MLB All-Star Game Picks

I'll find where you live and make you eat your tongue.

 

Adrian Gonzalez of the Padres should be the NL's starting first baseman.

 

NL All Star pics:
C: Russell Martin, Los Angeles
1B: Ryan Howard, Philadelphia
2B: Dan Uggla, Florida
SS: Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia
3B: David Wright, New York
OF: Adam Dunn, Cincinnati
OF: Matt Holliday, Colorado
OF: Carlos Lee, Houston
DH: Prince Fielder, Milwaukee
SP: Brandon Webb, Arizona
RP: Kerry Wood, Chicago
Designated Nationals player who goes because the Nats have to have at least one: 3B Ryan Zimmerman.

 

David Wright shouldn't start over Chipper Jones. Not this season.

 

AL All Star picks:
C: Joe Mauer, Minnesota
1B: Justin Morneau, Minnesota
2B: Brian Roberts, Baltimore
SS: Michael Young, Texas
3B: Alex Rodriguez, New York
OF: Josh Hamilton, Texas
OF: Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay
OF: Nick Markakis, Baltimore
DH: Miguel Cabrera, Detroit
SP: Cliff Lee, Cleveland
RP: Francisco Rodriguez, Los Angeles

 

Fielder doesn't deserve to go. He's doing pretty well now, but he was horrendous for the first two months. Braun should go and Sheets will get in too.

Fukudome in the game is a joke. Corey Hart is better. Then again, this is the same system that has Rickie Weeks and Bill Hall in the top 5 at their position.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying Corey Hart should be starting, but I don't even think he's in the top 15 in the NL. He's got to be the most underrated player in baseball. His SLG is higher than Fukudome's, their OPS is the same (Hart's is better by .001), and he's got more speed and power.

Compare Corey Hart's numbers last year to Soriano's. And no one knows who he is.

 

No way Zimmerman makes the team. He's missed too much time.

Jon Rauch is my guess.

 

My NL Picks:

1B: Lance Berkman
2B: Chase Utley
3B: Chipper Jones
SS: Hanley Ramirez
C: Brian McCann
OF: Kosuke Fukudome
OF: Carlos Beltran
OF: Alfonso Soriano
DH: Dan Uggla

My AL Picks:

1B: Kevin Youkilis
2B: Ian Kinsler
3B: Alex Rodriguez
SS: Michael Young
C: Jason Varitek
OF: Manny Ramirez
OF: Josh Hamilton
OF: Milton Bradley
DH: David Ortiz

I'm really torn between the Bradley/Ortiz picks cause Vlad and Suzuki both deserve a bid.

 

anyone who says webb should start for the nl hasn't really paid much attention to baseball this year and perhaps should just not say any more

 

That or they stopped paying attention about a month ago. At that point, you could have made the argument for him over Volquez. But now I think it has to be Volquez.

 

Webb should and deserves to make an appearance in the All-Star game, but definitely doesn't deserve to start. Volquez has been consistent all season and MLB's best pitcher this season.

 

Along with Volquez, I'd start Dempster and Sheets before Webb.