Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte to lead off for National League in 2024 MLB All-Star Game

Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte will be the leadoff hitter for the National League in the 2024 MLB All-Star Game.

It will be just the second time in team history that the leadoff hitter for the All-Star Game will be a D-backs player after Luis Gonzalez was in that spot in 2001.

Marte is now a two-time MLB All-Star after he was the leading vote-getter at his position for the 2024 National League roster.

Marte, 30, made his first All-Star appearance in 2019. This year he will play for an NL All-Star coaching staff led by D-backs manager Torey Lovullo. He hit eighth at the 2019 All-Star Game.

Marte leads all NL second basemen in slugging (.515), OPS (.877), RBIs (57), total runs (64), hits (105) and home runs (19).

He’s also tied with Miami Marlins second baseman Otto Lopez for the second-most outs above average among NL second basemen with seven, per Baseball Savant.

National League All-Star starting lineup:

Ketel Marte 2B

Shohei Ohtani DH

Trea Turner SS

Bryce Harper 1B

William Contreras C

Christian Yelich RF

Alec Bohm 3B

Teoscar Hernandez CF

Jurickson Profar LF

Paul Skenes SP

American League All-Star starting lineup:

Steven Kwan LF

Gunnar Henderson SS

Juan Soto RF

Aaron Judge CF

Yordan Alvarez DH

Jose Ramirez 3B

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B

Adley Rutschman C

Marcus Semien 2B

Corbin Burnes SP

When is the 2024 MLB All-Star Game?

The Midsummer Classic is on Tuesday at Globe Life Field this year, home of the Texas Rangers. It will be the first All-Star Game since 1934 to be hosted by the defending World Series Champions. First pitch is at 5 p.m. on FOX.

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