Giancarlo Stanton named to First All-Star Game, Lone Marlin Going

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Major League Baseball announced the 2012 All-Star Game rosters on Sunday, and Giancarlo Stanton was selected as a reserve to represent the Marlins in the Midsummer Classic, which will be held at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Stanton will be the lone Marlin headed to the Mid-Summer classic.

Stanton will also participate in the home run derby, which he confirmed earlier in the week.

Giancarlo Stanton is headed to the Al-Star game for the first time in his 3-year MLB career. (Image: Steve Mitchell-US PRESSWIRE)

Before the beginning of the month of June, there was a strong argument for Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante making a trip to Kansas City as well. A arguement could have been made for Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes, but they were more of long shots then the other two.

I will have a more detailed post on Stanton’s All-Star selection later today, but here is a look at the All-Star teams:

National League roster
Starters
C	Buster Posey, SF
1B	Joey Votto, CIN
2B	Dan Uggla, ATL
SS	Rafael Furcal, STL
3B	Pablo Sandoval, SF
OF	Melky Cabrera, SF
OF	Carlos Beltran, STL
OF	Matt Kemp, LAD
Pitchers
RHP	Matt Cain, SF
LHP	Aroldis Chapman, CIN
RHP	R.A. Dickey, NYM
LHP	Gio Gonzalez, WAS
LHP	Cole Hamels, PHI
RHP	Joel Hanrahan, PIT
LHP	Clayton Kershaw, LAD
RHP	Craig Kimbrel, ATL
RHP	Lance Lynn, STL
LHP	Wade Miley, ARI
RHP	Jonathan Papelbon, PHI
RHP	Stephen Strasburg, WAS
RHP	Huston Street, SD
Reserves
C	Yadier Molina, STL
C	Carlos Ruiz, PHI
1B	Bryan LaHair, CHC
2B	Jose Altuve, HOU
SS	Starlin Castro, CHC
SS	Ian Desmond, WAS
3B	David Wright, NYM
OF	Ryan Braun, MIL
OF	Jay Bruce, CIN
OF	Carlos Gonzalez, COL
OF	Andrew McCutchen, PIT
OF	Giancarlo Stanton, MIA

American League roster
Starters
C	Mike Napoli, TEX
1B	Prince Fielder, DET
2B	Robinson Cano, NYY
3B	Adrian Beltre, TEX
SS	Derek Jeter, NYY
OF	Josh Hamilton, TEX
OF	Curtis Granderson, NYY
OF	Jose Bautista, TOR
DH	David Ortiz, BOS
Pitchers
RHP	Ryan Cook, OAK
LHP	Matt Harrison, TEX
RHP	Felix Hernandez, SEA
RHP	Jim Johnson, BAL
RHP	Joe Nathan, TEX
RHP	Chris Perez, CLE
LHP	David Price, TB
RHP	Fernando Rodney, TB
LHP	CC Sabathia, NYY
LHP	Chris Sale, CWS
RHP	Justin Verlander, DET
RHP	Jered Weaver, LAA
LHP	C.J. Wilson, LAA
Reserves
C	Joe Mauer, MIN
C	Matt Wieters, BAL
SS	Elvis Andrus, TEX
SS	Asdrubal Cabrera, CLE
3B	Miguel Cabrera, DET
2B	Ian Kinsler, TEX
1B	Paul Konerko, CWS
OF	Adam Jones, BAL
OF	Mike Trout, LAA
OF	Mark Trumbo, LAA
DH	Billy Butler, KC
DH	Adam Dunn, CWS