Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte to lead off for National League in 2024 MLB All-Star Game
Jul 15, 2024, 12:21 PM | Updated: 12:25 pm
D-backs vs. Dodgers on July 3, 2024. (Felisa Cardenas/Arizona Sports)
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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.
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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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