2013 All-Star Game: Roster, Lineup and Pitching Breakdown

After years of being bullied around, the National League is finally get its revenge. 

Beginning in 1997, the American League put together a truly dominant streak at the Midsummer Classic, stringing together 12 straight wins (with a tie mixed in). 

But from the time the NL was beginning to look like the little, overmatched brother, it has turned the metaphorical tables, winning three in a row, including an 8-0 shellacking last year at Kauffman Stadium. 

Easily the most important All-Star game in all of sports, this rivalry is clearly growing by the year.

Let's take a look at what the newest installment has to offer. 

Starting Lineups and Batting Orders

American League

Batting Order	Player	Position	Team
1	Mike Trout	LF	Los Angeles Angels
2	Robinson Cano	2B	New York Yankees
3	Miguel Cabrera	3B	Detroit Tigers
4	Chris Davis	1B	Baltimore Orioles
5	Jose Bautista	RF	Toronto Blue Jays
6	David Ortiz	DH	Boston Red Sox
7	Adam Jones	CF	Baltimore Orioles
8	Joe Mauer	C	Minnesota Twins
9	J.J. Hardy	SS	Baltimore Orioles

National League

Batting Order	Player	Position	Team
1	Brandon Phillips	2B	Cincinnati Reds
2	Carlos Beltran	RF	St. Louis Cardinals
3	Joey Votto	1B	Cincinnati Reds
4	David Wright	3B	New York Mets
5	Carlos Gonzalez	LF	Colorado Rockies
6	Yadier Molina	C	St. Louis Cardinals
7	Troy Tulowitzki	SS	Colorado Rockies
8	Michael Cuddyer	DH	Colorado Rockies
9	Bryce Harper	CF	Washington Nationals

Benches

Hitters

American League	Team	National League	Team
C Jason Castro	Houston Astros	C Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants
C Salvador Perez	Kansas City Royals	C Brian McCann (y)	Atlanta Braves
1B Prince Fielder	Detroit Tigers	1B Paul Goldschmidt	Arizona Diamondbacks
2B Jason Kipnis	Cleveland Indians	1B Allen Craig	St. Louis Cardinals
2B Dustin Pedroia	Boston Red Sox	1B Freddie Freeman (x)	Atlanta Braves
2B Ben Zobrist	Tampa Bay Rays	2B Matt Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals
SS Jhonny Peralta	Detroit Tigers	2B Marco Scutaro	San Francisco Giants
3B Manny Machado	Baltimore Orioles	SS Everth Cabrera	San Diego Padres
OF Nelson Cruz	Texas Rangers	SS Jean Segura	Milwaukee Brewers
OF Alex Gordon	Kansas City Royals	3B Pedro Alvarez	Pittsburgh Pirates
OF Torii Hunter	Detroit Tigers	OF Domonic Brown	Philadelphia Phillies
DH Edwin Encarnacion	Toronto Blue Jays	OF Carlos Gomez	Milwaukee Brewers
		OF Andrew McCutchen	Pittsburgh Pirates

x denotes injured

y denotes injury replacement

Pitchers

American League	Team	National League	Team
Grant Balfour (y)	Oakland Athletics	Madison Bumgarner	San Francisco Giants
Clay Buchholz (x)	Boston Red Sox	Aroldis Chapman	Cincinnati Reds
Brett Cecil	Toronto Blue Jays	Patrick Corbin	Arizona Diamondbacks
Bartolo Colon (y,x)	Oakland Athletics	Jose Fernandez	Miami Marlins
Jesse Crain (x)	Chicago White Sox	Jason Grilli	Pittsburgh Pirates
Yu Darvish (x)	Texas Rangers	Matt Harvey (s)	New York Mets
Steve Delabar	Toronto Blue Jays	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers
Felix Hernandez	Seattle Mariners	Craig Kimbrel	Atlanta Braves
Greg Holland (y)	Kansas City Royals	Cliff Lee	Philadelphia Phillies
Hisashi Iwakuma (x)	Seattle Mariners	Jeff Locke (x)	Pittsburgh Pirates
Justin Masterson	Cleveland Indians	Mark Melancon (y)	Pittsburgh Pirates
Matt Moore (y)	Tampa Bay Rays	Sergio Romo (y)	San Francisco Giants
Joe Nathan	Texas Rangers	Adam Wainwright	St. Louis Cardinals
Glen Perkins (y)	Minnesota Twins	Travis Wood	Chicago Cubs
Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees	Jordan Zimmermann (x)	Washington Nationals
Chris Sale	Chicago White Sox
Max Scherzer (s)	Detroit Tigers
Chris Tillman (y)	Baltimore Orioles
Justin Verlander (x)	Detroit Tigers

x denotes injury or pitched Sunday

y denotes replacement

s denotes starter

Starting Pitchers

On the American League side, you've got Max Scherzer. 

His 3.19 ERA, although still very good, may not stand out for an All-Star game starter, but with a WHIP of 0.979 (second in the American League), he's actually been slightly unlucky thus far. His 2.66 FIP and 2.88 xFIP will both attest to that. 

Moreover, he misses bats. Fueled by a blazing fastball and tremendously effective secondary pitches, he has an incredible 10.6 SO/9 ratio. Don't be surprised if he blows a few hitters away in his inning or two of work. 

Opposing Scherzer will be Matt Harvey. 

Starting in front of his home crowd in his first full season, the New York Mets' young stud will be quite the story. 

Of course, he's more than just a nice narrative, as he sports a sparkling 2.35 ERA, 0.915 WHIP and 10.2 SO/9 ratio. 

Prediction

As managers attempt to get every player possible onto the field, these games almost always come down to the benches and bullpens. 

Because of that, I'm giving the slight advantage to the National League. 

Just look at that bullpen. Clayton Kershaw sports an ERA under 2.00 (!), while Patrick Corbin, Adam Wainwright, Jose Fernandez, Travis Wood, Cliff Lee and Shelby Miller all come under the 3.00 mark, something only two AL starters can brag about. 

There are obviously other factors in play here, but I think the NL has enough talented arms to keep the powerful AL lineup at bay.

Prediction: AL 3, NL 7. Paul Goldschmidt wins MVP