Rain of Latin finalists for the All-Stars
The Dominicans Juan Soto, José Ramírez, Rafael Devers, Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Marcell Ozuna, Julio Rodríguez and Ketel Marte; the Venezuelans Ronald Acuña, Luis Arráez, José Altuve, Orlando Arcia, William Contreras and Willson Contreras; the Cubans Adolis García, Yordan Álvarez, Yandy Díaz, Randy Arozarena, Luis Robert, JD Martínez and Jorge Soler; The Puerto Rican Francisco Lindor, the Mexican Isaac Paredes and the Curacao-born Ozzie Albies were nominated among the last offensive players to choose the MLB All-Star Teams in the 2023 season.
Dominican pitchers Luis Castillo, Framber Valdez, Félix Bautista, Freddy Peralta, Bryan Abreu, Emmanuel Clase, Camilo Doval, Jhoan Durán and Héctor Neris; the Venezuelans Pablo López, Eduardo Rodríguez and Adbert Alzolay; The Cubans Aroldis Chapman, Yennier Canó and Raisel Iglesias, and the Puerto Rican Alexis Díaz, were also preselected, the league reported this Wednesday.
The phenomenal Japanese two-way player, Shohei Ohtani, was nominated as a starting pitcher and Designated Hitter – in the selection created by the MLB commissioner’s office in 2019 to choose the best players of each position in the season, distributed in a first and second team.
Fans can vote for their favorites on the league’s English (mlb.com/allmlb) and Spanish (lasmayores.com/todomlb) portals until 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, November 19. Teams will be announced on December 19.
The fan vote will count for half of the process, while the rest will be provided by a panel of experts, made up of writers, narrators, former players and managers.
ALL NOMINEES
Starting pitchers: Chris Bassitt, Kyle Bradish, Corbin Burnes, Luis Castillo, Gerrit Cole, Zach Eflin, Nathan Eovaldi, Zac Gallen, Kevin Gausman, Sonny Gray, Merrill Kelly, Clayton Kershaw, George Kirby, Pablo López, Jordan Montgomery, Shohei Ohtani , Freddy Peralta, Eduardo Rodríguez, Kodai Senga, Blake Snell, Justin Steele, Spencer Strider, Framber Valdez, Justin Verlander, Logan Webb and Zack Wheeler.
Relief pitchers: Bryan Abreu, Adbert Alzolay, Shawn Armstrong, Félix Bautista, David Bednar, Matt Brash, Yennier Canó, Aroldis Chapman, Emmanuel Clase, Alexis Díaz, Camilo Doval, Jhoan Durán, Pete Fairbanks, Josh Hader, Clay Holmes, Raisel Iglesias, Chris Martin, Héctor Neris, Evan Phillips, Ryan Pressly, Jordan Romano, Tanner Scott, Paul Sewald and Devin Williams.
Receivers: William Contreras, Willson Contreras, Jonah Heim, Ryan Jeffers, Sean Murphy, Cal Raleigh, J.T. Realmuto, Adley Rutschman and Will Smith.
First base: Pete Alonso, Yandy Díaz, Freddie Freeman, Paul Goldschmidt, Josh Naylor, Matt Olson and Christian Walker.
Second base: Ozzie Albies, José Altuve, Luis Arraez, Ketel Marte, Nolan Gorman, Nico Hoerner, Ha-Seong Kim and Marcus Semien.
Third base: Nolan Arenado, Alex Bregman, Jake Burger, Matt Chapman, Rafael Devers, Josh Jung, Manny Machado, Isaac Paredes, José Ramírez and Austin Riley.
Shortstops: Francisco Lindor, Orlando Arcia, Bo Bichette, J.P. Crawford, Gunnar Henderson, Corey Seager, Dansby Swanson, Trea Turner and Bobby Witt Jr.
Outfielders: Ronald Acuña Jr., Randy Arozarena, Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts, Corbin Carroll, TJ Friedl, Adolis García, Nolan Jones, Aaron Judge, Steven Kwan, Josh Lowe, Chas McCormick, Luis Robert Jr., Julio Rodríguez, Anthony Santander , Kyle Schwarber, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr., Lane Thomas, Kyle Tucker and Christian Yelich.
Designated hitter: Yordan Álvarez, Bryce Harper, J.D. Martínez, Shohei Ohtani, Marcell Ozuna, Brent Rooker, Jorge Soler and Justin Turner.
