MLB All-Star Game 2025 picks, predictions: DBacks' Corbin Carroll, Ketel Marte starters?
The Arizona Diamondbacks are struggling this season, falling far below expectations with a 31-34 record before their June 9 game against the Seattle Mariners.
But could the team still end up with two starters in the 2025 MLB All-Star Game?
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Voting is underway for the game, and several writers have released early predictions for who could start the July 15 game at the Atlanta Braves' Truist Park.
A couple of the projections are high on Carroll, Arizona's dynamic outfielder, and Marte, the DBacks' second baseman.
Check out what MLB All-Star picks say about Carroll and Marte's chances to start the 2025 MLB All-Star Game. Voting for MLB All-Star Game starters runs through July 2.
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ESPN: Corbin Carroll, Ketel Marte should be National League starters in All-Star Game
David Schoenfield picked Carroll to start in the outfield, while also picking Marte to start at second in a tight battle with Brendan Donovan, Brice Turang and Nico Hoerner.
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He wrote: "My vote goes to Marte. He's the best player of the group, and only the injury holds him back in the debate. He's hitting .294/.418/.603 with 12 home runs in 39 games and has more walks than strikeouts, ranking in the 90th-plus percentile in walk rate and lowest strikeout rate. What a fantastic player — often overlooked. Donovan makes it as the backup, while Turang and Hoerner draw the short straw and are left off my hypothetical team."
CBS Sports: Ketel Marte, Corbin Carroll early favorites to start All-Star Game for National League
Of Marte, Matt Snyder wrote: "Marte trails Cardinals second baseman Brendan Donovan in WAR due to a stint on the injured list earlier this season, but he'll have logged plenty of games by the time we get to the Midsummer Classic and he's the best second baseman in baseball. Through 35 games, he's got six doubles, 10 homers, 17 RBI, 27 runs, has walked more than he's struck out and is hitting .293/.416/.585."
Snyder took Carroll along with Pete Crow-Armstrong and James Wood for his NL outfielder starters, writing: Fernando Tatis Jr. and Kyle Tucker have arguments, both for performance this season and for established star power. With my three selections and these two, I feel like it's a clear-cut top five, though I could see a case for Jackson Merrill, Juan Soto and even Ronald Acuña Jr., now that he's back. … Carroll, Tatis and Tucker are established stars, as noted. I took Carroll here, but it was very close among my top five selections."
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Joel Reuter had Carroll among his outfielders, but took Brendan Donovan over Marte at second base.
He wrote: "Brendan Donovan vs. Ketel Marte at second base could end up being one of the tighter voting battles, while Kyle Tucker, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Corbin Carroll will need to hold off Fernando Tatis Jr. and rising star James Wood in the NL outfield."
Could Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll be MLB All-Star Game starters for the Arizona Diamondbacks?
The Athletic: Neither Corbin Carroll nor Ketel Marte picked as All-Star starters
Jim Bowden had Brendan Donovan and Brice Turang as his top options at second base in the National League. He had Carroll behind Kyle Tucker among NL right fielders, writing: "Carroll leads all NL right fielders with 18 homers while posting a .914 OPS with 10 steals and 44 runs scored."
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