There’s a new way to vote for this year’s starters for the 2019 MLB All-Star Game, but in the end, who should be on the field? Who will be on the field?
Yes the voting system is different but the popularity of certain players remains the same. In recent years however, there has been a growing trend of higher vote totals for the most deserving players – except Bryce Harper last year.
While the fans can’t control which pitchers make the team – surely they wouldn’t have let 2018 AL Cy Young award winner Blake Snell miss the first cut last season – they greatly impact which players will be starting for the American League and National League on the field and in the lineup.
So with the new system being the top-three vote-getters have a run-off election for the starter, just how will this year’s ballot look? Who will come out on top in a should start/will start scenario?
I will list the three most-likely at each position to get into the top, as well as my should candidate and my will candidate. Let the speculation begin!