Plenty of $100 million men not all-stars

Scherzer tops list of megastars who won’t be in Los Angeles

New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Nimmo cf 3210 2 2 .269 Lindor ss 5030 0 0 .245 Alonso 1b 5112 0 2 .272 1-Inciarte pr-lf 0000 0 0 .125 Canha lf 3010 2 1 .273 Do.smith 1b 0000 0 0 .210 Escobar 3b 5010 0 1 .216 Guillorme 2b 3122 1 0 .309 Davis dh 4000 0 1 .241 Jankowski rf 2000 1 0 .200 Nido c 4000 0 1 .210

Totals 34 4 9 4 6 8 Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Acuña Jr. rf 4010 0 1 .274 Swanson ss 4000 0 1 .299 Olson 1b 4000 0 4 .251 Riley 3b 4111 0 2 .282 Ozuna dh 4010 0 2 .228 Rosario lf 3000 0 1 .114 d'arnaud c 3000 0 2 .262 Harris II cf 3000 0 0 .294 Canó 2b 3020 0 0 .169 Totals 32 1 5 9th.0 1 13

1-ran for Alonso in the

LOB — New York 10, Atlanta 4. 2B — Guillorme (8), Nimmo (16), Alonso (14), Ozuna (12), Acuña Jr. (10). HR — Guillorme (2), off O'day; Riley (24), off Scherzer. RBIS — Alonso 2 (72), Guillorme 2 (9), Riley (57).

Runners left in scoring position — New York 3 (Nido, Davis, Alonso); Atlanta 3 (Rosario, Swanson 2). RISP — New York 2 for 10; Atlanta 0 for 2.

GIDP — Davis, Alonso.

DP — Atlanta 2 (Riley, Canó, Swanson, Canó; Swanson, Canó, Olson).

New York IP H R ERBB SO NP ERA Scherzer 731 1 0 9 93 2.15 Ottavino 120 0 0 1 20 2.67 Díaz 100 0 0 3 11 1.73

Atlanta IP H RERBBSO NP ERA Fried 552 2 5 5 99 2.56 Lee 220 0 0 1 24 1.35 O'day 111 1 0 0 17 4.15 Stephens 111 1 1 2 25 3.14

W — Scherzer (6-1). L — Fried (9-3). S — Diaz (19).

HBP — Fried (Jankowski).

Umpires — Home, Chris Segal; First, Andy Fletcher; Second, Bill Welke; Third, Junior Valentine.

T— 3:03. A — 42,925 (41,084). 012 230 110 002 000 — 5 9 03x — 10 14 1 0

Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Duran cf 5111 0 2 .277 Vázquez c 5110 0 2 .290 Martinez dh 4122 0 0 .313 Bogaerts ss 3121 1 0 .315 Verdugo lf 4021 0 0 .265 Story 2b 4000 0 1 .222 Cordero 1b 4000 0 4 .240 Refsnyder rf 3110 1 0 .338 Dalbec 3b 3000 1 1 .205

Totals 35 5 9 5 3 10 Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Díaz 3b 3333 0 0 .307 Choi 1b 2211 1 1 .283 a-ramírez 1b 2122 0 0 .330 Arozarena dh 4010 1 1 .255 Aranda 2b 4021 0 1 .500 Chang 2b 1011 0 0 .167 Lowe rf 5012 0 2 .187 Mejía c 4020 0 0 .236 L.raley lf 3100 1 1 .083 Walls ss 3200 0 0 .161 Phillips cf 4110 0 1 .148

Totals 35 10 14 10 3 7 a-singled for Vázquez in the 6th.

E— Dalbec (4). LOB — Boston 6, Tampa Bay 7. 2B — Bogaerts (22), Vázquez (18), Martinez 2 (29), Díaz 2 (18), Mejía (10). RBIS — Verdugo (47), Martinez 2 (38), Duran (7), Bogaerts (36), Lowe 2 (11), Díaz 3 (23), Choi (39), Aranda (2), Ramírez 2 (34), Chang (3). SB — Verdugo (1), Bogaerts (4), Duran (6). CS — Duran (1), Ramírez (4). SF — Díaz.

Runners left in scoring position — Boston 4 (Vázquez, Cordero 2, Story); Tampa Bay 3 (Phillips, Lowe 2). RISP — Boston 4 for 9; Tampa Bay 7 for 14.

Runners moved up — Dalbec. GIDP — Arozarena, Mejía.

DP — Boston 2 (Cordero, Bogaerts; Bogaerts, Story, Cordero).

Boston IP H RERBBSO NP ERA Bello 475 5 3 5 8210.12 Davis 110 0 0 2 12 2.48 Diekman 12 2 0 0 11 3.48 Valdez 2 4 3 0 0 0 45 4.70

Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Wisler 100 0 0 1 17 2.52 Fleming 364 4 2 3 67 6.84 Bard 331 1 1 2 53 1.00 Poche 100 0 0 1 12 1.95 Adam 100 0 0 3 17 1.27

W — Bard (1-0). L — Diekman (4-1). HBP — Bello (Díaz), Diekman (Walls).

PB — Mejía (5).

Umpires — Home, Nate Tomlinson; First, Chris Conroy; Second, Ron Kulpa; Third, Carlos Torres.

T— 3:31. A — 10,629 (25,000).

Max Scherzer was back on the mound, striking out 11 in six scoreless innings of two-hit ball.

His impressive return came after missing nearly seven weeks because of an oblique injury, and that lengthy absence is why the three-time Cy Young Award winner won't be an All-star in his first season with the New York Mets. The NL starter in last year's game, Scherzer was 5-1 with a 2.26 ERA through his comeback Tuesday night in Cincinnati, only his ninth start this year.

Scherzer is making a season-record $43.3 million in the first of his $130 million, three-year deal. But he isn't the only player who got a big new contract before the 2022 season, and wasn't on the All-star rosters released Sunday.

None of the 14 other players who signed deals worth at least $100 million, whether in free agency or to stay with their teams, is set to play July 19 at Dodger Stadium, either. That includes three others who were All-star starters last year with their old teams: Freddie Freeman, Nick Castellanos and Marcus Semien.

Among those missing from the All-star rosters:

— Corey Seager ($325 million, 10 years). The Texas Rangers shortstop and 2020 World Series MVP with the Los Angeles Dodgers has four homers his last five games and is hitting .245 with 19 homers and 45 RBIS.

— Wander Franco ($182 million, 11 years with club option for 12th). The 21-year-old shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays is hitting .260 in 58 games. He just went on the injured list with a wrist injury,

PHI STL 100 000

Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Schwarber lf 4000 0 2 .219 Hoskins 1b 4121 0 0 .255 Castellanos rf 4010 0 2 .251 Hall dh 4010 0 1 .283 Realmuto c 4020 0 1 .240 Gregorius ss 3000 0 0 .241 Bohm 3b 1010 0 0 .273 Muñoz 3b 2000 0 0 .242 Stott 2b 3000 0 1 .177 Vierling cf 3010 0 0 .241

Totals 32 1 8 1 0 7

St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Edman ss 4000 0 0 .254 Yepez rf 3000 0 1 .255 Nootbaar rf 1111 0 0 .173 Gldschmidt 1b 4000 0 3 .335 Gorman 2b 4000 0 2 .242 Carlson cf 4130 0 0 .260 Pujols dh 4110 0 1 .216 Dickerson lf 3223 0 1 .196 Sosa 3b 3111 0 1 .183 Knizner c 3011 0 0 .181

Totals 33 6 9 6 0 9

LOB — Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 3.

— Sosa (3), Pujols (6). HR — Hoskins (18), off Mikolas; Dickerson (3), off Nola; Nootbaar (3), off Kelly. RBIS — Hoskins (43), Dickerson 3 (14), Sosa (6), Knizner (13), Nootbaar (10).

Runners left in scoring position — Philadelphia 1 (Realmuto); St. Louis 0.

RISP — Philadelphia 0 for 1; St. Louis 4 for 4.

Runners moved up — Pujols. GIDP — Castellanos, Schwarber.

DP — St. Louis 2 (Edman, Gorman, Goldschmidt; Sosa, Edman, Goldschmidt).

Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Nola 775 5 0 7 98 3.35 Kelly 121 1 0 2 19 3.00

St. Louis IP H R ERBB SO NP ERA Mikolas 7 61 1 0 5 99 2.62 Cabrera 0 0 0 0 1 22 2.16 Fernández 20 0 0 1 13 0.00

W — Mikolas (6-7). L — Nola (5-7). Umpires — Home, Jeremy Riggs; First, Will Little; Second, Todd Tichenor; Third, John Bacon.

T— 2:41. A — 34,399 (45,494). 1 000 030 000 — 21x — 1 6 8 9 0 0

CWS CLE and missed much of June with a right quadriceps strain.

— Kris Bryant ($182 million, 7 years). The left fielder/dh has been limited to 29 games in his debut with the Colorado Rockies after two IL stints because of lower back issues.

— Semien ($175 million, 7 years). After not hitting his first homer until May 28, in his 44th game with Texas, he has 10 homers his last 33 games. His 45 homers last season with Toronto were an MLB record for a second baseman.

— Matt Olson ($168 million, 8 years). Traded from Oakland in the spring to replace the departed Freeman at first base, Olson immediately signed a long-term deal with Atlanta and is hitting .254 with 13 homers and 49 RBIS.

— Freeman ($162 million, 6 years). A World Series champion with the Braves last season, he is hitting .304 with 11 homers and 54 RBIS in Los Angeles, but four of his Dodgers teammates are on the NL All-star squad.

The others are Detroit shortstop Javier Báez, Boston second baseman Trevor Story, Toronto right-hander José Berríos, Seattle lefty and 2021 AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray, Blue Jays righthander Kevin Gausman, and shortstop Carlos Correa and center fielder Byron Buxton of the Minnesota Twins.

Halfway done

While the All-star break is often referred to as the marker between the first and second half of the season, all 30 teams in the last week completed at least 81 games — the real midpoint of a full 162game schedule.

There is another full week of games to play before the All-star Game.

Trivia time

The National League All-star team will have a set of brothers in 003 500 100 030 000 — 00x — 4 8 8 12 1 0

Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Anderson ss 4110 0 0 .317 Moncada 3b 4113 0 1 .191 Robert cf 4000 0 1 .283 Abreu 1b 4120 0 1 .295 Sheets rf 4000 0 1 .237 Jiménez dh 3000 1 2 .218 Pollock lf 4021 0 0 .247 García 2b 3120 0 0 .212 Zavala c 3000 0 0 .323

Totals 33 4 8 4 1 6 Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Kwan lf 4020 0 0 .278 Rosario ss 5120 0 0 .278 Ramírez 3b 4000 0 1 .287 Naylor 1b 4110 0 1 .279 Reyes dh 4231 0 1 .222 Giménez 2b 2200 1 1 .297 Jones rf 3224 0 1 .538 a-call ph-rf 1000 0 0 .000 Maile c 3000 1 1 .181 Straw cf 4023 0 0 .211

Totals 34 812 8 2 6 a-lined out for Jones in the 7th.

E — García (6). LOB — Chicago 3, Cleveland 7. 2B — Pollock (13), Jones (2). HR — Moncada (4), off Quantrill.

RBIS — Moncada 3 (21), Pollock (26), Reyes (26), Jones 4 (8), Straw 3 (13). SB — Anderson (11), Reyes (1). CS — Ramírez (4).

Runners left in scoring position — Chicago 1 (Zavala); Cleveland 5 (Giménez, Naylor, Rosario 3). RISP — Chicago 3 for 7; Cleveland 6 for 12.

Runners moved up — Kwan. GIDP — Anderson, Sheets, Rosario.

DP — Chicago 1 (García, Anderson, Abreu); Cleveland 2 (Naylor, Ramírez, Naylor; Ramírez, Giménez, Naylor).

Chicago IP H RERBBSO NP ERA Lynn 498 8 2 3 100 6.97 Foster 110 0 0 1 14 4.89 Kelly 110 0 0 2 18 9.22 Banks 210 0 0 0 20 3.19

Cleveland IP H RERBB SO NP ERA Quantrill 684 4 1 3 93 3.99 Stephan 200 0 0 2 14 3.00 Clase 100 0 0 1 7 1.49

W — Quantrill (5-5). L — Lynn (1-2). Inherited runners-scored — Foster 1-1, Stephan 2-0. HBP — Lynn 2 (Kwan,giménez), Banks (Ramírez).

Umpires — Home, Dan Merzel; First, Edwin Moscoso; Second, Jansen Visconti; Third, Jim Reynolds.

T— 2:51. A — 13,655 (34,788).

DET KC 000 000 001 102 000 — 00x — the starting lineup with Willson Contreras of the Chicago Cubs catching, and William Contreras of the Braves as the designated hitter. When was the last time brothers started in the same Allstar Game?

Line of the week

Miami Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara has thrown 19 consecutive scoreless innings.

Alcantara struck out 10 in eight scoreless innings to beat the Los Angeles Angels last Tuesday, after a complete-game victory at St. Louis in his previous start. He then threw seven scoreless innings against the Mets on Sunday, when he named an All-star for the second time.

Alcantara (9-3, 1.73 ERA) has already matched his career high for wins.

COMEBACK OF THE WEEK Baltimore overcame a deficit with two outs in the ninth inning on July 4 against Rangers closer Joe Barlow, then won 7-6 in the 10th against Matt Moore. The Orioles repeated that in a 10-9 win the next night, again tying the game against Barlow with two outs in the ninth and beating Moore in the 10th.

The Orioles swept three games against Texas, then won four in a row against the Angels. That undefeated homestand was part of Baltimore's first eight-game winning streak in the same season since 2005.

Trivia answer

Sandy Alomar Jr. was the AL starting catcher in the 1992 Allstar Game, in the same lineup with second baseman Roberto Alomar. That was the third consecutive year both of them were All-star starters. The last brothers to appear in the same All-star Game were the Boones in 2003, with Aaron a reserve infielder for the NL, and Bret the same for the AL. 1 3 4 9 1 1

Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Greene cf 4120 0 1 .256 Báez ss 3000 1 1 .211 H.castro 2b 4010 0 0 .268 Cabrera dh 4000 0 2 .291 Candelario 3b 4000 0 1 .190 W.castro rf 4010 0 1 .255 Torkelson 1b 3000 0 1 .195 Clemens lf 3000 0 1 .161 Barnhart c 2000 0 0 .215 b-reyes ph 1000 0 0 .307 Haase c 0000 0 0 .234

Totals 32 1 4 0 1 8 Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Taylor dh 4010 0 0 .264 Benintendi lf 4000 0 1 .313 Witt Jr. ss 4120 0 0 .243 Psquantino 1b 4222 0 1 .182 Rivera 3b 4020 0 0 .233 O'hearn rf 2000 0 0 .177 a-olvares ph-rf 1010 1 0 .307 Isbel cf 4000 0 1 .209 Gallagher c 3010 0 0 .243 Lopez 2b 3000 0 1 .232

Totals 33 3 9 2 1 4

a-walked for O'hearn in the 6th. blined out for Barnhart in the 8th.

E — Báez (11), Witt Jr. (9). LOB — Detroit 5, Kansas City 7. 2B — Gallagher (5), Taylor (6). HR — Pasquantino (2), off Pineda. RBIS — Pasquantino 2 (3). SB — Witt Jr. 2 (15), W.castro (4). CS — Olivares (2).

Runners left in scoring position — Detroit 4 (Torkelson, H.castro 2, Candelario); Kansas City 6 (Pasquantino 2, Lopez 2, Gallagher, Taylor). RISP — Detroit 1 for 7; Kansas City 1 for 10.

Runners moved up — Greene, Báez.

Detroit IP H RERBBSO NP ERA Pineda 5 73 2 0 2 77 3.58 Chafin 00 0 1 2 14 2.39 Vest 220 0 0 0 25 3.55

Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Keller 731 1 1 8 91 4.15 Clarke 110 0 0 0 19 3.99 Barlow 100 0 0 0 6 2.27

W — Keller (5-9). L — Pineda (2-4). S — Barlow (14).

Inherited runners-scored —

2-1. WP — Keller, Clarke.

Umpires — Home, Cory Blaser; First, Adam Beck; Second, Mark Ripperger; Third, Shane Livensparger.

T— 2:30. A— 11,084 (37,903).

Chafin

NL leaders

BATTING: Goldschmidt, STL, .335; Harper, PHI, .318; Mcneil, NYM, .311; M.machado, SD, .309; Hoerner, CHC, .306; Bell, WAS, .304; Freeman, LAD, .304; Lux, LAD, .304; T.turner, LAD, .301; Cooper, MIA, .299; Swanson, ATL, .299.

RBI: Alonso, NYM, 72; Cron, COL, 66; Goldschmidt, STL, 65; T.turner, LAD, 61; Lindor, NYM, 60; Schwarber, PHI, 57; Riley, ATL, 57; Tellez, MIL, 55; Arenado, STL, 55; Freeman, LAD, 54.

HITS: Goldschmidt, STL, 107; T.turner, LAD, 103; Freeman, LAD, 102; Swanson, ATL, 101; Bell, WAS, 96; Cron, COL, 96; Riley, ATL, 95; Arenado, STL, 93; M.machado, SD, 88; Alonso, NYM, 87; S.marte, NYM, 87.

HOME RUNS: Schwarber, PHI, 28; Riley, ATL, 24; Alonso, NYM, 23; C.walker, ARI, 21; Betts, LAD, 20; Cron, COL, 20; Goldschmidt, STL, 19; Drury, CIN, 18; Hoskins, PHI, 18; 7 tied at 17.

ERA: Gonsolin, LAD, 1.62; Alcantara, MIA, 1.73; Musgrove, SD, 2.09; Burnes, MIL, 2.20; Wheeler, PHI, 2.46; Fried, ATL, 2.56; Mikolas, STL, 2.62; Rodón, SF, 2.70; P.lópez, MIA, 2.91; Wright, ATL, 2.97.

AL leaders

BATTING: Arraez, MIN, .348; Devers, BOS, .327; Bogaerts, BOS, .315; Benintendi, KC, .313; J.martinez, BOS, .313; Kirk, TOR, .309; Y.díaz, TB, .307; Alvarez, HOU, .306; France, SEA, .306; Giménez, CLE, .297.

RBI: J.ramírez, CLE, 66; Judge, NYY, 65; Alvarez, HOU, 60; Tucker, HOU, 59; Story, BOS, 58; Stanton, NYY, 56; Rizzo, NYY, 54; Ohtani, LAA, 54; Guerrero Jr., TOR, 54; Trout, LAA, 51; A.garcía, TEX, 51; Devers, BOS, 51.

HITS: Devers, BOS, 106; Arraez, MIN, 100; Benintendi, KC, 98; Bogaerts, BOS, 97; J.abreu, CWS, 94; Bichette, TOR, 94; J.martinez, BOS, 94; Judge, NYY, 90; France, SEA, 89; J.rodríguez, SEA, 89.

HOME RUNS: Judge, NYY, 30; Alvarez, HOU, 26; Trout, LAA, 24; Buxton, MIN, 23; Stanton, NYY, 22; Rizzo, NYY, 22; Ohtani, LAA, 19; Seager, TEX, 19; Devers, BOS, 19; Guerrero Jr., TOR, 19.

ERA: Mcclanahan, TB, 1.73; Verlander, HOU, 2.00; Manoah, TOR, 2.34; Cease, CWS, 2.45; F.valdez, HOU, 2.64; M.pérez, TEX, 2.72; Cortes, NYY, 2.74; Gilbert, SEA, 2.80; Gausman, TOR, 2.86; Montgomery, NYY, 3.19.