The Mets have shown they're on the defending champion’s level in taking four of the first six regular season matchups this ...

Mike Trout inked a 12-year, $430 million deal to stay with the Los Angeles Angels. At the time, it was widely believed to be the largest guaranteed contract ever awarded to a professional athlete.

Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters.

With fan voting beginning, here are my early AL and NL All-Star team picks, with starters and backups at each position.