Jays’ Russell Martin, Jose Bautista named all-star reserves

Canadian Russell Martin and Jose Bautista will represent the Toronto Blue Jays as reserves at the MLB all-star game on July 14.

The league announced the starting pitchers and reserves for both the American and National Leagues on Monday.

Martin is one of two reserve catchers announced to the AL roster. Since signing with the Blue Jays in the off-season, Martin has enjoyed success in his first season in Toronto.

In 71 games, Martin has 12 home runs, 39 runs-batted in and a .256 average.

Bautista is no stranger to all-star games — representing the Jays on numerous occasions. He has 17 home runs and 57 RBIs in 77 games so far this season.

In the initial fan voting, Martin was second in voting for catchers with 7,521,557. Bautista was fourth in AL outfielders with 9,050,339.

Bautista and Martin will join Toronto third baseman Josh Donaldson at the all-star game in Cincinnati. Donaldson set a new all-time single season all-star voting record on Sunday with 14,090,188 total votes.