Sunday, June 26, 2005

All Star vote

It's about time to pick the rosters for the MLB All-Star game. Voting ends on June 30 and the rosters will be picked shortly thereafter. Since the game is in Detroit this year, the teams will use a DH.

If I were the manager, here's the teams I would choose. Note, each team must be represented on the roster. If that wasn't in the rules, Colorado, Oakland, Kansas City and Tampa Bay wouldn't have players on the team. However, Colorado's best player this year has been Clint Barmes, who has all-star numbers, but is out with an injury.

NL Starters

1. Felix Lopez, SS, CIN
2. Bobby Abreu, CF, PHL
3. Derrek Lee, 1B, CHC
4. Albert Pujols, DH, STL
5. Miguel Cabrera, LF, FLA
6. Aramis Ramirez, 3B, CHC
7. Jose Guillen, RF, WAS
8. Chase Utley, 2B, PHL
9. Ramon Hernandez, C, SD
SP. Dontrelle Willis, FLA

NL Reserves

C - Paul LoDuca, FLA
IF - Luis Castillo, FLA; Jeff Kent, LA; Rob Mackowiak, PIT; Nick Johnson, WAS
OF - Andruw Jones, ATL; Preston Wilson, COL; Carlos Lee, MIL; Jason Bay, PIT; Moises Alou, SF
P - John Smoltz, ATL; Brandon Webb, AZ; Roger Clemens, Roy Oswalt, HOU; Pedro Martinez, NYM; Billy Wagner, PHL; Jake Peavy, SD; Chris Carpenter, Jason Isringhausen, Matt Morris, STL; Chad Cordero, Livan Hernandez, WAS

AL Starters

1. Brian Roberts, 2B, BAL
2. Johnny Damon, CF, BOS
3. Miguel Tejada, SS, BAL
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B, NYY
5. Vladimir Guerrero, RF, ANG
6. David Ortiz, DH, BOS
7. Gary Sheffield, LF, NYY
8. Mark Teixeira, 1B, TEX
9. Jason Varitek, C, BOS
SP. Mark Buehrle, CHW

AL Reserves

C - Ivan Rodriguez, DET; Jorge Posada, NYY
IF - Brandon Inge, DET; Mike Sweeney, KC; Derek Jeter, NYY; Jorge Cantu, TB; Michael Young, TEX
OF - Manny Ramirez, BOS; Scott Posednik, CHW; Ichiro Suzuki, SEA
P - Bartolo Colon, ANG; BJ Ryan, BAL; Matt Clement, BOS; Jon Garland, Dustin Hermanson, CHW; Cliff Lee, Bob Wickman, CLE; Johan Santana, MIN; Mariano Rivera, NYY; Danny Haren, OAK; Kenny Rogers, TEX; Roy Halladay, TOR

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

well done, except that andruw jones should be a starter, whereas jose guillen should be a reserve.

jones - .278 avg/.350 obp/.948 ops, 24 hr, 54 rbi, gold glove defense

guillen - .301 avg/.339 obp/.864 ops, 15 hr, 41 rbi, average defense