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Here we go, my All Star roster predictions.

American League
C KC Salvador Perez
C NYY Gary Sanchez
1B KC Eric Hosmer
1B TOR Justin Smoak
1B TB Logan Morrison
2B HOU Jose Altuve
2B NYY Starlin Castro
3B MIN Miguel Sano
3B CLE Jose Ramirez
SS HOU Carlos Correa
SS BOS Xander Bogaerts
OF NYY Aaron Judge
OF LAA Mike Trout
OF HOU George Springer
OF BOS Mookie Betts
OF OAK Khris Davis
OF CWS Avisail Garcia
DH TB Corey Dickerson
DH SEA Nelson Cruz
DH CLE Edwin Encarnacion
SP BOS Chris Sale
SP TEX Yu Darvish
SP MIN Ervin Santana
SP HOU Dallas Keuchel*
SP CLE Corey Kluber
SP DET Michael Fulmer
SP KC Jason Vargas
RP BOS Craig Kimbrel
RP CLE Andrew Miller
RP TOR Roberto Osuna
RP BAL Brad Brach
RP MIN Brandon Kintzler
RP HOU Chris Devenski

Fan vote is pretty straightforward. After the last official update, I was predicting Corey Dickerson would surpass Nelson Cruz, then MLB went and announced in the final hours that he had. He'd hold it from there, as will Eric Hosmer at 1B. The KC vote is strong, and the competition wasn't coming on hard enough.

Some challenges in the players' ballot. 1B was tough, as I had Smoak, Morrison, Yonder Alonso, maybe Miguel Cabrera in an upset. I went with Smoak. If he were to end up passing Hosmer in the fan ballot, things could get pretty interesting, as Morrison or Alonso could end up taking this reserve spot. Schoop and Cano are possibilities at 2B, but I'm sticking with Castro. SS was tough. Lindor has been a bit of a disappointment this year, so I went with Bogaerts, although he hasn't been that great anyway. It could easily be Elvis Andrus too.

Backup outfield was a mess. I may have picked too hopeful with Avisail Garcia, although he was in the top six of the fan ballot, so maybe not too crazy. Khris Davis wasn't anywhere near there, but I'm also giving him a spot. Other options are Lorenzo Cain, Justin Upton, Gardner, Souza. I wouldn't be surprised by any combination.

There's a solid group of pitchers from the players' ballot. I have Keuchel making it despite the injury, with Jason Vargas being his injury replacement. I don't have much to say there.

As for commissioner picks, he's left needing to fill Baltimore and Detroit, unless Schoop or Upton previously got in. Brad Brach becomes the easy pick. For Detroit, it could still be Upton, but I went pitcher, and it could be either Fulmer or Justin Wilson. That opened up the final position player spot to go to Logan Morrison. Brandon Kintzler and Chris Devenski round out the roster.

Some Indians player wins the Final Vote as they've been voting strong. It could be Lindor, Encarnacion, or Brantley. Encarnacion's had the best season, but Lindor could easily be there instead.
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