Not sure, but I think the rules state there has to be a second DH. I picked Encarnacion, whose stats are worthy, and he's been more DH than 1B or 3B this year, I think.
If it were up to me, of course, there would be no such thing as a DH. I'm a National League guy and an old-timey baseball purist.
How many guys from Missouri did CarlosHen select?
I, CarHen, a resident of Missouri, selected seven players (out of 68 total) from Missouri: one from Kansas City, Ervin Santana, and six from St. Louis: Molina, Carpenter, Beltran (starters), Craig (reserve), Wainwright and Mujica (pitchers). I do live in St. Louis, yes, but I also think these guys deserve to be on the team.
you are correct that the player who finishes 2nd place to Ortiz in the player voting becomes the 2nd DH and automatic spot.
Silly, because half the AL teams do not have a full-time DH ... they rotate players based on opposing pitcher matchups, etc. Otherwise, the manager could use Kendrick as the DH or Kipnis or matchup vs. the pitcher game situation.
Encarnacion will be allowed to play the field if that is what the manager decides.
JOE TORRE will not be managing this year’s game, so maybe I will watch. And Ron washington will not be either. But, Leilich did a hack job on managing previous all-star games.