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- ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the LA Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the LA Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.
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Shohei Ohtani will be joined in the National League starting lineup by three teammates from the back-to-back champion Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball announced Saturday as it unveiled its 2026 All-Star Game rosters.
Ohtani, who led all players in votes, will start the game as the National League’s designated hitter, with Freddie Freeman at first base, Max Muncy at third and Andy Pages in the outfield. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Friday that Ohtani is unlikely to play in the All-Star Game after the team adjusted his schedule.
New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto, Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh, Washington Nationals shortstop C.J. Abrams, Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies and catcher Drake Baldwin will also start for the National League.
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In the American League, vote-getter Ernie Clement is joined by Toronto Blue Jays teammate Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on the right side of the infield, as well as Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero, Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers and Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez. After the lineups were announced, Guerrero announced that he would not participate, prompting Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz, who won the players’ vote at his position, to take his place.
Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels, Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Byron Buxton of the Minnesota Twins will make up the AL’s starting outfield.
The All-Star Game will take place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on July 14. Players in the starting lineup were voted on by fans, and reserve players were selected through a combination of Major League Baseball voting and ballots submitted by current players, managers and coaches.
The Dodgers, Braves and Phillies are each sending five of MLB’s best players to the All-Star Game. Along with the four starters, the Dodgers also have right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The Braves will send Baldwin, Albies, first baseman Matt Olson, left-hander Chris Sale and closer Raisel Iglesias, while the Phillies will send Marsh, first baseman Bryce Harper, D.H. Kyle Schwarber, left-hander Christopher Sanchez and closer Joan Duran.
The Blue Jays, Yankees and Rays are sending four players each to the AL. The Jays will have Clement, Guerrero, right-hander Dylan Keyes and closer Louis Varland. Judge, first baseman Ben Rice, outfielder Cody Bellinger and right-hander Cam Schlittler will represent the Yankees, while the Rays will send Caminero, D.H. Yandy Diaz, right-hander Drew Rasmussen and closer Brian Baker.
Shohei Ohtani leads all players in votes and will be one of four Dodgers starting in the All-Star Game on July 14. The Dodgers, Braves and Phillies each have five All-Stars. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
This season’s All-Star roster features stellar rookies: Travis Bazzana and Parker Messick of the Cleveland Guardians, Kevin McGonigle of the Detroit Tigers and Sal Stewart of the Cincinnati Reds are all on the team.
Full list of AL reserve players, starting with position players: Dillon Dingler (Tigers), Adley Rutschman (Baltimore Orioles), Bazzana, Kurtz, McGonigle, Rice, Miguel Vargas (Chicago White Sox), Randy Arozarena (Seattle Mariners), Bellinger, Riley Greene (Tigers), Diaz, Baker, Keyes, Aroldis Chapman (Boston Red). Sox), Jacob Lutz (Texas Rangers), Messick, Rasmussen, Joe Ryan (Twins), Schlittler, Cade Smith (Guardians), Ranger Suarez (Red Sox), Varland and Michael Wacha (Kansas City Royals).
The National League reserves include William Contreras (Milwaukee Brewers), Hunter Goodman (Colorado Rockies), Luis Arraez (San Francisco Giants), Harper, Otto Lopez (Miami Marlins), Olson, Stewart, Corbin Carroll (Arizona Diamondbacks), Pete Crow-Armstrong (Chicago Cubs), Jordan Walker (St. Louis Cardinals), James Wood (Washington Nationals), Schwarber, Chase Burns (Reds), Durant, Iglesias, Max Meyer (Marlins), Mason Miller (San Diego Padres), Jacob Misiorowski (Brewers), Eduardo Rodriguez (Diamondbacks), Sale, Sanchez, Paul Skens (Pittsburgh Pirates), Logan Webb (Giants) and Yamamoto.
Sanchez is the favorite to start the National League All-Star Game, given his Cy Young candidacy and the opportunity to pitch in his home stadium. Like Ohtani, Misiorowski would be a top contender to start, but is unlikely to see action as he is scheduled to start for the Brewers on July 12.
Schlittler, Rasmussen and Keyes are candidates to start on the AL mound.
MLB has again appointed one representative from each of its 30 teams and will return to having players wear their original team uniforms for this year’s All-Star Game, bucking the recent trend of dedicated jerseys for the event.
Five starters – Langeliers, Clement, Baldwin, Marsh and Page – are first-time All-Stars. Meanwhile, Freeman and Sale gather for the 10th time.
Trout is making his 12th trip to the All-Star Game and first since 2023. He did not attend this event because he was recovering from an injury to his left hand. Trout is currently on the injured list with a hamstring injury, but is expected to be activated by early next week and will take the field at this year’s Midsummer Classic, which will be held near where he grew up.
When Angels manager Kurt Suzuki announced in the clubhouse that Trout had made the All-Star team, Trout called his wife and two sons on Facetime, prompting the Angels’ star center fielder to become emotional.
The first-place Dodgers, seeking to become the first National League team to win three straight championships, have had at least five players make the All-Star Game seven straight years.