Yelich named to 2016 Sporting News NL All-Star team

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The Sporting News unveiled its 2016 National League All-Star team on Wednesday; a standout group led by Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant and Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy.

Bryant and Murphy are both first-time Sporting News All-Star honorees — a theme for the 2016 squad, which was chosen by a panel of 27 NL executives before the postseason. Only Giants catcher Buster Posey, earning his fourth nod, and Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer (second) have previously received the honor, which Sporting News began with a Major League All-Star team in 1925.

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