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Assuming a roster of 28 (2015) although possibly 30 (2014) and the following are locks:
C: Lucroy, Posey
1b: Goldy, Rizzo
2b: Murphy, Zobrist
ss: Crawford, Seager
3b: Bryant, Arenado
OF: Fowler, Ozuna, Harper, Polanco
SP: Kershaw, Thor, JFernandez
RP: Jansen, Rondon,
...there would still be five teams w/o players named: Atlanta, Philly, StLouis, Cincy and San Diego that would have to contribute to fill the final 10-12 roster spaces.
I suppose the easy call here is Diaz, which would knock Villar out of consideration (NL SB leader), although The Final Boss would be a contender. For Philly, I'd probably add Herrera to the OF over Jeanmar in the pen, although I might take Neris (holds leader). For Atlanta, I guess I'd go with Vizcaino, who's 3rd among relievers in WPA. For San Diego, I guess it's Rodney, who still has an ERA of zero. For Cincy... I don't think there's any choice but Cozart, which would knock out Diaz.
So from this group, let's say six guys: Oh, Herrera, Neris, Vizcaino, Rodney, Cozart.
That gives the NL six relievers, three SS and five OF. I can't see Collins giving a nod to Familia (or Reed) over any of these guys.
Which means Collins still needs to add a starter from Cueto, Strasburg, Bumgarner and Arrieta; one more OF (I'd take Marte over Yelich, but only slightly); another 3b (I'd take Kang, although it'll be controversial call); a 1b (Belt, probably); a 2b (Walker in the home team nod); and a catcher (Molina for old time's sake, or Ramos).
Of course the Cubs ballot stuffing could screw all this up.
Which means Collins still needs to add a starter from Cueto, Strasburg, Bumgarner and Arrieta; one more OF (I'd take Marte over Yelich, but only slightly).
Thoughts?
I'm thinking that Collins will be a pretty unpopular fellow in New York if he ignores Cespedes. So that is your one more outfielder. And if he needs to add a starter, again, the pressure will be on him to name Noah Syndegaard.
I'm thinking that Collins will be a pretty unpopular fellow in New York if he ignores Cespedes. So that is your one more outfielder. And if he needs to add a starter, again, the pressure will be on him to name Noah Syndegaard.
I already had Thor as a lock for SP. You're probably right about Cespedes, so maybe he just takes Neris (or less likely, Gomar) from the Phils.
I agree with most of your picks, GS, but you'd have to, at some point, consider Springer for one of the outfield spots. His hitting has been better since being moved to the leadoff spot recently.
Perez and Hosner do deserve to go, Cain and Escobar do not.
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Why does MLB allow persons to vote 35 times???
That is 35 times on line. Each time you go to the ballpark during the election period, you may be handed, or you may request, a ballot. Or a handful of ballots. And later in the game you can find someone else with ballots and ask for more. I've seen people at ballparks with thick wads of ballots, devoting a good chunk of the game to filling them all out.
Someone who was really obsessive and aggressive, could probably vote a thousand times.
Wilson Ramos deserves a spot on the All Star team this year. It's too bad Posey is going to get the start and probably LuCroy will be the Brewers rep as the backup, but Ramos may get onto the final ballot.
For the non-contenders (note I'm including Colorado, Philly & Miami on this list but not including St. Louis even though all 3 teams are further back in division, just because I think the Cards are the 1 team that can actually still get a wildcard. And yes, the Cards have absolutely no chance at winning the division, 0% chance.)
Atlanta: Teheran deserves a spot (he's been really good), but there maybe too many starters already, so Vizcaino is the next best choice.
Cincinnati: Uhh....Zach Cozart?? Adam Duvall (at least the way he played against the Nats this weekend), Jay Bruce??
Milwaukee: Braun's having a bad year, so it's between LuCroy & Villar. If Diaz for the Cards gets a spot, and Cozart gets the Reds bid that leaves out Villar, so it's LuCroy by default. if all things being equal, I'd take Villar over LuCroy.
Colorado: Arenado for sure.
Arizona: Goldschmidt for sure
San Diego: Probably Rodney
Philadelphia: I would take Herrerra over Gomez all things being equal, but we know in this process that is almost never the case. SSKink, Neris may have the most holds in the league but he also has 3 or 4 losses. Granted, the win/loss is pretty meaningless, but I'd have Gomez in the pecking order ahead of Neris in that regard anyways. Middle relief pitchers (like Neris) are all but pointless for the All Star game anyways. Dating back to 2002 I think I only remember once strictly a middle reliever being selected for the All Star game, and that was the year Dellin Betances got selected (2014??)
Miami: Fernandez for sure, possibly Yelich and possibly Phelps. Aside from WHIP (0.88 for Neris, 1.07 for Phelps), Neris & Phelps have almost identical stats across the board. I think if you take 1 you have to take the other, especially when you almost never take set up pitchers.
Braun is batting .337/.406/.552 and has the highest OPS of any NL outfielder.
How is that a bad year?
I didn't think it was that good. Maybe Braun is the Brewers rep after all.
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