There is plenty of competition for starting spots for the 2016 All-Star Game presented by MasterCard on July 12 in San Diego. The Nationals' Bryce Harper is authoring a worthy follow-up to his NL MVP campaign, the Cubs' Dexter Fowler is off to a scorching start, and the Brewers' Ryan Braun, the Mets' Yoenis Cespedes, the Phillies' Odubel Herrera, the Cardinals' Stephen Piscotty and the Marlins' Christian Yelich are among the other NL outfielders putting together strong first halves.
Still, it's difficult to ignore Pittsburgh, even though McCutchen has yet to reach his usual level of performance.