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That's six starting pitchers and five relievers on a 31 man roster.
The other two to fill out the 33 man roster will come from a pool of Kershaw, Bumgarner, Watson, Espinosa, Crawford, Pollack and Cole. I'd predict Watson and Crawford. But given it's Bochy, it'll likely be Bum and Crawford.
The Royals aren't the only team doing their voting on the basis of partisan concerns rather than the merits of the players. They have Matt Carpenter leading for the thirdbase slot,he is up by a million and a quarter votes even though he ranks third in OPS and 4th in WAR among NL third sackers. They have Jhonny Perlata leading by two million plus votes for SS though he trails the Giants Brandon Crawford in WAR, 3.6 to 2.4.
And they have Matt Holiday leading for the # 3 outfield position despite his unimpressive 0.9 WAR which is 23rd best among NL outfielders.
They have supported Molina for cathcher ( he is in second place in the voting behind Posey) even though Molina ranks 6th in WAR among NL catchers.
We probably will not be seeing Sonny Gray pitching in the All Star Game Tuesday. He took his regular rotation turn today. The club had said something about Gray maybe pitching Tuesday depending upon how far he went in today's game and how many pitches he threw.
Well, Gray just completed a nine inning two hit shutout of the Indians where he threw 107 pitches. The A's won 2-0, so it wasn't a game where they had the luxury of removing their best pitcher because the lead so was so huge.
The new Derby format is a welcome improvement. There is a much more heightened sense of competition by having them go head to head in a seeded tournament. Adding the time limits eliminates those times when a guy would take three or four pitches in a row.
Not all the top stars in the HR derby but still stars nonetheless. Unlike the NBA slam dunk contest that features a bunch of no namers. It was nice to see a nice combination of older guys (Pujols & Fielder) and the younger guys like Pederson and Bryant.
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