The votes are in, and now we wait for the official word on who’s invited to the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Perhaps there will be some surprises.
Unless, of course, all our predictions come true.
It’s been a couple of weeks since our last set of predictions for the 34-man rosters for the American League and National League All-Stars. Things have changed since then. The fan vote closed Thursday night, and the arrival of July means the grand reveal of the rosters (July 5) and the Midsummer Classic itself (July 12) are just about here.
Like last time, the idea is not to propose which players should be All-Stars. It’s to guess who the fans—whose voting patterns have gotten frequent updates—the players and AL manager Ned Yost and NL manager Terry Collins will choose to be in uniform at Petco Park on July 12. There’s also the final vote, which is a total shot in the dark at this juncture.
Whatever the case, the following is certainly a who’s who of excellent ballplayers. Read on and enjoy!