Traded to a team with an equally bad record as the Pirates, no less.
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Best right-handed hitter ever.
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2009 All-Star Game Rosters
American League
Starters
Pos Player B/T
C Joe Mauer, MIN L/R
1B Mark Teixeira, NYY S/R
2B Dustin Pedroia, BOS R/R
SS Derek Jeter, NYY R/R
3B Evan Longoria, TB R/R
OF Jason Bay, BOS R/R
OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA L/R
OF Josh Hamilton, TEX L/L
Pitchers
Pos Player B/T
P Andrew Bailey, OAK R/R
P Josh Beckett, BOS R/R
P Mark Buehrle, CWS L/L
P Brian Fuentes, LAA L/L
P Zack Greinke, KC R/R
P Roy Halladay, TOR R/R
P Felix Hernandez, SEA R/R
P Edwin Jackson, DET R/R
P Joe Nathan, MIN R/R
P Jonathan Papelbon, BOS R/R
P Mariano Rivera, NYY R/R
P Justin Verlander, DET R/R
P Tim Wakefield, BOS R/R
Reserves
Pos Player B/T
C Victor Martinez, CLE S/R
1B Justin Morneau, MIN L/R
1B Kevin Youkilis, BOS R/R
2B Aaron Hill, TOR R/R
SS Jason Bartlett, TB R/R
3B Michael Young, TEX R/R
OF Carl Crawford, TB L/L
OF Curtis Granderson, DET L/R
OF Torii Hunter, LAA R/R
OF Adam Jones, BAL R/R
OF Ben Zobrist, TB S/R
National League
Starters
Pos Player B/T
C Yadier Molina, STL R/R
1B Albert Pujols, STL R/R
2B Chase Utley, PHI L/R
SS Hanley Ramirez, FLA R/R
3B David Wright, NYM R/R
OF Carlos Beltran, NYM S/R
OF Ryan Braun, MIL R/R
OF Raul Ibanez, PHI L/R
Pitchers
Pos Player B/T
P Heath Bell, SD R/R
P Chad Billingsley, LAD R/R
P Jonathan Broxton, LAD R/R
P Matt Cain, SF R/R
P Francisco Cordero, CIN R/R
P Ryan Franklin, STL R/R
P Dan Haren, ARI R/R
P Josh Johnson, FLA L/R
P Ted Lilly, CHC L/L
P Tim Lincecum, SF L/R
P Jason Marquis, COL L/R
P Francisco Rodriguez, NYM R/R
P Johan Santana, NYM L/L
Reserves
Pos Player B/T
C Brian McCann, ATL L/R
1B Prince Fielder, MIL L/R
1B Adrian Gonzalez, SD L/L
1B Ryan Howard, PHI L/L
2B Orlando Hudson, LAD S/R
2B Freddy Sanchez, PIT R/R
SS Miguel Tejada, HOU R/R
3B Ryan Zimmerman, WSH R/R
OF Brad Hawpe, COL L/L
OF Hunter Pence, HOU R/R
OF Justin Upton, ARI R/R
Tim Wakefield over Jered Weaver is a joke. Other glaring omissions include: Russell Branyan, Ian Kinsler, Johnny Cueto, Jermaine Dye, Yovani Gallardo, Johnny Damon, Pablo Sandoval. I can’t remember the last time that the selections by the managers were this bad. The fans are fools that’s to be expected but the managers picks are just as bad.
They need to end this every team must have a representative rule. Once MLB decided to make this game count for something that was when all the niceties should have been done away with.
I’d say that Lind and Sandoval are the easy choices but knowing the idiot fans it’ll be Pena and Reynolds who get voted in. Democracy is overrated.
I’m thinking Kinsler’s gonna get the AL spot and Reynolds will get the NL. I think Lund should get it but the Blue Jays already have Halladay and Hill on the roster. There’s no way they’d allow 3 players from a Canadian team get on there.
Why is Sandoval an easy choice over Reynolds? Sandoval is having a good rookie year, but it’s not close to the year Reynolds is having. I wouldn’t doubt Kemp would get in, with him living in LA.
Wakefield over Weaver or better yet Milwood is retarded. Milwood is have a very strong year.
Marquis over Gallardo or Cueto is dumb.
I don’t like Zobrist in there either. I think Cruz and Damon are more deserving , Choo and my man Dye are having good years too.
I would take Kinsler in a close race over Lind and Pena in the AL and Reynolds easily in the NL.
Fuck the Mets.
That is all.
PS - Go Go J Roll.
Don’t get me wrong Mark Reynolds is having a very good season. He and or Sandoval should have made the team over Ryan Zimmerman but because of that foolish rule where every team must be represented it’s between Sandoval and Reynolds (The other two guys aren’t worth mentioning).
While Reynolds has the higher counting numbers (HRs,RBI,Runs,strikeouts) Sandoval has a higher on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and as a result a higher OPS so if you go by the surface numbers Reynolds has the edge but if you dig deeper Sandoval is ahead. When you take into account that Pablo Sandoval is only 22 years old (though technically not a rookie), plays in a not-so-great ballpark for homeruns and is carrying one of the weakest lineups in the majors saying it’s an easy choice may have been a little strong but I gotta go with Sandoval over Reynolds.
With Kinsler it’s pretty much the same argument. The counting numbers are there but he’s been mired in a huge slump since May hitting like .230. If he isn’t getting an occasional homerun he’s done nothing since then offensively. Don’t even get me started on him defensively. Hack doesn’t even begin to describe his fielding. Outside of stolen bases (which are overrated) Lind’s counting stats are up there with Kinsler’s plus his OPS is over 100 points higher. I gotta go with Lind over Kinsler.
For what it’s worth Kinsler should have made the team over Pedroia. That guy has no business being on the team with the kind of season he’s having.
Here’s the Mets starting lineup right now.
1B: Daniel Murphy
2B: Luis Castillo
SS: Alex Cora
3B: David Wright
C: Brian Schneider
LF: Nick Evans
CF: Jeremy Reed
RF: Ryan Church
Lousy lousy players surrounding the one stud. And they play in Citi Field which might as well be called Petco East. Nowadays if you score 3 runs against the Mets you win.
I don’t know which baseball god the Mets have offended the past couple of years but they need to make right with him/her because they’re as snakebit as any franchise I’ve ever seen right now.
I couldn’t care less.
They loss. Suck it Mets. That’s what you get for trying to be the latino yankees.
NL might have a chance this year, better keep pujols in the game.
especially when the most votes come from NYC and Boston…
Everyone knew the system was rigged when Jeter kept making all those all-star appearances.
Ryan Braun should have made it too.
agreed
Reynolds OPS = .922
Sandoval OPS = .954
Sandoval has a slightly higher OBP, but Reynolds has a very slightly higher SLG. Their OPS is around the same, if you wanna say Sandoval is ahead that’s fine, but its pretty even almost.
Reynolds: 53 Runs, 61 RBI, 24 HR, 13 SB
Sandoval: 37 Runs, 44 RBI, 12 HR, 3 SB
Their regular numbers. Not much has to be said about how much Reynolds is desroying Sandoval in every category.
IMO age shouldn’t be a factor, Sandoval is 22, Reynolds is 25, whatever.
Both of their parks are very big. Wouldn’t exactly say, Sandoval is carrying the Giants as we all know it’s their crazy pitching doing almost all the carrying. You could just as easily say that Reynolds is carrying the Dbacks offense.
Since you mentioned it with Kinsler, I would also guess that Reynolds is a better fielder, Sandoval being so big. Then again I’m not even sure what postion Sandoval plays (I know he plays 1B too), but if it’s 3B, I can’t imagine he would be better than Reynolds.
Anyway, I would go with Reynolds. Agree to disagree.
WOW hahaha, Kinsler is a hack on defense? Looking strictly at his defensive ratings, he seems to be pretty damn good, almost certainly a top 5 2B defensively. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=2b&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=y&type=0&season=2009&month=0
Lind is a DH, so enough said.
I mean really Kinsler has better overall stats, but it’s close. I kinda agree stolen bases can be overrated, but what is underrated is how much having speed on the bases helps the rest of your teams hitting. Kinsler has this speed, Lind doesn’t.
I go with Kinsler. Agree to disagree.
He did, he’s starting.
I don’t totally disagree with your arguments, but it’s silly to say that the choice of Kinsler over Lind is because his speed helps the offense when Lind has an OPS 100+ points higher, even more if you take his hot start out of the equation.
April: 1.039 OPS
May: .812 OPS
June: .773 OPS
Also, Lind has an OPS of 1.149 in July versus Kinsler’s horrible July OPS of .105. (In four games. “Sample size?” …what’s that?)
Regardless, Lind is clearly the better hitter and likelier the better guy to go with to improve your chances to win the game.
However…with only one back-up 2B (Aaron Hill) and five reserve outfielders (though one is Ben Zorbist) I might go with Kinsler as well. Especially if your starting All-Star middle infield is Pedroia (SLG .393) and Derek Jeter. AL needs to get Kinsler/Hill/Bartlett/Zorbist in there as fast as you can.
I’d pick Reynolds over Sandoval with the same line of thinking as well. NL already has three back-up 1B’s and only one 3B, and Reynolds has marginally more games at 3B than Sandoval and is marginally less crappy at fielding the position too.
Both are absolutely terrible in the field though, at first or third.
His speed does help the offense though…a lot.
Down by 1 to start the 9th I would rather have Kinsler batting than Lind, to be clear, not right now cuz I know Kinsler is in a slump, but overall season. That’s my opinion, and I know you are a Blue Jays fan so you are going to disagree.
I am a Blue Jays fan and I do disagree because I am a huge homer and love Adam Lind, but I also disagree on the grounds that I would rather lead off an innning with a guy that gets on base 38.4% of the time versus a guy that gets on base only 33.2% of the time.
You can’t steal first base.
That’s fine and I knew that OBP stat was coming. If Kinsler does get on base though the difference is huge. Good chance to steal 2nd, possibly 3rd. Making the pitcher lose concentration because he has to throw over to first and watch Kinsler constantly, making the pitcher throw more fastballs thus helping the hitter, going first to 3rd and scoring from second on a base hit much easier, breaking up double plays, etc.
It’s fine though, I can see your reasoning.