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Any one cast All Star votes? Here is how mine shook out.C S. Perez J. Lucroy1B E. Hosmer P. Goldschmidt2B I Kinsler D. MurphySS F. Lindor T. Story3B J. Donaldson N. ArenadoOF M.Trout A. Duvall OF M. Betts S. MarteOF I. Desmond M. OzunaSome interesting races going on. Just like last year, when Royal fans were skewing the numbers, Cub fans are this year in the NL. Several worthy candidates at most positions, this is how I decided to go. I know my NL OF votes are at least, well, unorthodox, but I thought those guys had earned my votes.
You don't think the best team in baseball should have any all-stars? It almost seems like you went out of your way to take Ozuna; both Bryant and Fowler have a higher WAR.
Nothing wrong with bleeding Cubbie blue. They've been the best team in baseball this year by a significant margin. Arrieta and Lester should be locks. You can make an argument that Rizzo and Zobrist should be starters - coin flips, probably. Fowler? On the DL, his numbers won't match up by the time the game is played. Russell starting is a joke - I think even the biggest Cub fan (and even Russell's Mom) would admit that.What drives me nuts is anyone saying Kris Bryant is "deserving". To be on the team? Sure, he's a great young player having a fine year. But starting ahead of Arenado? That's brain dead partisan fan talk.
I know I never said Bryant should be over Arrenado.Bryant should be as an outfielder.
43 appearances at third, 42 in the outfield, 4 at first and 1 at short.
Yes.You put Arrenado at 3rd, Bryant in LF, and have the #1 and #5 players in NL WAR in your starting All-Star lineup.
Have you seen the All Star Ballot? Guys are listed by their position. Yes, Bryant plays games the OF, on the ballot he is listed as a 3B. Voting for him is voting for him over Arenado. It is the same as not being able to vote for Donaldson and Machado, or Lindor Bogaerts and Correa.
I didn't know that. That's stupid.
Well, thanks for telling me I was stretching on my picks without having any idea how the system works. That seems pretty solid.The system is pretty weird. Though, you would think, that a team with a legit shot at the WS, their fans would vote for the best team to try to have that advantage. The fact that the game decides what it does is weird. But before this system it just rotated, which also seems like a weird way of determining something that can have such an impact.I think they should use the interleague record to determine home field.I think because of the imbalance in the schedules, it is hard to just use straight record, though that makes more sense than the All Star Game.
Well, thanks for telling me I was stretching on my picks without having any idea how the system works.
AS starting lineup is a farce. It only shows which fanbase has the most out of work losers that get excited about voting. Cubs win. Fowler is a loser who should not be starting over Ryan Braun. Braun has a much higher OPS and they have the same WAR. Farcical. Thanks for ruining the AS game Cub fans.Go Brewers!
Ballots are probably printed before the season. Players are placed at the position they'll probably play the most. This isn't Rotisserie baseball.