It’s once again time for fans to help decide which players are worthy of being named to the All-MLB Team.
Unlike the Most Valuable Player and Cy Young Awards, which are awarded to one player in both the American League and National League, the All-MLB Team recognizes the best player(s) at each position across the Majors, as a whole.
Nominees were announced on Thursday for the 2022 All-MLB Team, which — as in each of the past three years — will be split into a First and Second Team. Fans can vote once every 24 hours between now and 5 pm on Nov. 22, with 50% of the vote coming from fans and 50% coming from a panel of experts. Winners will be announced on MLB Network at 8 pm ET on Dec. 5.
Voters are asked to consider only performance during the regular season when casting their ballots. Each team will include one selection at catcher, first base, second base, shortstop, third base and DH, as well as three outfielders (regardless of specific outfield position), five starting pitchers and two relievers.
Fans will have their hands full as they try to whittle down a list of candidates that includes 71 position players (10 catchers, nine first basemen, eight second basemen, 10 shortstops, nine third basemen, five designated hitters and 20 outfielders) and 45 pitchers (23 starters and 22 relievers).
The Braves led the way with 11 nominees, including at least one player at every position except second base and DH. Those candidates are catchers William Contreras and Travis d’Arnaud; first baseman Matt Olson; shortstop Dansby Swanson; third baseman Austin Riley; outfielder Michael Harris II; starting pitchers Max Fried, Spencer Strider and Kyle Wright; and relievers Kenley Jansen and AJ Minter.
The Astros, meanwhile, paced all AL clubs with nine nominees, including a trio of starting pitchers (Justin Verlander, Framber Valdez and Cristian Javier). Houston’s other six nominees are designated hitter Yordan Alvarez, second baseman Jose Altuve, third baseman Alex Bregman, shortstop Jeremy Peña, outfielder Kyle Tucker and reliever Ryan Pressly.
William Contreras, ATL
Willson Contreras, CHC
Travis d’Arnaud, ATL
Alejandro Kirk, TOR
Sean Murphy, OAK
Cal Raleigh, SEA
JT Realmuto, PHI
Adley Rutschman, BAL
Will Smith, LAD
Jose Trevino, NYY
José Abreu, CWS
Pete Alonso, NYM
Luis Arraez, MIN
Freddie Freeman, LAD
Paul Goldschmidt, STL
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., TOR
Nathaniel Lowe, TEX
Matt Olson, ATL
Christian Walker, ARI
Jose Altuve, HOU
Jake Cronenworth, SD
Tommy Edman, STL
Andrés Giménez, CLE
Jeff McNeil, NYM
Brendan Rodgers, COL
Marcus Semien, TEX
Gleyber Torres, NYY
Willy Adames, MIL
Bo Bichette, TOR
Xander Bogaerts, BOS
Carlos Correa, MIN
Francisco Lindor, NYM
Jeremy Peña, HOU
Corey Seager, TEX
Dansby Swanson, ATL
Trea Turner, LAD
Bobby Witt Jr., KC
Nolan Arenado, STL
Alex Bregman, HOU
Matt Chapman, TOR
Rafael Devers, BOS
Brandon Drury, CIN/SD
Manny Machado, SD
José Ramírez, CLE
Austin Riley, ATL
Eugenio Suarez, SEA
Yordan Alvarez, HOU
Bryce Harper, PHI
Shohei Ohtani, LAA
Albert Pujols, STL
Daniel Vogelbach, PIT/NYM
Mookie Betts, LAD
Byron Buxton, MIN
Adolis García, TEX
Michael Harris II, ATL
Teoscar Hernández, TOR
Aaron Judge, NYY
Steven Kwan, CLE
Starling Marte, NYM
Brandon Nimmo, NYM
Hunter Renfroe, MIL
Bryan Reynolds, PIT
Julio Rodríguez, SEA
Anthony Santander, BAL
Kyle Schwarber, PHI
Juan Soto, WSH/SD
George Springer, TOR
Mike Trout, LAA
Kyle Tucker, HOU
Daulton Varsho, ARI
Taylor Ward, LAA
Sandy Alcantara, MIA
Tyler Anderson, LAD
Shane Bieber, CLE
Corbin Burnes, MIL
Dylan Cease, CWS
Gerrit Cole, NYY
Nestor Cortes, NYY
Yu Darvish, SD
Max Fried, ATL
Zac Gallen, ARI
Tony Gonsolin, LAD
Cristian Javier, HOU
Alek Manoah, TOR
Shane McClanahan, TB
Aaron Nola, PHI
Shohei Ohtani, LAA
Carlos Rodón, SF
Max Scherzer, NYM
Spencer Strider, ATL
Julio Urías, LAD
Framber Valdez, HOU
Justin Verlander, HOU
Kyle Wright, ATL
Daniel Bard, COL
Scott Barlow, KC
Félix Bautista, BAL
Brock Burke, TEX
Emmanuel Clase, CLE
Alexis Díaz, CIN
Edwin Díaz, NYM
Camilo Doval, SF
John Duran, WHO
Ryan Helsley, STL
Liam Hendriks, CWS
Clay Holmes, NYY
Kenley Jansen, ATL
AJ Minter, ATL
Andrés Muñoz, SEA
Cionel Pérez, BAL
Evan Phillips, LAD
Ryan Pressly, HOU
David Robertson, CHC/PHI
Jordan Romano, TOR
Erik Swanson, SEA
Devin Williams, MIL
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