Miguel Cabrera starts at 3rd base, his first time starting in an all-star game.

Prince Fielder, Jhonny Peralta, and Torii Hunter are the other position players to be announced. Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander are the other two wizards.

We can also vote for closer 276542Joaquin Benoit as the last guy in: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2013/fv/ballot.jsp?tcid=ASG13_HP_MW

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/danny-knobler/22664357/tigers-have-6-allstars-but-dont-blame-jim-leyland

Six Tigers are AL All-Stars, the most of any team. But one of them was voted in by the fans (Miguel Cabrera), and four others were voted in by American League players (Max Scherzer, Prince Fielder, Torii Hunter and Jhonny Peralta).

Leyland, who will manage the AL team because the Tigers played in the World Series, picked only one Tiger, Justin Verlander. He also included Joaquin Benoit among the five players on the AL Final Vote ballot, but Benoit will only be an All-Star if fans vote for him.

It’s a common misperception that the managers pick the All-Star teams. What they really do is fill out the final spots on the team, after the fans and players first have their say.

Even in that task, they’re limited by the rule that requires each team to have at least one All-Star.

In the American League, the first nine spots come from fan balloting. The next 17 come from player balloting. That’s 26 of the 33 spots announced Saturday, and this year none of those 26 spots went to anyone from the A’s, Astros, Rays or Indians.

That is interesting… I heard a misinformed snarf at ESPN criticize Leyland without even knowing the rule. Jim only had four picks to himself, and Verlander was his only Tiger.

It is going to be a fun time, folks! And we are ready to win it.

Here is a look back at Prince’s Home Run Derby Championship http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=22977243

I love at the end when the reporter’s ask Fielder’s son why they were so sure he was going to win beforehand. “Umm, because he’s the best player ever.”