2010 All-Star Game

[bmfc1]

The rosters for this year's ASG will be announced on Sunday. [u:nv893s1x]The Times[/u:nv893s1x] predicts three Mets--Wright, Reyes and Pelfrey. I'm not so sure that Strasburg won't make it which might push aside Pelfrey:

National League

FIRST BASE Albert Pujols, Adrian Gonzalez, Ryan Howard, Joey Votto
SECOND BASE Martin Prado, Brandon Phillips
SHORTSTOP Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes
THIRD BASE David Wright, Scott Rolen, Ryan Zimmerman
CATCHER Yadier Molina, Miguel Olivo
OUTFIELD Ryan Braun, Andre Ethier, Michael Bourn, Marlon Byrd, Corey Hart, Andrew McCutchen, Justin Upton, Jayson Werth
PITCHER Heath Bell, Chris Carpenter, Yovani Gallardo, Luke Gregerson, Roy Halladay, Tim Hudson, Ubaldo Jimenez, Josh Johnson, Tim Lincecum, Mike Pelfrey, Adam Wainwright, Billy Wagner, Brian Wilson

American League

FIRST BASE Justin Morneau, Miguel Cabrera, Paul Konerko, Kevin Youkilis
SECOND BASE Robinson Cano, Ty Wigginton
SHORTSTOP Derek Jeter, Elvis Andrus
THIRD BASE Evan Longoria, Adrian Beltre
CATCHER Joe Mauer, Kurt Suzuki
DESIGNATED HITTER Vladimir Guerrero
OUTFIELD Carl Crawford, Josh Hamilton, Ichiro Suzuki, Brennan Boesch, Shin-Soo Choo, David DeJesus, Torii Hunter, Vernon Wells
PITCHER Andrew Bailey, Clay Buchholz, Felix Hernandez, Cliff Lee, Jon Lester, Colby Lewis, Andy Pettitte, David Price, Mariano Rivera, Ricky Romero, Rafael Soriano, Jose Valverde, Jered Weaver

edited to correct a stupid mistake.

Edited July 3, 2010 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

If the Times is predicting Wright and Pelfrey as the only Mets, then why is Jose Reyes on that list?

[bmfc1]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: If the Times is predicting Wright and Pelfrey as the only Mets, then why is Jose Reyes on that list?

Oops.

[HahnSolo]

Couldn't Strasburg make the team as the sole Nats representative? I'm not convinced about Zimmerman's candidacy (Wright and Rolen clearly are ahead of him...is Polanco still leading the voting?).

Who else is there? Matt Capps?

[Valadius]

Polanco's hurt anyway, he won't be there.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Unless the Mets juggle their rotation, Pelfrey won't be eligible; his turn in the rotation will be the Sunday before the All-Star Game.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Unless the Mets juggle their rotation, Pelfrey won't be eligible; his turn in the rotation will be the Sunday before the All-Star Game.

If I remember correctly, Sunday starters who would otherwise qualify for the ASG will still be honored by being named to the team. Although they won't pitch, they will be allowed to appear at the ASG, and participate in the opening introductions.

[bmfc1]

Congrats, D-Wright:

AdamRubinESPN

David Wright is starting NL third baseman for All-Star Game

Reyes is a reserve.

[Gwreck]

Way to go Charlie Manuel. Picking Omar Infante is surely the way to win the all-star game.

The Pelfrey snub aside, the picking of Ryan Howard over Joey Votto is particularly insulting.

[bmfc1]

Pelfrey doesn't even make the fan vote nominees. 5 Braves made it.

[Guest Number 6]

Omar Infante?!?!

[G-Fafif]

bmfc1 wrote: Reyes is a reserve.

An injured player filling in for an injured player. Hope he's not injured by next week.

Hard to think of Reyes and any word indicative of "reserved" in the same sentence, but it's great to see the gold dust twins back in the spotlight. First time Reyes and Wright have been named together since 2007. Four years ago I would've thought they were a perennial lock.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The Votto snub is rather f*cked. Also, kinda weird he took Howard... but not Werth, who's having a better year.

Did he lose a bet to Omar Infante or something? Forget naming a couple... I almost can't stop naming better qualified players-- and better-- in the NL than him.

[Guest Number 6]

bmfc1 wrote: Pelfrey doesn't even make the fan vote nominees. 5 Braves made it.

If he's not going to be able to attend due to timing anyway, then I guess it makes sense not to make him eligible for extra man voting.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That sucks though. Pelf and shirley Votto deserve an invite.

Average
Votto .313 (4th in NL)
Gonzalez .295 (21st)
Howard .296 (20th)

Home runs
Votto 19 (3rd)
Gonzalez 16 (8th)
Howard 15 (14th)

RBI
Votto 57 (6th)
Gonzalez 51 (17th)
Howard 58 (4th)

OBP
Votto .414 (2nd)
Gonzalez .390 (12th)
Howard .353 (37th)

SLG
Votto .574 (2nd)
Gonzalez .524 (12th)
Howard .506 (14th)

OPS
Votto .988 (1st)
Gonzalez .914 (9th)
Howard .859 (20th)

[Guest Number 6]

Yeah, unlike the Pelfrey snub which simply sucks, the Votto snub is inexplicable.

[Frayed Knot]

Vote Votto in the run-off if you're given towards that sort of stuff.
He's having a great year - as is his team - while Zimmerman is slumping and I'm sick of stacking the AS pitching staffs with closers so fuck Bell & Billy.

[Guest Edgy DC]

All tha matters to me is who gets the Comissioner's Suck-Up Award.

[bmfc1]

So long as Jeter is celebrated, then all is right with the world.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

So who pops out of the relative obscurity of retirement to play All-Star grand marshal-- a la Teddy Baseball or Yogi-- next weekend?

Carew? Bobby Grich? Depumped Brian Downing?

[Guest Edgy DC]

It won't be Downing.

Grich is to the Hall of Fame what Votto is the All Star Game, and if you can't make the Hall of Fame, you can't be the house legend.

Nolan Ryan, Reggeie Jackson, Carew. These guys have the props. Maybe they'll do all three. A white guy, a black guy, and an Afro-Latin.

(And Reggie's sort of Latin-Afro, isn't he?"

[bmfc1]

It should be Leslie Nielsen, umpire of the famous Angels-Mariners game when there was an assassination attempt on the Queen.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hey! It's Enrico Palazzo!

[Zvon]

I read Pelf knew he couldn't pitch in the game, but was hoping to get chosen
so he and his son could sit on the sidelines and watch the home run derby.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Isn't his son about eight months old or something?

And Pelfrey has some connections. (And money, too!) I'm sure he can get some pretty good seats.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Apparently Charlie Manuel is being quoted saying he picked Howard over Votto "because he's my guy."

Who does he think he is, Torre? Remember the year Torre filled the roster with so many MYS like Jeff Nelson that it was basically the MFYs and every team's lone representative?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

My guess is that Votto will be added before too long as someone begs out because of an injury.

[Gwreck]

I would think so. But still, that's not an excuse for Charlie Manuel's stupidity. I expect that Votto, once added, will be given the starting spot as the NL DH.

[ashie62]

Why is Reyes on the All Star team over Votto?

[Gwreck]

Need a second shortstop I guess? Reyes is officially the replacement for the injured Troy Tulowitzki.