Back to the Top News Newsfeed

All-Star selections: Snubs, surprises and more

It's always fun to go over the All-Star rosters because it's always fun to argue about the snubs and the surprises, then complain about the "every team gets an All-Star" rule -- even if a team is on pace to lose 100-plus games.

Picking the American League team was an impossible task because of the depth in candidates at starting pitcher, the depth at shortstop, and the presence of several teams that lacked strong All-Star candidates. So let's start there.

Biggest AL snub: Blake Snell is one of the biggest snubs in recent years that I can remember.