2016 All Star Game

[jjkoestler]

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Starters

C: Salvador Perez, Royals

1B: Eric Hosmer, Royals

2B: Jose Altuve, Astros

3B: Manny Machado, Orioles

SS: Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox

OF: Mookie Betts, Red Sox

OF: Jackie Bradley Jr., Red Sox

OF: Mike Trout, Angels

DH: David Ortiz, Red Sox

 

Reserves

C: Stephen Vogt, Athletics

C: Matt Wieters, Orioles

1B: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers

2B: Robinson Cano, Mariners

3B: Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays

SS: Francisco Lindor, Indians

SS: Eduardo Nunez, Twins

OF: Carlos Beltran, Yankees

OF: Ian Desmond, Rangers

OF: Mark Trumbo, Orioles

DH: Edwin Encarnacion, Blue Jays

 

Pitchers

RHP: Dellin Betances, Yankees

RHP: Brad Brach, Orioles

LHP: Zach Britton, Orioles

RHP: Alex Colome, Rays

RHP: Wade Davis*, Royals

RHP: Marco Estrada, Blue Jays

LHP: Cole Hamels, Rangers

RHP: Will Harris, Astros

RHP: Kelvin Herrera, Royals

RHP: Craig Kimbrel, Red Sox

LHP: Andrew Miller, Yankees

RHP: Danny Salazar, Indians

LHP: Chris Sale, White Sox

RHP: Steven Wright, Red Sox

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Starters

C: Buster Posey, Giants

1B: Anthony Rizzo, Cubs

2B: Ben Zobrist, Cubs

3B: Kris Bryant, Cubs

SS: Addison Russell, Cubs

OF: Yoenis Cespedes, Mets

OF: Dexter Fowler, Cubs

OF: Bryce Harper, Nationals

 

Reserves

C: Jonathan Lucroy, Brewers

C: Wilson Ramos, Nationals

1B: Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs

1B: Wil Myers, Padres

2B: Daniel Murphy, Nationals

3B: Nolan Arenado, Rockies

3B: Matt Carpenter, Cardinals

SS: Corey Seager, Dodgers

OF: Adam Duvall, Reds

OF: Carlos Gonzalez, Rockies

OF: Odubel Herrera, Phillies

OF: Marcell Ozuna, Marlins

 

Pitchers

RHP: Jake Arrieta, Cubs

LHP: Madison Bumgarner, Giants

RHP: Johnny Cueto, Giants

RHP: Jeurys Familia, Mets

RHP: Jose Fernandez, Marlins

RHP: Kenley Jansen, Dodgers

LHP: Clayton Kershaw*, Dodgers

LHP: Jon Lester, Cubs

RHP: Mark Melancon, Pirates

RHP: A.J. Ramos, Marlins

RHP: Fernando Rodney, Marlins

RHP: Stephen Strasburg, Nationals

RHP: Noah Syndergaard, Mets

RHP: Julio Teheran, Braves

 

Final Vote

AL

2B: Ian Kinsler, Tigers

3B: Evan Longoria, Rays

2B: Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox

OF: Michael Saunders, Blue Jays

OF: George Springer, Astros

 

NL

1B: Brandon Belt, Giants

OF: Ryan Braun, Brewers

3B: Jake Lamb, D-backs

OF: Starling Marte, Pirates

SS: Trevor Story, Rockies

[torts]

Congrats to the national cubs and friends

[Point Beer Is Best]

Braun should be in, and it's a shame because he likely won't fare well with the fan vote.

[LouisEly]

Marco Estrada, 2016 All Star.

 

What could the Brewers have gotten for him this July?

[torts]

Probably nothing because he was pretty bad at Miller park

[trwi7]

I hate this game. If you're going to make it count for home field in the World Series (which is such an overreaction and beyond stupid), at least take out the ridiculous rule that every team needs a representative. That's how you end up with Adam Duvall and his .291 OBP in the game.

[Pugger]

I'm just happy to not see Molina in the lineup!

[joepepsi]

I hate the All Star Game. I hate the 4 days without meaningful baseball. It's a waste of time in the middle of summer when no other professional sports are going on, except golf and tennis.

 

This is the perfect week to have actual important matchups going on, instead of stopping the game for 4 days. It would be way cooler if they would leave the schedule open this week, then announce a competitive 3 game series' where teams go head to head against similar teams.

 

Once the All Star break is over NFL training camp takes all the attention away from MLB.

[A Swing and A Drive]

Personally, I love the MLB All-Star game and festivities and have since I was a little kid.

 

Being able to see all the MLB stars in one game is like a dream come true to a youngster.

 

I also love watching the FUTURES GAME and the HR DERBY.

 

As much as it's debated, I even like a few of the controversial aspects of it:

 

1. I agree with the requirement that all 30 teams have a representative. As a kid, I remember rooting for the Brewer who probably didn't deserve to be there and being excited.

 

2. I like that the winning league gets awarded home field advantage for the World Series. Up until the 2002 Miller Park Tie All-Star game which I attended, the league simply alternated years of hosting, which I thought was much more silly. This makes it much more interesting than the NBA all-star game, which is a complete joke. The NFL Pro Bowl also has gained very little interest because it's played when the season is over and the top stars bail on the game.

The only other solution is to give it to the team with the better regular season record, but I guess I like it the way it is.

[tmwiese55]

Should have just had the Cubs play the Sawx and let everyone else rest. I will struggle to watch any of it this year due to the lovefest for Ortiz, and he's a complete attention seeker so will be constantly sticking his nose in everything. As most of you know, I personally don't care about PEDs, but I find it laughable that ESPN is in love with a known PED user and will usher him into the HOF while simultaneously villainizing Braun/Arod. And in comparison to Braun, Ortiz was in the era of actual real steroids.

[Pugger]

Home field advantage for the World Series shouldn't be determined by an All-Star game. The better team deserves it. The better solution to the tie at Miller Park going forward should have been to allow a player to return to the game later on should it go into extra innings. After all, it should be an exhibition game and nothing more.

[tmwiese55]

Home field advantage for the World Series shouldn't be determined by an All-Star game. The better team deserves it. The better solution to the tie at Miller Park going forward should have been to allow a player to return to the game later on should it go into extra innings. After all, it should be an exhibition game and nothing more.

 

And what made no sense is that making it decide the WS home team didn't in any way fix the problem that caused the tie. Team could still very easily run out of pitchers again and nothing was put in to fix it. I'm adamantly against having the ASG decide it. Baseball won't have the problems the NFL has in players not showing up because it's not physical. If healthy almost every player will go if asked.

[A Swing and A Drive]

Home field advantage for the World Series shouldn't be determined by an All-Star game. The better team deserves it. The better solution to the tie at Miller Park going forward should have been to allow a player to return to the game later on should it go into extra innings. After all, it should be an exhibition game and nothing more.

 

And what made no sense is that making it decide the WS home team didn't in any way fix the problem that caused the tie. Team could still very easily run out of pitchers again and nothing was put in to fix it. I'm adamantly against having the ASG decide it. Baseball won't have the problems the NFL has in players not showing up because it's not physical. If healthy almost every player will go if asked.

 

So is your solution to have the team with the best record between the AL Champ and the NL Champ have home field advantage? Just curious.

[QuevedosTongue]

I hate this game. If you're going to make it count for home field in the World Series (which is such an overreaction and beyond stupid), at least take out the ridiculous rule that every team needs a representative. That's how you end up with Adam Duvall and his .291 OBP in the game.

 

He does have 22 HRs. And we all know that chicks dig the long ball.

[tmwiese55]

Yes, I'd just have it based on who has the best record, like every other league.

 

Off the top of my head, if you wanted to have something quirky you could have whichever league has the best interleague record gets home field. But interleague favors the AL so I don't like it either. Just go with best record.

 

If the game is an exhibition then it doesn't matter if fans votes in lesser players and if each team needs a rep. If it matters, that stuff should be gone.

 

I always laughed how people viewed the exhibition ASG tie as a travesty or embarrassing while the greatest best most powerful league/sport has ties in actual regular season games. And hockey at the time did as well.

[reillymcshane]

To me the biggest issue is with how the starters are selected. I know this is 'for the fans', but let's be honest, the fans are going to mostly vote for their home town guys. The teams encourage it.

 

I think the NFL does a mixed approached to electing the all stars - 1/3 to fans, 1/3 to writers, and 1/3 to players. I'd much rather have something like that.

[DHonks]

I hate this game. If you're going to make it count for home field in the World Series (which is such an overreaction and beyond stupid), at least take out the ridiculous rule that every team needs a representative. That's how you end up with Adam Duvall and his .291 OBP in the game.

 

It's better than how the home-field advantage was determined previously.

[brewcrewdue80]

Another 100votes for Braun/Kinsler. Can't wait for the results being 5 or 20 times the total votes He received for the AS game since you can vote about 100 times in 10minutes.

[tmwiese55]

Just saw Carpenter from STL on the DL and replaced with Diaz from STL. I'm assuming that's part of the team rep rule, even if a guy is named but must pull out due to injury they still need a rep from that team. I thought that spot would go to Crawford from SF but possibly Villar.

[Baldkin]

Bartolo, baby!

 

That is all.

[rickh150]

Selection process- a third fans' vote, third players' vote, third 32 managers' vote.

 

Home field WS- love that the game means something more than an exhibition win. Change nothing.