One More Reason I Don't Pay Attention to the All-Star Game
by jscape2000 on Jul 6, 2008 3:06 PM EDT
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PrintJoe Crede .260/.336/.480 is an All-Star.
Jason Friggin Varitek .219/.301/.360 is an All-Star.
Carlos Quentin .273/.378/.513 is an All-Star.
Jason Giambi .259/.395/.543 is not an All-Star.
Neither is Jorge Posada .281/.361/.446.
Making the case for Mike Mussina is harder. The starters who beat him have better numbers. Do you really need six relievers on the team? I'm not sure if there are rules for how many starters/relievers the team can carry. I'm also not sure if Francona could have taken Mussina over, say, Varitek or Crede.
I know that several of the starters will be unavailable because they'll start the last day of the first half, that guys will be replaced because they're sore or injured.
But you really mean to tell me that there was no room on the team for Mike Mussina?
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I’d even argue that Jeter doesn’t deserve to be an All Star but he is the Captain of the Yankees and the game is at Yankee Stadium but based on numbers, he’s not having an All Star season.
Varitek is a JOKE. And Moose definitely deserved it.
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
Posada
He only has 139 at-bats. Mauer, clearly, should be the starting catcher. Jeter isn’t having a great season, but he’s only 30 points of OPS behind Michael Young so you could certainly make a reasonable case for Captain Fantastic.
Moose is 17th in ERA and 35th in strikeouts. The eleven wins are nice, but there are at least 10-12 starters more deserving. He’s 28th in the AL in SNLVAR and 31st among AL starters in VORP. He’s having a nice bounceback season, but he’s not an All-Star, not even at Yankee Stadium.
it's tough
with all the relievers that they take, it’s almost impossible to pick a roster without leaving some worthy candidates out.
you mention Moose being buried on the leaderboards, what about Joe Saunders?
Saunders: 12-4, 3.04 ERA, 58 K, 33 BB, 1.16 WHIP
Mussina: 11-6, 3.64 ERA, 63 K, 16 BB, 1.21 WHIP
that’s pretty comprable. i’m really surprised Dice-K didn’t get a spot , maybe it’s because his strikeout numbers have been so-so.
by Clutch like Leyritz on Jul 6, 2008 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
He had a good start the other day
but Lohud pointed out his ERA+ was 99.
Does an average pitcher deserve to be on the All Star team no matter how many wins he has?
In Mike’s defense he has been consistantly very good with only one or two awful outings that have brought his ERA to where it is.
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on Jul 6, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
just pointing out
Carlos Quentin completely deserves an all star slot. The guy is second in the AL with 19 home runs.
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