Here were the rosters for both teams as we went to press.<\/strong><\/p>\n American League<\/strong><\/p>\n Starters<\/strong><\/p>\n C Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins Reserves<\/strong><\/p>\n C Victor Martinez, Cleveland Indians Pitchers<\/strong><\/p>\n Andrew Bailey, Oakland Athletics National League<\/strong><\/p>\n Starters<\/strong><\/p>\n C Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals Reserves<\/strong><\/p>\n C Brian McCann, Atlanta Braves Pitchers<\/strong><\/p>\n Heath Bell, San Diego Padres The changes to the NL roster won\u2019t help their cause as they try to win the All-Star Game for the first time since 1996. It\u2019s been 36 years now since the AL adopted Rule 6.10, the infamous designated hitter rule. Leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n ERA<\/strong> WHIP<\/strong> Home Runs<\/strong> OPS<\/strong> Stolen Bases<\/strong> The outstanding season that Albert Pujols is enjoying skews the hitting numbers toward the NL. But the roster for the senior circuit is missing one key player: Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers (1.156 OPS). Ramirez served a 50-game suspension for violating the MLB drug policy; he still came in seventh among NL outfielders with 1.7 million votes, according to the last results made available at CBS Sports.<\/p>\n Manny isn\u2019t the only familiar face missing from the NL squad this year. There are no Cubs hitters, including two-time All-Star Aramis Ramirez (.892 OPS), who missed nearly two months with a shoulder injury. Houston\u2019s Lance Berkman (.927 OPS), Atlanta\u2019s Chipper Jones (.887 OPS) and Florida\u2019s Dan Uggla (.776 OPS, down from .874 last year) are nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n The final nail in the coffin for the NL\u2019s All-Star chances may have been driven in by the voters themselves. This is the eighth year the final roster spot for both leagues was decided by Internet and text message voting, and Philadelphia\u2019s popular OF Shane Victorino was given the nod over San Francisco 3B Pablo Sandoval, enjoying a remarkable season in his first full year in the majors. Let\u2019s compare:<\/p>\n Victorino: .839 OPS, 6 HR, 1 FRAR Sandoval got 145 at-bats in last year, more than the limit of 130 to still be considered a rookie this year. Too bad, because it\u2019s been a thin year for rookies \u2013 arguably the best of the bunch so far is Baltimore Orioles starter Brad Bergesen (3.54 ERA, 1.20 WHIP), who is anonymous to just about everyone even after pitching eight quality starts in his last nine games. He\u2019d be a better All-Star choice than many of the pitchers on the NL squad, but it would be hard to find a place for him on the AL team even if people knew he existed. They\u2019re that damn good.<\/p>\n Bettor Up – Bodog’s Baseball Parlay Leaderboard Contest<\/strong><\/p>\n You know baseball betting like Bodog knows MLB odds. <\/strong><\/p>\n Handicapping Preview and betting angle for Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game. The 2009 version from Bodog Sportsbook. The MLB Midsummer Classic’s rosters still aren’t set…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[10402,9008,15379,15380,210,13618,2066,15376,15378,15377,15374,15373,2722,15375],"class_list":["post-11772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-2009-all-star-game","tag-all-star-game-betting","tag-all-star-game-picks","tag-allstar-game-predictions","tag-bodog","tag-bodog-mlb-odds","tag-bodog-sportsbook","tag-gambling-all-star-game","tag-handicapping-all-star-game","tag-mlb-all-star-odds","tag-mlb-all-star-rosters","tag-mlb-handicapping-preview","tag-mlb-lines","tag-tuesdays-mlb-all-star-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11772"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108975,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11772\/revisions\/108975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1B Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees
\n2B Dustin Pedroia, Boston Red Sox (unavailable)
\nSS Derek Jeter, New York Yankees
\n3B Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays
\nOF Jason Bay, Boston Red Sox
\nOF Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners
\nOF Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers<\/p>\n
\n1B Justin Morneau, Minnesota Twins
\n1B Carlos Pena, Tampa Bay Rays
\n1B Kevin Youkilis, Boston Red Sox
\n2B Aaron Hill, Toronto Blue Jays
\nSS Jason Bartlett, Tampa Bay Rays
\n3B Brandon Inge, Detroit Tigers
\n3B Michael Young, Texas Rangers
\nOF Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay Rays
\nOF Nelson Cruz, Texas Rangers
\nOF Curtis Granderson, Detroit Tigers
\nOF Torii Hunter, Los Angeles Angels (unavailable)
\nOF Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles
\nOF Ben Zobrist, Tampa Bay Rays<\/p>\n
\nJosh Beckett, Boston Red Sox
\nMark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox
\nBrian Fuentes, Los Angeles Angels
\nZack Greinke, Kansas City Royals
\nRoy Halladay, Toronto Blue Jays
\nFelix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners
\nEdwin Jackson, Detroit Tigers
\nJoe Nathan, Minnesota Twins
\nJonathan Papelbon, Boston Red Sox
\nMariano Rivera, New York Yankees
\nJustin Verlander, Detroit Tigers
\nTim Wakefield, Boston Red Sox<\/p>\n
\n1B Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals
\n2B Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies
\nSS Hanley Ramirez, Florida Marlins
\n3B David Wright, New York Mets
\nOF Carlos Beltran, New York Mets (unavailable)
\nOF Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
\nOF Raul Ibanez, Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n
\n1B Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers
\n1B Adrian Gonzalez, San Diego Padres
\n1B Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies
\n2B Orlando Hudson, Los Angeles Dodgers
\n2B Freddy Sanchez, Pittsburgh Pirates
\nSS Miguel Tejada, Houston Astros
\n3B Ryan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals
\nOF Brad Hawpe, Colorado Rockies
\nOF Hunter Pence, Houston Astros
\nOF Justin Upton, Arizona Diamondbacks
\nOF Shane Victorino, Philadelphia Phillies
\nOF Jayson Werth, Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n
\nChad Billingsley, Los Angeles Dodgers
\nJonathan Broxton, Los Angeles Dodgers (unavailable)
\nMatt Cain, San Francisco Giants (unavailable)
\nFrancisco Cordero, Cincinnati Reds
\nZach Duke, Pittsburgh Pirates
\nRyan Franklin, St. Louis Cardinals
\nDan Haren, Arizona Diamondbacks
\nTrevor Hoffman, Milwaukee Brewers
\nJosh Johnson, Florida Marlins
\nTed Lilly, Chicago Cubs
\nTim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants
\nJason Marquis, Colorado Rockies
\nFrancisco Rodriguez, New York Mets
\nJohan Santana, New York Mets<\/p>\n![\"Sports](\"http:\/\/www.bodogaffiliate.com\/resources\/banners\/sportsbook\/square\/250x250\/250x250b-sportsbook.gif\")
All those years of having to throw to \u201creal\u201d hitters appear to have conditioned the pitchers in the junior circuit to be stronger than their NL brethren \u2013 although it won\u2019t show up if you look only at the ERA leaders from both leagues:<\/p>\n
\nAL: Zack Greinke, Kansas City 2.12
\nNL: Dan Haren, Arizona 2.01<\/p>\n
\nAL: Edwin Jackson, Detroit 1.06
\nNL: Dan Haren, Arizona 0.81<\/p>\n
\nAL: Carlos Pena, Tampa Bay 24
\nNL: Albert Pujols, St. Louis 32<\/p>\n
\nAL: Joe Mauer, Minnesota 1.069
\nNL: Albert Pujols, St. Louis 1.179<\/p>\n
\nAL: Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay 44
\nNL: Michael Bourn, Houston 32<\/p>\n
\nSandoval: .969 OPS, 15 HR, 17 FRAR<\/strong><\/p>\nBaseball parlays pay big. Step up to the plate with Bodog’s Baseball Parlay Leaderboard Contest!!!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"