ARLINGTON -- Nelson Cruz has played extensively in right field in the early season for the Mariners, but if the slugger is going to be voted on to this year's American League All-Star team, it's going to come at designated hitter.
Cruz, who set the early lead in the Majors in home runs and RBIs in his first 20 games with Seattle, is one of nine Mariners on the AL All-Star ballot that was released Wednesday. But Cruz is listed at DH, where many people thought he'd earn the majority of his playing time after signing a four-year, $57 million deal with the Mariners last offseason.