10 Players Who Should Be at the MLB All-Star Game

These players were snubbed from this year’s Mid-Summer Classic

Milwaukee Brewers' Brice Turang, the only position player in the top ten in Wins Above Replacement (WAR) who did not get an invite to the All-Star Game, watches the ball after hitting a grand slam during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets in Milwaukee on April 3, 2023. Aaron Gash/AP Photo

This year, the All-Star Game will include 32 first-time participants, with 17 in the National League and 15 in the American League. Major League Baseball abounds in feel-good stories, from the Cleveland Guardians’ five players headed to Texas to the youth movement in Baltimore seeing two players voted starters.

But a handful of players have a viable reason to be upset they didn’t get asked to be in Arlington for the game this year. For some, their team’s mediocre record caused their strong performance to get lost in the shuffle. For others, teammates’ strong numbers may have overshadowed their own good seasons.