It has still not been determined if Major League Baseball will ask Bonds to participate in the home run derby next Monday, or if he would agree to do it. Commissioner Bud Selig has still not said if he would attend Bonds’s record-setting games, so he could be criticized if baseball officials attempted to capitalize on the fan fascination with Bonds by inviting him to the derby.  The Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez, the player who may someday surpass Bonds on the career home run list, is having a standout season of his own with 28 homers and 79 runs batted in. Rodriguez received 3,890,515 votes, the most of any player, and will start at third base for the American League. Derek Jeter of the Yankees is the starting shortstop, and Yankees catcher Jorge Posada was chosen by the players as a reserve.  Although Rodriguez called his vote total humbling before yesterday’s game, he had little say about the honor after the stumbling Yankees lost to the Oakland Athletics, 11-5.  “It’s hard to think about right now,” Rodriguez said.  The Mets are the only team in the National League with three starters: outfielder Carlos Beltrán, shortstop José Reyes and third baseman David Wright. La Russa selected Mets closer Billy Wagner as a reserve.  In addition to Bonds and Beltrán, Ken Griffey Jr., a 13-time All-Star and the leading vote-getter in the N.L., will start in the outfield. Prince Fielder, a first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers, and Russell Martin, a catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, will start and make their All-Star debuts. Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies is the second baseman.  In the American League infield, David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox will start at first, and Plácido Polanco of the Detroit Tigers, who is making his first All-Star appearance, will handle second. The outfielders are Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners, Detroit’s Magglio Ordóñez and the Los Angeles Angels’ Vladimir Guerrero.  Boston’s Manny Ramírez failed to finish among the top three in outfield voting for the first time since 1998 but made the team as a reserve, picked by the players. Catcher Iván Rodríguez is the third Tiger starting for the A.L., which has not lost since 1996. The 2002 game ended in a tie.  The Red Sox and the Tigers each have five players on the A.L. team. Starter Josh Beckett, third baseman Mike Lowell and closer Jonathan Papelbon are the other Red Sox, and shortstop Carlos Guillén and starter Justin Verlander are the additional Tigers.  Among the pitchers on the N.L. roster are Brad Penny and Takashi Saito of the Dodgers, Jake Peavy of the San Diego Padres and Cole Hamels of the Phillies. Detroit’s Jim Leyland, who is managing the A.L. team, has Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins, C. C. Sabathia of the Cleveland Indians, Francisco Rodríguez of the Angels and Dan Haren of the Oakland Athletics on his staff.  Voting for the last pitcher on each team is being conducted at MLB .com. The choices in the N.L. are Roy Oswalt of the Astros, Tom Gorzelanny of the Pirates, Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks, Chris Young of the Padres and Carlos Zambrano of the Cubs. The A.L. candidates are Detroit’s Jeremy Bonderman, Toronto’s Roy Halladay, Boston’s Hideki Okajima, Minnesota’s Pat Neshek and the Angels’ Kelvim Escobar. The two All-Stars will be announced Thursday.  A version of this article appears in print on , on Page D3 of the New York edition with the headline: Bonds Receives Final Push In Voting for All-Star Game. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
The rosters for the All-Star Game on July 10 were announced Sunday, and Barry Bonds was included as a starter for a game taking place in his hometown.