The balloting for MLB All-Star teams ends this Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and fans can vote up to five times every 24 hours -- up to a total of 35 ballots.
The results will be announced on a television special on ESPN at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 2, and the game will be played at Marlins Park on July 11.
So, who do we think should be on the rosters for each side? We've cut through all the red tape for the final balloting and just made sure we had each team represented by at least one player. We also went starting pitcher heavy -- they're more valuable than relievers due to sheer innings thrown -- but we won't quibble if others prefer to load up on relievers to get through the late innings of a potentially great clash between the senior and junior circuits.
I listed my roster with Jon Becker of Roster Resource and MLBDailyDish.com on Tuesday's recording of Midwest Swing -- available here -- but did make a change after our discussion.
So here it is, my final version of who'd be on my 34-man roster if the game were to be played today:
AL Starting Lineup
C- Salvador Perez, Royals
1B- Logan Morrison, Rays
2B- Jose Altuve, Astros
3B- Jose Ramirez, Indians
SS- Carlos Correa, Astros
LF- George Springer, Astros
CF- Mike Trout, Angels
RF- Aaron Judge, Yankees
DH- Corey Dickerson, Rays
SP- Chris Sale, Red Sox
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Bench
Lorenzo Cain, Royals
Justin Upton, Tigers
Miguel Sano, Twins
Avisail Garcia, White Sox
Mookie Betts, Red Sox
Jonathan Schoop, Orioles
Francisco Lindor, Indians
Alex Avila, Tigers
Gary Sanchez, Yankees
Ben Gamel, Mariners
Yonder Alonso, A's
Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox
Pitching Staff
Michael Fulmer, Tigers
Marcus Stroman, Blue Jays
Carlos Carrasco, Indians
Chris Archer, Rays
Craig Kimbrel, Red Sox
Andrew Miller, Indians
Chris Devenski, Astros
Yu Darvish, Rangers
Lance McCullers Jr., Astros
Luis Severino, Yankees
Jason Vargas, Royals
Tommy Kahnle, White Sox
NL Starting Lineup
C- Buster Posey, Giants
1B- Joey Votto, Reds
2B- Daniel Murphy, Nationals
3B- Nolan Arenado, Rockies
SS- Corey Seager, Dodgers
LF- Marcell Ozuna, Marlins
CF- Charlie Blackmon, Rockies
RF- Bryce Harper, Nationals
DH- Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks
SP- Max Scherzer, Nationals
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Bench
Yasmani Grandal, Dodgers
Freddie Freeman, Braves
Cody Bellinger, Dodgers
Justin Turner, Dodgers
Kris Bryant, Cubs
Zack Cozart, Reds
J.T. Realmuto, Marlins
Josh Harrison, Pirates
Jake Lamb, Diamondbacks
Jedd Gyorko, Cardinals
Anthony Rendon, Nationals
Ryan Zimmerman, Nationals
Pitching Staff
Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers
Zack Greinke, Diamondbacks
Carlos Martinez, Cardinals
Jacob deGrom, Mets
Felipe Rivero, Pirates
Brad Hand, Padres
Pat Neshek, Phillies
Kenley Jansen, Dodgers
Corey Knebel, Brewers
Stephen Strasburg, Nationals
Jimmy Nelson, Brewers
Robbie Ray, Diamondbacks
There's always controversy with these sorts of things. Who'd I leave out that I shouldn't have? Who should be in? Keep the discussion going in the comments!
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