Harper/Matt Kemp/Jay Bruce |
Brandon Wile
| League/Position | Player |
|---|---|
| AL 1B | Logan Morrison |
| AL 2B | Jose Altuve |
| AL SS | Francisco Lindor |
| AL 3B | Miguel Sano |
| AL C | Brian McCann |
| AL OF | Mike Trout/Aaron Judge/Avisail Garcia |
| AL DH | Corey Dickerson |
| NL 1B | Freddie Freeman |
| NL 2B | Daniel Murphy |
| NL SS | Corey Seager |
| NL 3B | Kris Bryant |
| NL C | Matt Wieters |
| NL OF | Bryce Harper/Charlie Blackmon/Matt Kemp |
Jason Wilson
| League/Position | Player |
|---|---|
| AL 1B | Yonder Alonso |
| AL 2B | Jose Altuve |
| AL SS | Francisco Lindor |
| AL 3B | Miguel Sano |
| AL C | Welington Castillo |
| AL OF | Mike Trout/Aaron Judge/Avisail Garcia |
| AL DH | Nelson Cruz |
| NL 1B | Freddie Freeman |
| NL 2B | Cesar Hernandez |
| NL SS | Corey Seager |
| NL 3B | Kris Bryant |
| NL C | Matt Wieters |
| NL OF | Bryce Harper/Matt Kemp/Michael Conforto |