Here is this week’s news and discussion relating to the 2016 MLB All-Star Game.
Weekend (5/28-5/29):
- Five MLB players who could be traded before the end of June (Sporting News)
- Harris looks to represent Houston Astros at All-Star game (Climbing Tal’s Hill)
- Padres All Star Game 2016 Updates (Friar’s On Base)
- Royals’ Salvador Perez hurts quad, taken for MRI after collision (ESPN)
- Steve Finley, Toledo, the Rochester Red Wings and bugs — lots of bugs (Sporting News)
- Wood River’s Zangori to be on display at Busch Stadium (Advantage News)
5/30:
- First Quarter MLB MVP Awards (The Sports Quotient)
5/31:
- BAR: Should Adam Duvall be an All-Star? (Cincinnati.com)
- David Ortiz, Xander Bogaerts leading on MLB All-Star Game ballot (Mass Live)
- MasterCard Launches MLB® All-Star Game® Sweepstakes with Petco (Business Wire)
- Mookie Betts’ 3-Home Run Explosion Flaunts Red Sox Star’s Limitless Upside (Bleacher Report)
- Perez, Hosmer take early lead in MLB All-Star voting (KMBC)
- Royals lead early MLB All-Star Game voting in American League (Sports Illustrated)
- Salvador Perez leads AL in fan balloting for 2016 All-Star Game (WIBW)
- 20 Questions: Golden State Warriors are hot, plus more from the NBA and MLB (ESPN)
6/01:
- An All-Star cast for Cubs could mean July influence on October (Chicago Sun Times)
- Brewers Braun ranks fifth among National League outfielders in first All-Star ballot (WKOW)
- Chicago Cubs: who will make the 2016 MLB All-Star roster? (Outside Pitch)
- Cozart 5th at shortstop in All-Star fan balloting update (Cincinnati.com)
- The Cubs are dominating NL All-Star vote like they’re the Royals (Yahoo Sports)
- Fans ignoring first-place Rangers on All-Star ballots (Star Telegram)
- Filling out an NL All-Star team ballot (ESPN)
- MasterCard’s Major League Baseball Play (PYMNTS)
- MLB: American League All-Star voting results released (Call to the Pen)
- MLB suspends Indians’ Marlon Byrd for 162 games over PED violation (Boston.com)
- MLB releases first AL All-Star balloting update (ESPN)
- MLB’s Omar Infante Problem is Back (The Ringer)
- No Giants on pace to start All-Star Game (CSN Bay Area)
- No Phillies among 2016 All-Star Game voting top 5 at any position (Philadelphia.com)
- Surprise! Not looking good for any Yankees starting the All-Star Game (lohed)
- Three Washington Nationals in mix in early results for 2016 MLB All-Star Game voting (Federal Baseball)
- With May concluding, who are the most deserving AL all-stars? (Vavel)
- 2016 All-Star Game: First look at NL voting (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
- 5 Toronto Blue Jays Players Who Have Played Like All-Stars So Far In 2016 (Rant Sports)
6/02:
- Brewers: Ryan Braun fifth among National League outfielders in All-Star Game voting (Madison.com)
- Cubs fans on pace to give this year’s All-Star Game the Royal treatment (Daily News)
- Cubs fans tilting NL All-Star voting results away from deserving players (Sports Illustrated)
- Filling out an AL All-Star team ballot (ESPN)
- Fryer: O.C. All-Star game always filled with top talent (OC Varsity)
- How 36-Year-Old MLB Journeyman Rich Hill Has Become a Potential All-Star (Bleacher Report)
- MLB: Diamondbacks All-Star, Woodlands alum Goldschmidt embraces return to Houston (Your Houston News)
- They might not be All-Stars, but Cubs’ role players get the job done (ESPN)
6/03:
- FANTASY SPORTS: Stats prove who should start in MLB all-star game (The Facts)
- MLB Team of the Week: Eric Hosmer, Xander Bogaerts and Madison Bumgarner Star (Bleacher Report)
- Padres Legend Trevor Hoffman, 6-Time All-Star Moises Alou To Manage All-Star Futures Teams (Mighty 1090 AM)