The Coastal Plain League has announced the rosters for the 2019 All-Star Showdown to be held July 7-8 in Savannah, Ga., at historic Grayson Stadium. This marks the 21st year the CPL has played an All-Star game, with last year’s ending in a 9-4 win by the National All-Stars.

The two-day Showdown will feature six teams consisting of 12 players each broken down as follows: West Division All-Stars, East Division All-Stars, North Division All-Stars, South Division All-Stars, Fan Voted All-Stars and Team Savannah. The Divisional teams are selected based on votes from CPL head coaches, broadcasters and one media representative per team. The event will kickoff on Sunday as it has in past seasons, but instead of a traditional Home Run Derby – or the Skills Challenge introduced last season in Lexington County, S.C. – as the sole highlight that night, there will be more.

One representative for each of the six teams will participate in a Home Run Derby to determine the seeding of the Showdown. The top two seeds will be given a “bye” and move on to the semi-final games to be held on Monday. The remaining four teams will compete in the quarterfinal games on Sunday, with the winners advancing to Monday’s semifinals. Each game of the Showdown will be three complete innings in length with tie-breaker rules for any games that remain tied following the third inning of play. So, for Sunday, fans will see a Home Run Derby and six innings of baseball (two quarterfinal games), followed by two semi-final games and the championship for a combined nine innings on Monday.

An additional component to the Showdown is that of two pitchers pools: a semifinals arms pool and a championship arms pool – these arms will be the highest vote getters from the initial All-Star ballots voted on by coaches, broadcasters and team media reps. The next highest vote getters are listed on the Divisional teams below and the final six pitchers will come from the Fan Vote team and Team Savannah. The two teams that advance from Sunday’s quarterfinals will have their head coaches draft their three pitchers for semifinal action; and the same for the two teams that advance to the championship. This way, each pitcher in the Showdown only throws once.

Instead of fans only getting to vote in the final roster spot for each All-Star team like in years past, this season fans are in control of an entire team! Voting will start Tuesday, June 25 at 5 p.m. ET and end Thursday, June 27th at 5 p.m. ET – giving fans a full 48 hours to vote for who they best deserves a spot on the Fan All-Star roster. The roster will consist of one player at each position and three pitchers.

Finally, the sixth and final team will consist of participants with ties to the Savannah area. Of the 12 participants, up to half, (including at least one pitcher) can be from the remaining Bananas roster; but the true focus of this team will be on the other community individuals – whether they be first responders, military personnel, teachers, former professional athletes, local celebrities, etc. – that are selected. This team will be announced later in the week after the conclusion of the fan voting.

The 2019 Coastal Plain League All-Star Showdown will be televised nationally to over 30 million households, as well as streamed live on MLB.com and the Coastal Plain League’s website. Stay tuned to www.coastalplain.com and www.thesavannahbananas.com for all future Coastal Plain League All-Star Showdown related announcements. Those interested in purchasing tickets can contact the Savannah Bananas at 912-712-2482.

The full rosters can be found below. Players that were named All-Stars but are unable to attend are marked with a pound sign (#).

About Coastal Plain League:

The Coastal Plain League is the nation’s premier summer collegiate baseball league. Heading into its 23rd season in 2019, the CPL features 16 franchises playing in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. To date, the CPL has had over 1,600 alumni drafted and 123 alums – including 2017 ALCS MVP, 2017 World Series champion, 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young award winner Justin Verlander, as well as 2017 NLCS MVP Chris Taylor – make their Major League debut. For more information on the Coastal Plain League, please visit the league website at www.coastalplain.com, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat @CPLBaseball.