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

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.

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

C

1B

2B

SS

3B

OF

OF

OF

RHP

LHP

RHP

LHP

LHP

RHP

LHP

RHP

RHP

LHP

RHP

RHP

RHP

C

C

1B

2B

SS

SS

3B

OF

OF

OF

OF

OF

Giancarlo Stanton, MIA

American League roster

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

OF

OF

OF

DH

RHP

LHP

RHP

RHP

RHP

RHP

LHP

RHP

LHP

LHP

RHP

RHP

LHP

C

C

SS

SS

3B

2B

1B

OF

OF

OF

DH

DH