The National League are the favorites on the MLB betting
lines as the top players in each league get set for baseball's All-Star Game at
Arizona's Chase Field on Tuesday. Or at least SOME of the top players in each league will be getting set for the contest, as a flurry of withdrawals has both rosters in a state of flux this week. In total, 16 selected All-Stars won't be playing on Tuesday night, either because they are injured, because they are resting an old injury, or because they pitched on Sunday. That 16 includes four members of the New York Yankees: Injured third baseman
Alex Rodriguez, resting shortstop Derek Jeter
and closer Mariano Rivera, and starting pitcher
CC Sabathia, who threw a complete-game shutout on Sunday
against the Rays. Along with Sabathia, five other AL All-Star starting pitchers won't take the
mound on Tuesday, a list that includes the Mariners' Felix
Hernandez, the Tigers' Justin Verlander, the Rays'
David Price and James Shields, and the Red
Sox' Jon Lester. All-Star NL arms missing from Tuesday's game will be the Phillies'
Cole Hamels and the Giants' Matt Cain, with
the Senior Circuit getting hit harder by absences from the lineup instead (the
Phillies' Placido Polanco and Shane Victorino,
the Braves' Chipper Jones, the Mets' Jose
Reyes, and the Brewers' Ryan Braun will all be
out). Add it all up, and the rosters are so watered down now that Reds third
baseman Scott Rolen (.241, five home runs) has become a starter
at the All-Star Game. Still, Rolen's club has been set as the -122 favorite at Bodog for Tuesday's
contest, with the AL as the +102 underdogs, and the total at 8.5 runs. The
National League does have home-field advantage on Tuesday (although there will
still be a DH used), and they got the monkey off their back last season with
their skid-breaking victory. Bet on the MLB
All-Star Game now. Get all your MLB odds at
Bodog.
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