Here is this week’s news and discussion relating to the 2016 MLB All-Star Game.
Weekend (4/30-5/1)
- Cause for concern: One player on every MLB team who needs to turn his season around (USA Today)
- MLB April All-Stars: Harper, Machado, Syndergaard lead month’s best (Sports Illustrated)
- MLB Takeaways – League News Round-Up (01 May) (Real Sport 101)
- Saturday Links: All-Star Game, Ellsbury, Prospects, DL (River Ave Blues)
- Twins’ Park Byung-ho Listed as MLB April All-Star (KBS World Radio)
5/2/16
- Cardinals’ All-Star Pitcher in a Legal Jam (Court House News Service)
- Joey Votto: I’d rather quit than struggle (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- MLB: New closer Jeanmar Gomez didn’t know Ken Giles had been traded until spring training (Montgomery News)
- Pirates’ Mercer drawing respect at the plate now too (The Times)
5/3/16
- JBL® Announces MLB All-Star Alex Rodriguez as Brand Ambassador (Business Wire)
- MLB Awards Watch: Top 5 NL MVP candidates thru April (Call To the Pen)
- Padres Fans Getting Excited about All Star Game (Friars on Base)
- Royce Clayton, Ex-MLB All Star Player to Join Hatch Advisory Board (Stockhouse)
- San Diego Cool: All-Star Yoga (NBC Los Angelos)
5/4/16
- Chicago Cubs lead the way on our April All-Stars (ESPN)
- Youth to compete in Major League Baseball’s Pitch, Hit, Run Competition (Village Soup)
5/05/16
- Commissioner Rob Manfred: MLB’s Availability In Technology Must Improve (CBS Chicago)
- Selecting MLB’s All-Underrated Team of Hidden Stars (Bleacher Report)
5/6/16
- April’s Advanced Stat All-Stars (Baseball Essential)
- Former MLB All-Star Evan Meek Throws Scoreless Inning In Somerset Patriots Debut (MyCentralJersey.com)
- Our Early Picks for MLB All-Star TV Broadcasters (Sports Cheat Sheet)