Manoah, 24, leads Blue Jays starters with nine wins and a 2.34 earned run average, both stats ranking third among American League pitchers. The second baseman also ranks third in the AL with 107.2 innings pitched. It will be his first trip to the All-Star game. The 32-year-old Springer will be making his fourth all-star appearance. His 16 home runs are second only to Vlad Guerrero Jr.’s 19 against Toronto. Guerrero and catcher Alejandro Kirk were named All-Star starters on Friday after being selected to the American League team after finishing atop their positions in the second round of fan voting. Springer finished fourth in American League outfielder voting. A year after Shohei Ohtani became baseball’s first two-way All-Star, the Los Angeles Angels sensation has done it again. Ohtani was selected to the American League Hall of Fame on Sunday as a Major League Baseball selection, two days after he was elected by the fans to start at designated player. Pitchers Clay Holmes, Gerrit Cole and Nestor Cortes made the Yankees’ AL team along with catcher Jose Trevino, giving New York six All Stars for the first time since 2011. Outfielders Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton were elected to start. Defending AL champion Houston has five All-Stars, with pitchers Justin Verlander and Framber Valdez, outfielder Kyle Tucker and designated hitter Yordan Álvarez selected along with second baseman Jose Altuve. Álvarez went on the injured list on Sunday due to inflammation in his right hand. The Blue Jays, New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals have all four All-Stars. Seattle shortstop Julio Rodriguez was the only rookie selected and, at 21, is the youngest of this year’s Stars. There are 30 All-Star shortstops, and Rodríguez, who made his debut on April 8, is among 10 24-year-olds or younger. Ohtani, the reigning AL MVP, is hitting .260 with 19 homers and 59 RBI and is 8-4 with a 2.44 ERA, 111 strikeouts and 20 walks in 81 innings. He has won five straight starts and is coming off a Wednesday in Miami when he became the first player in major league history to hit 10 batters, drive in two runs and steal a base. Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera is the senior All-Star with 12 selections, and St. Louis DH Albert Pujols is second with 11, both of Commissioner Rob Manfred’s picks under a career achievement provision in the new collective bargaining agreement. The 92nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. This report by The Canadian Press was first published on July 20, 2022. With files from the Associated Press
