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MLB ALL STAR GAME NO LONGER HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE FULL

The full details will be revealed once the full CBA is out, but this suggests the rest will remain the same: The league office will select seven players (including four pitchers) for the National League and five players (including four pitchers) for the American League. Instead, that will now be handled by the commissioner’s office directly. But the big change in this area is that the All-Star managers are no longer responsible for filling out the final spots on each roster. The rosters for each All-Star team will include 32 players - 20 position players and 12 pitchers - which is down from the current 34. But that $20,000 is up from zero, and is less important for the amount of the bonus than how it stokes the flames of competitiveness among the players. But these players make millions, you might say and reasonably so. The new incentive to win the All-Star Game comes in the form of a $20,000 bonus for every player on the winning team. But there are a few other new wrinkles in the CBA. The big change is no longer tying the All-Star Game to home field advantage in the World Series, which we covered before.

That is one of several changes made to the midsummer classic in baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement. LOS ANGELES - Should the Dodgers break their World Series drought in 2017, manager Dave Roberts won’t have the chance to stock the 2018 National League All-Star roster with his players.