The 84th showing of the mid-summer classic is making its first appearance to Queens, New York since 1964 at Shea Stadium. This time around Citi Field, not Shea Stadium is the home of the New York Mets and is far and above a better venue.  The last time the All-Star game was in New York it was at the old Yankee Stadium in 2008.  It was a 15 inning thriller that ended in walk-off fashion for the American League.  New York is known for its theatrics and high drama.  Nothing short of that is expected, but what will be is the amount of new, known and unexpected stars that will be on display for the 2013 All-Star game.  Here are my all-stars keeping with the rules that every team be represented and a total of 34 players for each league.

AVG – Batting Average

ERA – Earned Run Average

HR – Home Runs

RBI – Runs Batted In

SV – Saves

BAA – Batting Average Against

WHIP – Walks/Hits Per Innings Pitched

K – Strikeouts

Stats are accurate as of July 5th.

* – asterisk indicates starter

Jim Johnson – Baltimore Orioles

29 SV, 4.02 ERA, 1.31 WHIP

Mariano Rivera – New York Yankees

29 SV, 1.39 ERA, 1.21 WHIP

Joe Nathan – Texas Rangers

28 SV, 1.43 ERA, .156 BAA

Bartolo Colon – Oakland Athletics

11-3, 2.78 ERA, 1.10 WHIP

Yu Darvish – Texas Rangers

8-3, 2.78 ERA, 151 K

Max Scherzer – Detroit Tigers*

13-0, 3.09 ERA, 139 K

Hisashi Iwakuma – Seattle Mariners

7-4, 2.60 ERA, 0.88 WHIP

Chris Sale – Chicago White Sox

5-7, 2.79 ERA, 114 K

Grant Balfour – Oakland Athletics

22 SV, 1.82 ERA, .198 BAA

Greg Holland – Kansas City Royals

19 SV, 1.97 ERA, .177 BAA

Bud Norris – Houston Astros

6-7, 3.22 ERA, 1.37 WHIP

Justin Masterson – Cleveland Indians

10-7, 3.78 ERA, 131 K

Felix Hernandez – Seattle Mariners

8-4, 2.69 ERA, 130 K

Notable Omissions: Chris Tillman – Orioles, Clay Buchholz – Red Sox (Injury), Jesse Crain – White Sox (Injury), Glen Perkins – Twins, Matt Moore – Rays, Casey Janssen – Blue Jays

Joe Mauer – Minnesota Twins*

.314 AVG 8 HR 30 RBI

Salvador Perez – Kansas City Royals

.302 AVG 4 HR 36 RBI

Carlos Santana – Cleveland Indians

.270 AVG 10 HR 38 RBI

Notable Omissions: Matt Wieters – Orioles, J.P. Arencibia – Blue Jays

1B/DH Edwin Encarnacion – Toronto Blue Jays

.266 AVG 23 HR 66 RBI

3B Evan Longoria – Tampa Bay Rays

.295 AVG 17 HR 49 RBI

3B Adrian Beltre – Texas Rangers

.307 AVG 17 HR 46 RBI

2B Dustin Pedroia – Boston Red Sox*

.323 AVG 5 HR 49 RBI

2B Jason Kipnis – Cleveland Indians

.300 AVG 13 HR 54 RBI

SS J.J. Hardy – Baltimore Orioles

.254 AVG 15 HR 46 RBI

3B Miguel Cabrera – Detroit Tigers*

.361 AVG 26 HR 86 RBI

3B Manny Machado – Baltimore Orioles

.315 AVG 6 HR 42 RBI

SS Jhonny Peralta – Detroit Tigers*

.306 AVG 7 HR 40 RBI

2B Robinson Cano – New York Yankees

.293 AVG 20 HR 58 RBI

1B Chris Davis – Baltimore Orioles*

.324 AVG 33 HR 85 RBI

1B/DH David Ortiz – Boston Red Sox*

.321 AVG 17 HR 61 RBI

3B Josh Donaldson – Oakland Athletics

.317 AVG 15 HR 57 RBI

Notable Omissions: 2B Omar Infante – Tigers, 1B Prince Fielder – Tigers, 1B/DH Billy Butler – Royals, 2B Howie Kendrick – Angels, 1B Mark Trumbo – Angels, 1B Justin Morneau – Twins, SS Jed Lowrie – Athletics, 3B Kyle Seager – Mariners, 1B Kendrys Morales – Mariners, 1B James Loney – Rays, 1B Adam Lind – Blue Jays

Mike Trout – Los Angeles Angels*

.314 AVG 13 HR 55 RBI

Jacoby Ellsbury – Boston Red Sox

.302 AVG 2 HR 30 RBI

Adam Jones – Baltimore Orioles*

.290 AVG 15 HR 59 RBI

Nelson Cruz – Texas Rangers

.268 AVG 21 HR 65 RBI

Jose Bautista – Toronto Blue Jays*

.264 AVG 20 HR 52 RBI

Notable Omissions: Nick Markakis – Orioles, Daniel Nava – Red Sox, Torii Hunter – Tigers, Brett Gardner – Yankees, Ichiro Suzuki – Yankees

Matt Harvey – New York Mets*

7-2, 2.27 ERA, 141 K

Clayton Kershaw – Los Angeles Dodgers

7-5, 1.93 ERA, 126 K

Cliff Lee – Philadelphia Phillies

10-2, 2.73 ERA, 119 K

Adam Wainwright – St. Louis Cardinals

11-5, 2.36 ERA, 117 K

Craig Kimbrel – Atlanta Braves

23 SV, 1.72 ERA, .198 BAA

Kevin Gregg – Chicago Cubs

14 SV, 1.59 ERA, .192 BAA

Aroldis Chapman – Cincinnati Reds

20 SV, 2.57 ERA, .177 BAA

Jose Fernandez – Miami Marlins

5-4, 2.72 ERA, 94 K

Jeff Locke – Pittsburgh Pirates

8-1, 2.12 ERA, .206 BAA

Jason Grilli – Pittsburgh Pirates

28 SV, 2.15 ERA, .187 BAA

Edward Mujica – St. Louis Cardinals

22 SV, 2.55 ERA, 0.79 WHIP

Stephen Strasburg – Washington Nationals

4-6, 2.24 ERA, 98 K

Jordan Zimmermann – Washington Nationals

12-3, 2.46 ERA, 0.94 WHIP

Notable Omissions: Rafael Soriano – Nationals, Sergio Romo – Giants, Madison Bumgarner – Giants, Mark Melancon – Pirates, Jonathan Papelbon – Phillies, Rex Brothers – Rockies, Mike Leake – Reds, Mat Latos – Reds, Jeff Samardzija – Cubs, Patrick Corbin – Diamondbacks

Yadier Molina – St. Louis Cardinals*

.346 AVG 6 HR 45 RBI

Buster Posey – San Francisco Giants

.310 AVG 12 HR 48 RBI

Wilin Rosario – Colorado Rockies

.273 AVG 13 HR 43 RBI

Notable Omissions: Jonathan Lucroy – Brewers, Russell Martin – Pirates

3B David Wright – New York Mets*

.305 AVG 13 HR 43 RBI

2B Matt Carpenter – St. Louis Cardinals

.320 AVG 8 HR 36 RBI

3B Pedro Alvarez – Pittsburgh Pirates

.243 AVG 21 HR 56 RBI

SS Jean Segura – Milwaukee Brewers*

.322 AVG 11 HR 33 RBI

1B Joey Votto – Cincinnati Reds

.325 AVG 15 HR 40 RBI

2B Brandon Phillips – Cincinnati Reds*

.265 AVG 12 HR 63 RBI

SS Everth Cabrera – San Diego Padres

.300 AVG 4 HR 24 RBI

SS Ian Desmond – Washington Nationals

.281 AVG 15 HR 49 RBI

1B Allen Craig – St. Louis Cardinals

.325 AVG 10 HR 68 RBI

1B Freddie Freeman – Atlanta Braves

.309 AVG 9 HR 56 RBI

1B Paul Goldschmidt – Arizona Diamondbacks*

.304 AVG 20 HR 71 RBI

Notable Omissions: 3B Ryan Zimmerman – Nationals, 2B Marco Scutaro – Giants, 1B Adrian Gonzalez – Dodgers, SS Troy Tulowitzki – Rockies (Injury)

Michael Cuddyer – Colorado Rockies*(as DH)

.342 AVG 15 HR 52 RBI

Carlos Gomez – Milwaukee Brewers

.319 AVG 13 HR 41 RBI

Carlos Beltran – St. Louis Cardinals*

.305 AVG 19 HR 50 RBI

Andrew McCutchen – Pittsburgh Pirates*

.298 AVG 9 HR 45 RBI

Carlos Gonzalez – Colorado Rockies*

.295 AVG 23 HR 62 RBI

Domonic Brown – Philadelphia Phillies

.279 AVG 22 HR 60 RBI

Yasiel Puig – Los Angeles Dodgers

.420 AVG 8 HR 19 RBI

Notable Omissions: Nate Schierholtz – Cubs, Jay Bruce – Reds, Ryan Braun – Brewers (Injury), Hunter Pence – Giants