⚾ Biggest MLB All-Star Game snubs, takeaways

2026 MLB All-Star Game rosters: Snubs, other takeawaysBoston Red Sox13hDavid SchoenfieldOhtani, Freeman lead Dodgers' 4 All-Star startersLos Angeles Dodgers14hAlden GonzalezAll-Star Alvarez walks off Rays in multi-HR nightHouston Astros12h'Emotional' Contreras apologizes for on-field flapsBoston Red Sox12hWoodruff exits Brewers' loss with shoulder issueMilwaukee Brewers9hBoston's Gray fueled by ASG snub, gets 10th winBoston Red Sox9hRockies place Sugano, 36, on IL with back spasmsColorado Rockies15hChapman sets career record for K's by relieverBoston Red Sox1dAstros option struggling OF Meyers to Triple-AHouston Astros18hMLB Power Rankings: Rays, Marlins bring Florida heat to start JulyArizona Diamondbacks3dESPNWhere does Aroldis Chapman rank among the greatest closers ever?Boston Red Sox1dDavid SchoenfieldMidseason rankings for MLB's biggest awards: Can PCA catch Ohtani for NL MVP? How does Judge's injury rock AL race?

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What else stood out from the 2026 roster reveal? Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon SportswireDavid SchoenfieldJul 4, 2026, 09:30 PM ETCloseCovers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.

com since 1995Multiple AuthorsEmailPrintOpen Extended Reactions2026 MLB All-Star Game rosters were announced Saturday night, and there was a chance this year's teams were going to look a little strange due to all the big-name stars either dealing with injuries or having bad seasons. Consider:Aaron Judge, voted in as a starter, will miss the game due to a rib injury.Mike Trout, also voted in as a starter, is on the injured list (hamstring), although he's hoping to play in his first All-Star Game since 2019.

All-Star mainstay Jose Ramirez is having his worst season and is also on the IL (hand).Francisco Lindor has played just 31 games because of a left calf injury.Mookie Betts has been hot of late but missed time with an oblique injury and got off to a slow start.

Cal Raleigh, last year's American League MVP runner-up, is still struggling with a batting average well under .200.Future Hall of Famer Manny Machado is likewise scuffling with a sub-.

200 average.Other stars playing well below their usual level include Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Trea Turner, Julio Rodriguez, Fernando Tatis Jr.

, Kyle Tucker, Bo Bichette, Alex Bregman, Gunnar Henderson and Jose Altuve, among others. Guerrero was voted in as a starter but none of the others made it.We won't get into the pitcher injuries (including Tarik Skubal, Max Fried, Hunter Brown), although at least we've been blessed with a group of National League starters having monster first halves, including Jacob Misiorowski, Cristopher Sanchez, Shohei Ohtani, Chase Burns and Chris Sale.

Those five guys all made the NL roster, with Ohtani winning the fan vote as the starting DH. Let's get into the snubs and other thoughts.National LeagueBiggest snub: Brice Turang, 2B, Milwaukee BrewersTurang is the obvious choice.

He's seventh in bWAR among NL position players and eighth in fWAR, making him the top snub in WAR on both sites. Why didn't he make it? The first mistake was the fans voting in Ozzie Albies as the starter at second base.

Albies isn't having a bad season, but Turang was better in 2024, he was better in 2025, and he has been better in 2026. In combo WAR (averaging Baseball-Reference and FanGraphs together), Turang comes in at 3.2 and Albies at 2.

0. It's not really close. Turang has the higher OPS and is a better defensive player.

The second mistake was the players voting in San Francisco's Luis Arraez as the backup, although this one is much closer thanks to Arraez's combo WAR at 3.1. Arraez is hitting .

326, but Turang has 61 runs and 51 RBIs versus 44 and 32, respectively, for Arraez. Singles are nice, but Turang has done a little more damage. I would have gone with Turang as the starter and Arraez as the backup.

And, no, Arraez didn't end up as the only rep for the Giants, as Logan Webb was also selected.Second-biggest snub: Justin Wrobleski, SP, Los Angeles DodgersIf the emphasis is on "first-half" production, then Wrobleski is the biggest pitching snub. He is 10-2 with a 2.

80 ERA, tied for second among NL pitchers in wins (behind only Brewers reliever Aaron Ashby, who is 12-1) and eighth in ERA. The players voted for Misiorowski, Sanchez, Burns, Sale and Paul Skenes. Skenes' ERA has risen to 3.

62, and he hasn't won in his past nine starts (and the Pirates lost all nine of those games). Look, are you taking Wrobleski over Skenes for the rest of the season? No, of course not, but Wrobleski had