Which MLB pitchers are worthy of being All-Stars?

Five starters from the senior circuit appear to be relative locks to be All-Stars -- Jacob deGrom (New York Mets), Zack Wheeler (Philadelphia Phillies), Brandon Woodruff (Milwaukee Brewers), Kevin Gausman (San Francisco Giants) and Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers). Barring injury or an unforeseen collapse, deGrom, already a three-time All-Star, would be the likely starter.

Josh Hader (Milwaukee Brewers) and Craig Kimbrel (Chicago Cubs) already have nine combined career All-Star appearances between them, and that number is likely to reach 11 soon, as each currently has ERAs under 0.70.

We listed seven players above who are pretty certain to be All-Stars, which leaves approximately seven or eight spots for other candidates. It's important to remember that each team is guaranteed to have at least one All-Star, which could serve as a tiebreaker in some of these cases.

-- Max Scherzer (Washington Nationals): 5-4 with a 2.21 ERA, 3.05 FIP and 2.1 fWAR in 77 1/3 innings
-- Trevor Rogers (Miami Marlins): 7-3 with a 2.02 ERA, 2.56 FIP and 2.2 fWAR in 75 2/3 innings
-- Trevor Bauer (Los Angeles Dodgers): 6-5 with a 2.64 ERA, 3.79 FIP and 1.4 fWAR in 88 2/3 innings
-- Taijuan Walker (New York Mets): 5-2 with a 2.07 ERA, 2.84 FIP and 1.8 fWAR in 61 innings
-- Aaron Nola (Philadelphia Phillies): 5-4 with a 3.69 ERA, 3.25 FIP and 2.0 fWAR in 83 innings
-- Yu Darvish (San Diego Padres): 6-2 with a 2.28 ERA, 3.13 FIP and 2.0 fWAR in 79 innings
-- Richard Rodriguez (Pittsburgh Pirates): 24 games, 1.78 ERA, 1.93 FIP, 1.1 fWAR and seven saves in nine opportunities
-- Edwin Díaz (New York Mets): 24 games, 2.81 ERA, 1.56 FIP, 1.1 fWAR and 12 saves in 13 opportunities
-- Giovanny Gallegos (St. Louis Cardinals): 28 games, 2.27 ERA, 2.45 FIP and 1.0 fWAR
-- Ryan Tepera (Chicago Cubs): 31 games, 1.99 ERA, 2.55 FIP and 0.8 fWAR

Like in the National League, there appears to be five starters in the American League who you can be pretty sure will be All-Stars: Gerrit Cole (New York Yankees), Carlos Rodón (Chicago White Sox), Tyler Glasnow (Tampa Bay Rays), Shane Bieber (Cleveland) and Lance Lynn (White Sox).

Boston Red Sox closer Matt Barnes -- who has 14 saves in 16 attempts and a 1.5 fWAR -- is the only reliever in the AL who seems to be a lock to be an All-Star.

Much of the game's elite starting pitching is currently concentrated in the NL, which means that the standard to be an All-Star in the NL may not be quite as high.

-- Nathan Eovaldi (Boston Red Sox): 7-3 with a 4.11 ERA, 2.63 FIP and 2.2 fWAR in 72 1/3 innings
-- Dylan Cease (Chicago White Sox): 5-2 with a 3.38 ERA, 3.26 FIP and 1.8 fWAR in 66 2/3 innings
-- John Means (Baltimore Orioles): 4-2 with a 2.28 ERA, 4.18 FIP and 1.4 fWAR in 71 innings
-- Kyle Gibson (Texas Rangers): 4-0 with a 2.13 ERA, 3.41 FIP and 1.4 fWAR in 71 2/3 innings
-- Chris Bassitt (Oakland Athletics): 7-2 with a 3.43 ERA, 3.29 FIP and 1.7 fWAR in 86 2/3 innings
-- Matthew Boyd (Detroit Tigers): 3-6 with a 3.56 ERA, 3.81 FIP and 1.4 fWAR in 68 1/3 innings
-- Sean Manaea (Oakland Athletics): 5-2 with a 3.09 ERA, 3.18 FIP and 1.7 fWAR in 75 2/3 innings
-- Scott Barlow (Kansas City Royals): 29 games, 1.95 ERA, 1.79 FIP and 1.1 fWAR
-- Liam Hendriks (Chicago White Sox): 30 games, 2.22 ERA, 2.66 FIP, 0.9 fWAR and 17 saves in 20 opportunities
-- Paul Fry (Baltimore Orioles): 24 games, 1.93 ERA, 1.65 FIP and 1.0 fWAR
-- Aroldis Chapman (New York Yankees): 25 games, 1.93 ERA, 2.55 FIP, 0.8 fWAR and 12 saves in 14 opportunities