MLB announces A.L. All-Stars

Major League Baseball has just announced the starters, pitchers and reserves for both leagues for the 2013 MLB All-Star Game, which will be played on Tuesday, July 16th.

Here are the American League starters:

• C: Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins
• 1B: Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles
• 2B: Robinson Cano, New York Yankees
• SS: J.J. Hardy, Baltimore Orioles
• 3B: Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
• OF: Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles
• OF: Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels
• OF: Jose Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays
• DH: David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox

Here are the AL pitchers:

• * RHP: Clay Buchholz, Boston Red Sox
• LHP: Brett Cecil, Toronto Blue Jays
• ** RHP: Bartolo Colon, Oakland A's
• * RHP: Jesse Crain, Chicago White Sox
• RHP: Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers
• RHP: Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners
• RHP: Hisashi Iwakuma, Seattle Mariners
• RHP: Justin Masterson, Cleveland Indians
• RHP: Joe Nathan, Texas Rangers
• ** LHP: Glen Perkins, Minnesota Twins
• RHP: Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees
• LHP: Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox
• RHP: Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
• RHP: Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers

* Denotes injured.
** Denotes injury replacement.

Here are the AL reserves:

• C: Jason Castro, Houston Astros
• C: Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals
• 1B: Prince Fielder, Detroit Tigers
• 2B: Jason Kipnis, Cleveland Indians
• 2B: Dustin Pedroia, Boston Red Sox
• 2B: Ben Zobrist, Tampa Bay Rays
• SS: Jhonny Peralta: Detroit Tigers
• 3B: Manny Machado, Baltimore Orioles
• OF: Nelson Cruz, Texas Rangers
• OF: Alex Gordon, Kansas City Royals
• OF: Torii Hunter, Detroit Tigers
• DH: Edwin Encarnacion, Toronto Blue Jays

In addition, there will a final vote for additional AL All-Star and here are the candidates:

• Joaquin Benoit, Detroit Tigers
• Steve Delabar, Toronto Blue Jays
• David Robertson, New York Yankees
• Tanner Scheppers, Texas Rangers
• Koji Uehara, Boston Red Sox

Thoughts?  Snubs?

[Here are the N.L. All-Stars.]