NL, AL All Star Rosters Revealed

[Captain Adama]

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Starters

C: Gary Sanchez, Yankees

1B: Carlos Santana, Indians

2B: DJ LeMahieu, Yankees

3B: Alex Bregman, Astros

SS: Jorge Polanco, Twins

OF: Mike Trout, Angels

OF: George Springer, Astros

OF: Michael Brantley, Astros

DH: Hunter Pence, Rangers

 

Reserves

C: James McCann, White Sox

1B: Jose Abreu, White Sox

2B: Tommy La Stella, Angels

2B: Whit Merrifield, Royals

3B: Matt Chapman, A's

SS: Francisco Lindor, Indians

OF: Mookie Betts, Red Sox

OF: Joey Gallo, Rangers

OF: Austin Meadows, Rays

DH: J.D. Martinez, Red Sox

DH: Daniel Vogelbach, Mariners

 

Pitchers

LHP: Aroldis Chapman, Yankees

RHP: Gerrit Cole, Astros

RHP: Lucas Giolito, White Sox

RHP: Shane Greene, Tigers

LHP: Brad Hand, Indians

LHP: John Means, Orioles

LHP: Mike Minor, Rangers

RHP: Charlie Morton, Rays

RHP: Jake Odorizzi, Twins

RHP: Ryan Pressly, Astros

RHP: Marcus Stroman, Blue Jays

RHP: Justin Verlander, Astros

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Starters

C: Willson Contreras, Cubs

1B: Freddie Freeman, Braves

2B: Ketel Marte, D-backs

3B: Nolan Arenado, Rockies

SS: Javier Baez, Cubs

OF: Christian Yelich, Brewers

OF: Cody Bellinger, Dodgers

OF: Ronald Acuna Jr., Braves

 

Reserves

C: Yasmani Grandal, Brewers

C: J.T. Realmuto, Phillies

1B: Pete Alonso, Mets

1B: Josh Bell, Pirates

2B: Mike Moustakas, Brewers

3B: Kris Bryant, Cubs

3B: Anthony Rendon, Nationals

SS: Paul DeJong, Cardinals

SS: Trevor Story, Rockies

OF: Charlie Blackmon, Rockies

OF: David Dahl, Rockies

OF: Jeff McNeil, Mets

 

Pitchers

RHP: Sandy Alcantara, Marlins

RHP: Walker Buehler, Dodgers

RHP: Luis Castillo, Reds

RHP: Jacob deGrom, Mets

RHP: Zack Greinke, D-backs

LHP: Josh Hader, Brewers

LHP: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers

LHP: Hyun-Jin Ryu, Dodgers

RHP: Max Scherzer, Nationals

LHP: Will Smith, Giants

RHP: Mike Soroka, Braves

RHP: Kirby Yates, Padres

 

Discuss

[Orgfiller]

Egregious choices and/or omissions.

 

1. Where the f*** is Ken Giles?

2. Jose Abreu with his 109 wRC+ and 0.5 WAR made the team over Yoan Moncada and his 132 wRC+/2.4 WAR

3. Xander Bogaerts got hilariously robbed. 3.7 WAR - 5th highest in the entire league among position players - and he couldn't make the team over J.D. Martinez who's been a worse hitter and contributed 1.8 WAR.

4. Max Muncy, 3.2 WAR - 11th in the league - not on the roster.

5. Lance Lynn and Chris Sale didn't make it, muh ERA. It's nice to know nothing has changed.

6. David Dahl made it with a 121 wRC+ and 1.4 WAR. Beats out Alex Verdugo, Hunter Renfroe, Marcell Ozuna, Michael Conforto, all of whom were similar or better hitters but don't have the luxury of Coors and were better defenders.

Edited June 30, 2019 by Orgfiller

[Captain Adama]

Holy s*** Brandon Woodruff not there. Yikes

[Orgfiller]

O/U average age of the voters: 55.5 years old.

[BlueRocky]

Egregious choices and/or omissions.

 

1. Where the f*** is Ken Giles?

2. Jose Abreu with his 109 wRC+ and 0.5 WAR made the team over Yoan Moncada and his 132 wRC+/2.4 WAR

3. Xander Bogaerts got hilariously robbed. 3.7 WAR - 5th highest in the entire league among position players - and he couldn't make the team over J.D. Martinez who's been a worse hitter and contributed 1.8 WAR.

4. Max Muncy, 3.2 WAR - 11th in the league - not on the roster.

5. Lance Lynn and Chris Sale didn't make it, muh ERA. It's nice to know nothing has changed.

6. David Dahl made it with a 121 wRC+ and 1.4 WAR. Beats out Alex Verdugo, Hunter Renfroe, Marcell Ozuna, Michael Conforto, all of whom were similar or better hitters but don't have the luxury of Coors and were better defenders.

 

System is broken

[Laika]

Reminder that all star selections actually matter in arbitration

[connorp]

Sandy Alcantara?

[Captain Adama]

Sandy Alcantara?

 

Marlins rep should've been Garrett Cooper.

[Barkerfan23]

O/U average age of the voters: 55.5 years old.

 

Average mlb fan is actually around that age.

[TheHurl]

In general way too many relievers

[Bobthe4th]

In general way too many relievers

 

There should have been one more though!

[DigitalRock]

System is broken

 

Why does it take so long for MLB to fix s***? It's been bad for years, fix this s***.

[jays4life19]

Marlins rep should've been Garrett Cooper.

 

I wish I could thank this post twice

[Dick_Pole]

Why does it take so long for MLB to fix s***? It's been bad for years, fix this s***.

 

What is there to fix? It's a popularity contest driven by fans who want to see what they want to see. Not every baseball fan fits the mold of a 30 year old message board posting advanced stat geek.

[TheHurl]

There should have been one more though!

 

They should have chosen Giles then injury replaced him with Stroman. Would have made more sense.

 

Additionally 4 DH's is just stupid. Drop Meadows and put in Kepler. Drop JD Martinez and put in Xander. Drop Abreu and have Vogelbach be the back up 1B, give the spot to any of the deserving candidates (Moncada, even Semien would be fine).

 

I just made the AL team with only small discussion points. Oh wait that is the entire point of bad decisions.

[Jonn]

Giles is a significant snub. If he was on any kind of playoff team he would be an All-Star.

[Bobthe4th]

[DigitalRock]

What is there to fix? It's a popularity contest driven by fans who want to see what they want to see. Not every baseball fan fits the mold of a 30 year old message board posting advanced stat geek.

 

LOL...if you need someone to break it down for you..... You can still have fans vote, and not be a cluster f*** like it currently is.

[P2F]

 

Not so fast, Brandon.