The starters for this year’s All-Star Game have been officially selected, as announced today by Major League Baseball. The Midsummer Classic will take place on July 9 in Cleveland. As per the new rules of this year’s selection process, fan votes determined a field of three finalists for every position around the diamond, before the final choice was made from those three players during another fan ballot over a 28-hour voting period.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
- First Base: Carlos Santana, Indians (over Luke Voit/Yankees, C.J. Cron/Twins)
- Second Base: DJ LeMahieu, Yankees (over Jose Altuve/Astros, Tommy La Stella/Angels)
- Third Base: Alex Bregman, Astros (over Hunter Dozier/Royals, Gio Urshela/Yankees)
- Shortstop: Jorge Polanco, Twins (over Gleyber Torres/Yankees, Carlos Correa/Astros)
- Catcher: Gary Sanchez, Yankees (over James McCann/White Sox, Robinson Chirinos/Astros)
- Outfielders: Mike Trout, Angels…George Springer, Astros…Michael Brantley…Astros (over Aaron Judge/Yankees, Mookie Betts/Red Sox, Eddie Rosario/Twins, Joey Gallo/Rangers, Austin Meadows/Rays, Josh Reddick/Astros)
- Designated Hitter: Hunter Pence/Rangers (over J.D. Martinez/Red Sox, Nelson Cruz/Twins)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
- First Base: Freddie Freeman, Braves (over Josh Bell/Pirates, Anthony Rizzo/Cubs)
- Second Base: Ketel Marte, Diamondbacks (over Ozzie Albies/Braves, Mike Moustakas/Brewers)
- Third Base: Nolan Arenado/Rockies (over Josh Donaldson/Braves, Kris Bryant/Cubs)
- Shortstop: Javier Baez/Cubs (over Trevor Story/Rockies, Dansby Swanson/Braves)
- Catcher: Willson Contreras, Cubs (over Brian McCann/Braves, Yasmani Grandal/Brewers)
- Outfielders: Christian Yelich, Brewers…Cody Bellinger, Dodgers…Ronald Acuna Jr., Braves (over Charlie Blackmon/Rockies, Nick Markakis/Braves, Jason Heyward/Cubs, Kyle Schwarber/Cubs, Albert Almora Jr./Cubs, Joc Pederson/Dodgers)
The full rosters, including reserves and pitching staffs, will be announced on Sunday. The losing finalists aren’t automatically assured spots on the actual All-Star teams, as the reserve spots will be determined via the Commissioner’s Office and a ballot of Major League players.
As noted by Baseball America’s Matt Eddy, there are a lot of fresh faces in this year’s group, as 11 of the 17 starters will be starting an All-Star Game for the first time, while Baez, Freeman, Contreras, and Springer are starting for only the second time. Arenado is starting his third All-Star Game, while the incomparable Trout (who received more votes than any other player) is receiving his seventh ASG start and eighth All-Star selection overall.
Four members of the AL starting lineup joined their current teams during the offseason, though in Santana’s case, he was back in his familiar stomping grounds in Cleveland after spending just one season with the Phillies. The most surprising inclusion is Pence, signed a minor league deal with Texas last winter and then embarked on a comeback season for the ages to earn his fourth All-Star selection.
Hunter Pence? Wow.
He deserves it!!
Pence has 200 ABs and he’s hurt. and hasn’t played in ten days and wont be ready this month. Maybe not even for another week. Give me Martinez.
If I wanted to win that game, it would be no contest.
Always was meant to be for the fans, and Pence has been and is a fan favourite. A nice way to recognize him, even if he is unable to play in the game.
While an exhibition for the fans, it does have some impact on players as well. Either bonus money or especially in arbitration it could make a player a decent payday.
Oh and I am sure he collected a lot of Yankee fan votes
whether Pence is hurt or not doesn’t matter. it’s about production to date.
and and if you wanted to win the game you’d be pretty much the only one there who cared, which is another thing to consider.
Pass on Pence or JDM. Give me Encarnacion, he leads the AL with 24 bombs and has 54rbi’s.
What the voting showed me is that Sox fans are unexcited by the team’s lackluster season and it carried over to their not caring about the game. Sad for Bogaerts and Devers who deserve more fan consideration. Polanco has had a fine year and Bregman is well Bregman but X and Devers deserved higher consideration. Truth be told, maybe R and R is what the team needs.
I mean Pence is batting 294, 962 OPS, 15HR, 48RBIs. 1.5 WAR in those 200 ABs JD looks great too but his 892 OPS is a decent clip lower and the only reason he has a few more HRs is he has 90 more ABs.
The real outlier is Joey Gallo has a 427 OBP, 1.103 OPS, already accrued 3.4WAR and he’s on the bench. Thats good for the 2nd highest OPS in the AL behind Trout.
Brantley has a 374OBP, 872OPS, good for 2.5WAR but no one’s calling for him to be benched for the better bat.
Pretty much I am. I want to beat the National League’s butt every year. I went out and celebrated after the 83 game. I was too young to celebrate after the 71 game.
I’d always hated Hunter Pence (as a player, as a guy, I’m sure he’s perfectly swell,) yet for some reason, I’m quite happy for his resurgence.
Why did you hate him as a player? Just curious
Hunter coming home and playing for the team he cheered for all his life has given him that boost. Went from working the parking lot for the Rangers to an all star for them.
Nobody ever made signs for JD Martinez
I really hope Josh Bell is the DH for the NL. I’m not upset about Freeman beating him out, but Bell deserves it nonetheless.
There is no DH for the NL in the AS game.
The NL gets a DH in AL parks.
Actually yes there is
Well it used to be that if it was played in an AL park, dh would be used for both teams, and nl parks would have pitchers bat. but now regardless of the park it’s played at, they dh just to avoid any pitcher injuries. It’s not voted on, but they’ll still have one
Managers choice = Muncy (I hope)
Ummmmm, it’s in Cleveland right? So AL park = DH, no?
Ass
Yes there is, they just aren’t on the voting ballot, so it’s chosen by the coaches/players.
Use common sense. Do you honestly think they’d play the AS game with the AL being allowed to have a DH and the NL having to bat their pitcher?
There is a DH for the NL every year regardless of where it is played, but there is no vote for the NL DH because no one in the NL really qualifies as a DH. The starting DH is just selected from the group of reserves by the manager. It will probably be Josh Bell this year.
They should make the NL pitchers hit no matter what the park while the AL gets to have a DH. The NL voted to stay in the stone age, let them live with it!
Said the true baseball fan.
The ex cub factor, stars on an all star team, Freeman has been an allstar, but hardly a starter, his stats deserve it. Freeman had a tied rbi streak. This josh bell linked was released in 2015. no wonder bell isnt a starter.
“The designated hitter corrupts the purity of an otherwise elegant game. Illogical. Illogical.”
Fans did a solid job. It’s too bad la stella couldn’t start, but dj has been unreal and deserves it.
Same with josh bell
And James McCann.
Fans did an atrocious job, they literally said Gio Urshela is better than Matt Chapman. Mega-ultimate FAIL!!!
Yeah, on no planet is he more deserving of consideration than Chapman. Don’t worry, Chapman will be the reserve at 3rd.
So sad for Josh Bell. He is having a monster year but with a crap team. He is currently the best 1B so far this season and not starting in the All-Star game. I hope he makes it to the game though. He deserves it
Josh Bell isn’t having as good of a season as Freeman. I really don’t know what stat told you he was. RBIs? Every stat that actually matters shows how Freeman is a better hitter, fielder and he is the best player on the 2nd best team in the NL right now
Bell’s got a higher ISO, higher wRC+, higher OPS. He leads the majors in XBH and RBI. I’d say Bell is better in a lot of stats that actually matter.
It should not matter how good the team is that a player be chosen. Then we should only chose players whose teams are in first place. In fact, if a player is having a monster year on a lesser team, it should be more reason for him to be selected. Bell deserves it, period!
You realize most of offensive stats given shows Bell is better than Freeman. Defensively Bell has increased his stats and shows a lot of promise at the 1B position. He is laying out for bad throws to get runners and several other good things defensively. All around, he is legit, best Player at the 1B position right now. He is also ranked 10th in hardest balls hit this year. He has hit record number of distance homer runs as well this year. He is being over looked by the fans from different organizations. I find that a day voting for starters is inappropriate because record shows it didn’t have a good turn out. I say a 3 day voting on starters (ending Saturday) gives more people a chance to vote. Average worker works Monday through Friday and may have not the time to vote with a busy schedule during the week. I barely had enough time to vote before closing time. I have long hours at work and then come home to chores and family before bed.
Alonso has been the best 1b
I was gonna say, Pete Alonso is getting absolutely no love here at all. He is crushing the ball all year
Agreed.
Agreed. Yonder Alonso is an absolute beast.
I hope Matt Chapman makes it he really deserves it
This is why fans should not have a say in the All-Star voting. The American League homerun leader and the second baseman with the most homeruns at his position both got snubbed. Really?
So homerun totals are all that should be looked at to select all star teams?
No but would you like to see the rest of Tauruses numbers? Go right ahead take a walk the guy has three walk off hits this season is batting over to 80 has great on base percentage great slugging percentage I could go on and on once again just another Yankee hater I say
I mean his point kinda stands if you consider Joey Gallo has the 2nd highest OPS in the AL behind Trout and hes on the bench. He owns a 427 OBP, and already accrued 3.4WAR in under 200 ABs. He came off the DL this week and immediately hit 2 more bombs.
They teams with the most fans had the most finalists. It’s a stupid system but par for the course with MLB.
Dodgers have one player and, I believe, the most fans. Could be wrong on the fan thing.
While Stella has done well pretty much every other stat belongs to DJ. Doubles,Triples, RBI, Avg, Slg, OPS, SB. he has been one of the better players and definitely deserves the nod over stella.
If you are making the argument for Torres, they had him at short for voting and honestly that coin flip if you are looking at batting stats. Torres has more hr but Xander has ove 2x the doubles. He has the better average but Torres is the better slugger.
Good job fans, they really did a good job on this one. All of them are deserving.
Matt Chapman is miles ahead of Bregman, Dozier and Urshela. Try again. The fans made atrocious calls all across the board.
That’s a terrible statement that is factually incorrect. He is actually extremely comparable to Bregman based on pretty much all stats. He is a superior defender, but Bregman has the edge offensively (not by much). It’s ok to be upset about your guy not getting the mod, but don’t be a homer.
Matt Chapman: .269/.353/.534 — 19 HR — 44 RBI — 137 OPS+
Alex Bregman : .267/.394/.540 — 22 HR — 44 RBI — 147 OPS+
On what planet are Chapman’s stats “miles ahead” of Bregman?
On planet Homer haha.
“Don’t be a homer” (as he vigorously defends Alex Bregman) – Astrosfan4life
Really? I see Bregman has a higher fWAR than Chapman….
Don’t know what people are talking about with Matt Chatman even if you just look at the batting average he’s batting 269 so I wish people could spare me with the I don’t know why or shower was on the ballot that Chatman is 100 times better and or shower batting average alone is batting over 300.
I have no problem with Bergman winning he is a very good player. The problem I do have is Aarron Judge barely missing it and he has been out way to many games to be even considered for it.
What the hell?
Ridiculous that Judge made the team.. surprised Gregorious and Stanton didn’t make it.
What? Judge didn’t win the vote.
you should be “toomuch”beerman…Judge did NOT, and will NOT make the team. Let’s give the fans just a little credit as to they really do vote wisely and set this up very well. I find it very hard to believe that there are many, if any, baseball fans that before the season would have listed these players in the final three in all star voting:
Cron
LaStella
Dozier
Polanco
J McCann
Chirinos
Rosario
Meadows
Bell
Marte
Swanson
I am a Red Sox fan so literally no skin in the game (starters), and I think overall the selections are the best in years.
Xander is literally the best SS in the AL wtf are you talking about????
I have literally disagreed with every single one of your comments. Bogarts has had his share of errors this season. I thought he should have been in the running but to call him the best SS is a stretch. And sorry but as deserving as Chapman is, the other candidates were equally great. Even urshela has had a phenomenal yr and I don’t think it’s wrong for fans to credit him for that (although I didn’t vote for him I can see why people did, especially if ur a NYY fan and this random guy steps up and gets every big hit exactly when you need it). I don’t think you disagreeing with one or two positions means the fans did a bad job. I for one was very impressed overall. Not everyone I voted for was picked but that doesn’t mean the guys I didn’t go for were undeserving…
Not better than polanco this year.
Polance’s WAR is 3.8.
“Xander’s” WAR is 2.8
Winner is … Polanco!
Him and gleyber’s numbers are literally the same lol
not even a top 3. nice try tho
Too bad, Tommy Pham needs to be there!
I voted for him……and Yandy, of course.
Gleyber Torres was robbed.
Xander Bogaerts is having a WAY better season than Gleyber Torres, and didn’t even make the ballot, because MLB will always find a way to use the most flawed system imaginable.
How ? Their numbers are identical lmao
No Cano?
He still jogging to 1st base
lol
What’s the rationale behind the other finalists not automatically making the All-Star game? I get that all teams need to be represented, but they should still be able to work around that to get these guys on the roster.
Because Matt Chapman is like 100,000 times better than Gio Urshela, but Urshela made the finals STRICTLY because he’s on the team with the most fans. Yes, MLB needs to fix this too.
It’s an exhibition game for the fans. Why would you change it?
Re: Why would you change it?
It’s not the ‘People’s Choice Awards’. It’s an All-Star game — rosters should be comprised of the most deserving/best players. It’s in the players’ best interests, especially those who are just starting to establish themselves as All-Star caliber players..
I don’t think players with lesser stats should have the opportunity to get voted in…I’d also like the rule of at least one player from every team, done away with finally.
I know the NBA doesn’t do that. Not sure about the NFL and NHL.
Having said that, I don’t think fan voting was horribly off this year compared to some other years.
You’re entitled to your opinion, but that’s not how the game is currently setup. The starters are definitely and literally “people’s choice.”
If it’s not the People’s choice awards then why even have a vote?
Oh my God have you even watched one Yankees game this year? Probably not because you’re a Yankees hater he had every right to be in that final three vote he is comfortable for them time after time after time. So spare me your Yankees hating crap! You know nothing about what you’re talking about all you have programmed in your little brain is “hate the Yankees! Hate Yankees! Hate the Yankees!“ If the voting was done because as you said the Yankees have the most fans then every Yankee would be starting. Yo here are the Yankees that should be starting Sanchez, boy, Toros and DJ but according to you we have the most fancy boat but would you look at that they’re not all starting. Idiot!
This guy gets it /\
God, I hate the Yankees just a little bit more now.
Because that would extend the ridiculousness of fan voting even further.
Urshela (0.8 WAR) over Chapman (4.1 WAR)
Biggest FU of all-time.
MLB really has to start giving double votes to fans of players in smaller market teams. Urshela flat out stinks and Chapman is MVP-level. If Chapman played for the Yankees he’d be on the team = this is pathetic.
Need a tissue?
They voted urshela because he’s been clutch. Get over it. You keeping bringing this up like you disagreeing with one or two positions means the whole thing is flawed. People have the right to vote for who they want. There are a grand total of 2 starting yankees. There are also 0 starting Red Sox which is also a big market so how do you explain that? Other than to cry because you overrate bogarts for what he is?
Usher has helped his team win a lot of games. “War” doesn’t represent the value he has provided this team and only fans who see him daily know his worth
if you’re surprised the player on the massively more popular team won, all i have to ask is what planet you’ve been on the last 20 years?
okay, maybe not all, i’m also kinda’ curious as to why anybody even cares at this point, that also kind of baffles me…
So good to see Carlos Santana finally get to play in one, and starting is a bonus, especially being that it’s in Cleveland. He’s definitely earned it this year.
Now, will Lindor get chosen for the team, too?
I know he was hurt but Rendon screwed again!
So the team with the best record in all of baseball that has run rough shot over everyone has only one starter in the All-Star game. Seriously? This is why this process is a joke. #Dodgers
Name another Dodgers player who deserves the nod over the respective position player who WAS chosen.
It shows why it’s called a team sport. Dodgers are a solid team all around.
I’m a Dodger fan and Bellinger was the only position player that should be starting. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t others who will make the team, and Ryu will likely be the starter.
Yeah it’s hard for me as a Dodgers fan to argue with this. I think the Dodgers have 4-5 all stars, but I can’t make an outraged argument that Pederson deserves to be an all star or Muncy deserves to start over Marte or Freeman let alone Bell. Heck I can’t even make a case that Verdugo is ROTY. Enjoy the fact the Dodgers are pretty damn good, and that there is so much talent in the league.
Dodgers fans either didn’t vote or voted for other players. Get over it.
@GOLDENMISFIT. You won’t meet a bigger Dodger fan and follower then myself, but sorry Belli is the only position player worth making the team, when you look at what others have done around the league comparatively speaking. What makes the Dodger’s so good is how solid they are from top to top, not because their made of a few super stars.
Oye como va…congrats to Carlos Santana!
The only teams thay should be playing
1b Santana / Alonso
2b LeMahieu / Marte
ss Bogaerts / Baez
3b Chapman / Rendon
c McCann / Grandal
Lf Gallo / Acuna
Cf Trout / Verdugo
Rf Springer / Bellinger
Dh Meadows / Yelich
Maybe you could set that up on a video game somewhere.
Contreras’s numbers are superior to Grandal’s.
Strike four is a total homer. Contreras is the better all around catcher.
Fot the AL. Bergman at 3rd, but other than that. Yeah. I’m not going to punish the guy because he has to play short and he’s a better hitter than Chapman.
Meadows… that’s interesting.
How do you not have Sanchez at Catcher? GTFO
Trout only got 25% of the vote, which means the vast majority of voters don’t know much about baseball.
or they knew he didn’t need their vote and decided to help a player they like
Um… No… If he played for the Yankees he would have gotten 50% of the vote.
If everyone voted for Trout, he would have received 33.3%.
Because you vote for 3 outfielders at the same time.
I have no problem with fans voting for the top 3. The All Star Game is just an exhibition for the fans anyway. My problem is with how they are getting to the top 3. The top 3 for the fans to vote on should not be decided by fan vote. There should not be 7 Braves and 7 Cubs in the top 3. That is 14 players out of a possible 24 just for two teams. The AL wasn’t much better with the Astros and Yankees taking 13 out of 27 spots.
The top 3 for fans to vote on should be chosen by some way other than fan vote. It shouldn’t be stat based, because that can be somewhat skewed as well. Maybe have the writers that choose year end awards select a top 3 and THEN have the fan vote for the starter.
but for players it may ba extra bonus, hof nomination or larger f/a contract.
Which is EXACTLY why it should be taken out of the hands of ballot stuffing fans.
So if fans are smart, they wouldn’t vote for their own players. That way, their team would be cheaper and their players would get more rest before the second half.
So here’s my question for everyone, since it seems like a lot of people are upset about players getting snubbed in the fan vote. Isn’t the point of the fan vote to get players in that fans want to see the most? You can make statistical arguments all you want, but the all star game is about showing fans what they want to see, not just trotting out the 10 guys in each league with the highest WAR.
Fans stuff the ballot box. Do you really think only 25% of the fans want to see Mike Trout start the All-Star game? That is the percentage of votes he got and he’s the leading voter.
If everyone voted for Trout, he would have 33% cause you vote for 3 outfielders
Hayward, schwarber and Almora should be nowhere close to making the AS team. Joke they’re even mentioned.
So which NL central team is your team, homer?
How in the world is that a homer comment? Those 3 have combined for 1.9 fWAR on the season. They wouldn’t even make a top 10 outfielder in the NL if you combine all 3.
The fact that Almora was an option is a total joke. Hes at best barely average.
They’re not close to making the all star team. Every starting outfielder at the beginning of the season was on the ballot—the Cubs you mentioned came nowhere close in the final voting. This whole voting system is ONLY TO NAME THE STARTERS—it has NO bearing on any other MAKING THE TEAM.
if you are complaining about the Cubs in the final vote–why don’t you look at the final voting—Bryant and Rizzo finished third (last) in their voting. The outfielders finished 6, 7, and 8 out of nine (yes, Pederson is clearly above Almora) and the two that really deserve to start, Baez and Contreras, were selected to start.
No dice for Tommy boy LaStella?! wtf
He didn’t deserve to start. He deserves to make the team though.
sham!
Aaron Judge, George Springer, and almost the whole Braves hitters need to voted off this list
Why should Springer be off the list? Is it because he’s an excellent player that missed a few weeks, yet is still only 5 HR shy of the AL lead?
Why Judge? He’s one of the games most popular and recognizable stars.
Why Judge? Because he’s played a grand total of 25 games so far this season.
I agree. There’s a ton of arguments to be made all across the board about this, but how the heck can a guy that’s been hurt and barely played be voted in as an “all star”? That’s a bunch of BS and has to be fixed.
It was fixed. Judge wasn’t chosen.
Wow, talk about some asinine comments.. This is as bad as blind fools arguing over politics. Like many have said, the results are final, get over it and move on. Tis is life.
Explain to me how Eddie Rosario is not starting this game.
Fan voting needs to go bye bye.
You might be right but lets hear what system you propose is better. Its easy to find flaws. Finding solutions is harder. The All Star game is supposed to be about who the fans wanna see. Its not like we vote on the mvp
I have no solution just the fact that we are not a east or west coast team so people dont watch us play. I usually would not care but we have the best record in the AL. Rosario should be starting. End of story.
Players. Maybe give the fans a few spots or something, but for what matters, the players know who is good and not. Select hitters by letting the pitchers vote and select pitchers by letting the hitters vote. They know better than anyone how good these guys are.
There are no All Star voting booths at Cabella’s.
No Twin! Dozier was on DL.
Twins should have 7 all start minimum
Cron
Polanco
Kepler
Garver
Berrios
Odorizzi
Rosario
Only 7? why not all 8 position players? Guess you and the rest of the homers should’ve voted more.
Why stop at 8?
Fill the whole team with Twins plus some minor leaguers. Get all 32.
How do you start two pitchers at the same time exactly?
Glad Trout made it in.
For everyone saying it’s about the fans and who they want to see play –
YES, you are 100% correct. It’s for fans. The problem is that NOBODY outside of New York wants to see someone like Gio Urshela (for exapmle) in the All Star Game but here we are, and situations like these happen pretty much every year. It’s really not a fair representation of what the fans want to see.
*And this is coming from someone that doesn’t care enough to watch the game either way.
Did you see the NL? All three Cubs outfielders were finalists. A player with an OPS+ of 73 was a finalist. What a joke they’ve turned this game into.
And yet none of them were selected and the three players who were selected were all deserving. Go figure.
It’s absurd that Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers weren’t even top 3 considerations for SS and 3B. (yes I’m a Red Sox fan and therefor you can accuse me of being biased — and I’m sure there are other snubs as well) but really, look at their statistics as compared to the 3 who were in fact finalists and it’s just a shame that they weren’t even in the top 3!
I agree with you and this is actually coming from a Yankee fan. Just like how I feel about Torres not getting in but I am unbiased enough to say it is a joke that Aaron Judge who I love was a finalist for right field. People say “relax it’s just an exhibition for the fans“ but, when the players time is done other than world championships what is the other thing they are supposedly judge by? All star appearances. There needs to be a better way I would say let the fans vote but when it gets to the final three for each position have the players and managers have the final decision.
You know that these are just starters, right? The rest of the team will be announced in a few days.
No player who test positive should ever be allowed to play in all star game let alone start.
I bet your accountant has never cheated on your taxes. Or your bill. Lol.
it’s the yankees and the beggars!
The only gripe I have is Bergman over Dozier, like whaaaaa ????
Why’s that a gripe? Bregman has a fWAR if 3.5 and Dozier has a fWAR of 2.3.
Bregman is the superior player, what’s the whine about? People take into account things other than batting average (the only stat that Dozier clearly beats Bregman). Bregman leads in nearly everything else, including having more walks than strikeouts; which is rare for a power hitting third baseman.
mlbtraderumors, you linked to the wrong Josh Bell 🙂
If Pete Alonso does not get an all-star nod with a .277-27-61 line and the second most long balls in the majors? I’m confused? ♂️
He will probably be the Mets lone rep. Maybe degrom but does he deserve it? Numbers aren’t really that great.
Freeman’s history is the reason he’s starting and moreso the passion of his fan base. Take your pick of all 3 and they all totally deserve the start, I wouldn’t be on here crying no matter what happened.
This isn’t pointed at you at all, but this thread is a perfect example why people need participation awards and safe spaces these days. -insert Grantland Rice quote here-
Thank goodness they didn’t get in as starters, but how on earth could any self-respecting fan who has ever heard of baseball vote for any three of the Cubs outfielders? What a disrespect to the game. There is no justification for any 3 of those players receiving any sort of votes. The fans screw it up once again.
#killthefanvote
#Cubsfansince2016
It’s a game for the fans though. They have literally done this for years and there is no way they will ever have the exact right lineup put on the field. There is always someone who thinks player A is better than player B. I think this year was pretty close in terms of players having good years. Not perfect but close.
Dude why are you so salty. Why is Schwarber not any good. So 17 home runs is not good enough? As you still bitter over the Indians losing in 2016. I bet if you’re a Indianss fan you jumped in when. They
Won 20 straight games. When prior only 75% of Jacob’s field was filled.
Or
Your still mad at the giants blowing a 4 run lead the same year.
#killhashtags
I think we did well with our selections as fans. I just hope the league and player selections don’t fall flat. I am afraid it will become an unspoken rule for them to vote in future hall of farmers that are past their prime; or guys who are overperforming compared to their standards. Aka Tommy La Stella….not that La Stella hasn’t earned consideration, I am just thinking players may be biased to players like that knowing that this is the closest he will ever come to being an all star.. I guess the voting system still won’t be as biased as the old fan vote where the team with the most fans gets most players elected,
The NL just at first is so good. Rizzo and Bell will both be all stars. Bell can be the DH. they have by far the best SS in the NL
Of all the big trades and signings in the off season, no mets, phillies or machado in starting lineup,
MB fans: “The All-Star game is important! Fans are STUPID! Don’t let them elect the players!”
(Selig attaches importance to the game*)
“What a jerk! It’s a meaningless game! Give it back to the fans!”
*Which, just for the record, was a really stupid idea in my opinion. It IS a meaningless game. Let the fans, who pay for darn near EVERYTHING associated with MLB, see who they want to in the game. If the teams are comprised of washed-up “used to bes” because the fans want to show respect one more time, so what? If every New York Yankee gets voted in because “they have the largest fan base,” so what? Find a way to organize the “I hate the Yankees” base and you’ll be just fine.
I agree!! Go back to the player picking the
All Star teams. They will select the best players of that particular season!!! It wouldn’t be a fan favorite who’s hitting.215.
No Joey Gallo? Maybe the “fans” shouldnt vote. I understand the injury concern. But isn’t Pence literally hurt right now? I need my Joey Jack’s in the morning.
No Cardinals on the All Star team. This doesn’t surprise any Cardinal fan. As long as John Mozeliak is President of baseball operations for the Cardinals, you can expect more of the same, year after year. No All Stars——No Play offs.