Jim Callis ranks the 10 best young talents who’ll play in Wednesday’s Triple-A All-Star Game at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte.

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The Giants, carrying baseball’s best record at 57-33, could find themselves in position to return to the World Series for the fourth time in seven years. And they are well aware that tonight’s All-Star Game will determine home-field advantage in the Fall Classic.

It was a year ago last week that Aledmys Diaz was pulled into his Double-A manager’s office and told he was being taken off the field. Diaz spent the next few days bunkered in a Tulsa, Okla., hotel room, waiting to find out his future and bracing for news that the organization that signed him in March 2014 would no longer be the one he played for.

Nine years after being discovered as a teenager at a tryout camp, Pirates outfielder Starling Marte has developed into an All-Star talent.

Even though it will mark his third appearance in the All-Star Game presented by MasterCard, his selection this year felt even more special for Manny Machado. It was the first time he was voted in as the American League’s starting third baseman, after serving as a reserve last year and in 2013, a fact that makes this appearance mean a little more to him.

To all of the players assembled in America’s Finest City — the ones who will take part in tonight’s 87th All-Star Game presented by MasterCard (7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT on FOX) — well, what can we say? Giancarlo Stanton gave you a tough act to follow.

In advance of tonight’s Midsummer Classic, here’s an in-depth look at how the American League and National League rosters stack up against each other, with home-field advantage in the World Series on the line.

After Major League players peppered the stands during the first round of the T-Mobile Home Run Derby on Monday night at Petco Park, two high school players competed in the finals of the High School Select Home Run Derby prior to the second round of the MLB event.

The Royals come to the 2016 All-Star Game presented by MasterCard, with a status that is terrific times two. They are All-Stars and they are defending World Series champions.

National League manager Terry Collins announced on Monday that Wil Myers would start as the team’s designated hitter and bat fourth in today’s All-Star Game presented by MasterCard.

To fully appreciate Kris Bryant, you want a seat behind the first-base dugout. It’s the side view that gives you the three-dimensional look at how this second-year Cub has developed into the best power hitter in baseball.

It is a matter of fact and finances that the Cleveland Indians aren’t going to snag their stars on the open market. The last time the Tribe was represented on the All-Star stage by a player the club had previously signed as a free agent was 2004, when second baseman Ronnie Belliard, who made a measly $1.1 million that season, was selected.

They’re taking in the entire experience, the atmosphere, the interviews and interactions with their All-Star teammates, but the Blue Jays are well aware of what is at stake on tonight in the All-Star Game presented by MasterCard at Petco Park.

The Cubs had a monopoly on the right side of the Manchester Grand Hyatt ballroom on Monday, where the National League All-Stars gathered for their first collective appearance. They sent a Major League-most seven players to San Diego, where, tonight, the Cubs are poised to become the second team in MLB history to field a full starting All-Star infield.

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado heads into Tuesday’s All-Star Game presented by MasterCard with the same batting average (.287) that he had after the 2014 and ’15 seasons, both All-Star campaigns. But the 25-year-old has improved his overall production this year by making a small but important adjustment.

Bartolo Colon walked through a room filled largely with people half his age, wearing an oversized pair of sunglasses on his face and a fitness tracker on his wrist.