NEW YORK (AP) Time to make those close calls on picking players for the All-Star Game.
Rest assured, Yankees rookie sensation Aaron Judge and perennial Washington slugger Bryce Harper have secured their spots for July 11 in Miami. But there’s a logjam at the corners in the National League, and both rosters are smaller now that the Midsummer Classic no longer determines home-field advantage in the World Series.
So let’s take a swing at sorting it all out – ignoring fan and player balloting. Simply our choices. Online voting for the starters at each position ended at midnight Thursday.