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These Players Deserve The MLB All-Star Game

The game takes place July 13th from Coors Field.

Brad LaPlante
6 min readJun 16, 2021

2021’s fan voting for the MLB All-Star Game is officially here. The game will take place at Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, after being moved from Truist Field in Atlanta.

First base

American League

Starter: Vladimir Guerrero Jr (TOR)
Reserves: Trey Mancini (BAL) and Matt Olson (OAK)

National League

Starter: Freddie Freeman (ATL)
Reserves: Pete Alonso (NYM) and Anthony Rizzo (CHC)

It’s easy to see why Vladimir Guerrero Jr should be an automatic All Star starter in this year’s midsummer classic. He’s hitting .346 which is just ridiculous, has 22 home runs which leads all Major League hitting, and carries a 1.148 OPS. He’s having an amazing year. Matt Olson was a pleasant surprise and is a big reason that the A’s are playing as well as they are. Trey Mancini should get in just based on his circumstance alone. Last year he had cancer. This year he has 12 home runs and 47 RBI. Enough said.

Freddie Freeman isn’t even batting .240, but he has 15 home runs. With that said, it’s one of the reasons Pete Alonso is actually deserving of…

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Brad LaPlante
Brad LaPlante

Written by Brad LaPlante

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