MLB Reveals 2026 All-MLB First and Second Teams
Major League Baseball revealed the 2026 All-MLB First and Second Teams on Wednesday night at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, honoring the top performers of the regular season.
World Series Champions Lead Selections
The World-Series champion Brewers paced all organizations with four total selections across the two squads. Their Fall Classic opponents, the Rays, followed closely with three players honored during the broadcast on MLB Network.
Voting for the squads split evenly, with 50 percent of the tally coming from fans and the remaining 50 percent decided by a panel of experts. The selections honor one player at each infield position and designated hitter, alongside three outfielders, five starting pitchers, and two relievers.
Gabriel Moreno and Pete Alonso Lead Standout Performers
Arizona backstop Gabriel Moreno claimed the First Team catcher spot after hitting .311 and capturing the batting title. Moreno became the fifth catcher to win a batting title and the first since Buster Posey accomplished the feat in 2012, while also securing his second Gold Glove Award.
Pete Alonso made an immediate impact in his first season with Baltimore by leading the American League with 43 home runs and 113 RBIs. Junior Caminero powered the Rays to the pennant with 42 home runs, while Chicago’s Pete Crow-Armstrong led all Major League position players with a 10.6 WAR.
Yordan Alvarez anchored the designated hitter spot by topping qualified hitters with a .316 batting average, .432 on-base percentage, and a 1.033 OPS for Houston. Jacob Misiorowski paced the First Team rotation with an MLB-best 1.80 ERA and 252 strikeouts for Milwaukee.
Second Team Honors and Family Milestones
William Contreras captured Second Team catcher honors and later earned World Series MVP distinction after catching a Major League-leading 128 games. His brother, Willson Contreras, earned a selection at first base following a 27-home-run campaign in his debut season with Boston.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto reprised his dominant form for the Dodgers with a 2.53 ERA across 185 innings. Meanwhile, trade-deadline acquisition Tarik Skubal combined with Detroit and Los Angeles to strike out 186 batters while issuing just 27 walks.
Voters evaluated candidates strictly on regular-season performance across the eight-year history of the program, which was established in 2019.
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