Partial All-Star Rosters

[Rob]

http://highandtight.blogspot.com/

 

 

Those fellas have been watching the shop at MLB.com, as they tend to let things slip a little earlier than they should.... and here's what they've seen.

 

 

NL:

C - Paul LoDuca, NYM

1B - Lance Berkman, HOU

1B - Nomar Garciaparra, LAD

1B - Ryan Howard, PHI

1B _ Albert Pujols, STL

2B - Chase Utley, PHI

SS - Jose Reyes, NYM

3B - David Wright, NYM

3B - Miguel Cabrera, FLA

OF - Carlos Beltran, NYM

OF - Jason Bay, PIT

OF - Alfonso Soriano, WAS

OF - Matt Holliday, COL

OF - Andruw Jones, ATL

 

P - Bronson Arroyo, CIN

P - Chris Capuano, MIL

P - Pedro Martinez, NYM

P - Jason Schmidt, SF

P - Brad Penny-Milano, LAD

P - Brandon Webb, ARI

P - Carlos Zambrano, CHC

P - Tom Glavine, NYM

P - Tom Gordon, PHI

P - Derrick Turnbow, MIL

P - Trevor Hoffman, SD

 

 

AL:

C - Joe Mauer, MIN

C - Jason Varitek, BOS

"1B" - David Ortiz, BOS

"1B" - Jim Thome, CHW

2B - Robinson Cano, NYY

3B - Alex Rodriguez, NYY

SS - Derek Jeter, NYY

SS - Miguel Tejada, BAL

OF - Vladimir Guerrero, LAA

OF - Ichiro Suzuki, SEA

OF - Manny Ramirez, BOS

OF - Vernon Wells, TOR

OF - Grady Sizemore, CLE

 

P - Roy Halladay, TOR

P - Johan Santana, MIN

P - Curt Schilling, BOS

P - Scott Kazmir, TB

P - Mike Mussina, NYY

P - Kenny Rogers, TEX

P - Mariano Rivera, NYY

P - B.J. Ryan, TOR

P - Joe Nathan, MIN

P - Jonathan Papelbon, BOS

P - Mariano Rivera, NYY

 

 

 

Looks like we'll be a little under-represented this year... not that I'm surprirsed.

[ltb]

1 player from the white sox?

 

there's no way that's right, especially since ozzie even said he would start contreras if he hadn't lost a game before the break.

[Andy]

LoDuca: .286-3-24, 327/400/727

Barrett: .300-8-30, 361/493/854

 

Good call, fans.

[badgercub]

I can guarantee there will be a lot more White Sox on the AL roster. Ozzie will take as many of his guys as possible.

[cubs121]

i am really not surprised!... but, i do think Barret deserves to be there! :shock:

[Rob]

1 player from the white sox?

 

there's no way that's right, especially since ozzie even said he would start contreras if he hadn't lost a game before the break.

 

I did say "partial"

 

Rosters go up to 32 for the All-Star Game... and the rest should be Ozzie's pick, IIRC.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Brad Penny-Milano, hahahah

[soccer10k]

A few thoughts:

 

-Barrett definately should be in there.

 

-According to that list Oakland, Texas, and Kansas City are the only AL teams without a rep which means Ozzie will have 6 spots left to fill with his guys.

 

-It's interesting that both first basemen for the AL - Jim Thome and David Ortiz - rarely play in the field.

[oldstyle81]

Big Z is a allstar, just stated durning his press conferemce

[Productive Outs]

LoDuca: .286-3-24, 327/400/727

Barrett: .300-8-30, 361/493/854

 

Good call, fans.

 

David Ross: .320-12-28, .395/.708/1.104

[Transmogrified Tiger]

LoDuca: .286-3-24, 327/400/727

Barrett: .300-8-30, 361/493/854

 

Good call, fans.

 

David Ross: .320-12-28, .395/.708/1.104

 

You forgot 109 At-Bats.

[sweetpeteman]

Official:

 

1B David Ortiz, BOS L/L 30 3

2B Mark Loretta, BOS R/R 34 2

3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY R/R 30 9

SS Derek Jeter, NYY R/R 32 7

C Ivan Rodriguez, DET L/R 23 1

OF Vladimir Guerrero, LAA R/R 30 7

OF Manny Ramirez, BOS R/R 34 8

OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA L/R 32 6

American LeagueAmerican League Pitchers

All-Star

Pos Player B/T Age Games

SP Mark Buerhle, CWS L/L 27 3

SP Jose Contreras, CWS R/R 34 1

SP Roy Halladay, TOR R/R 29 2

SP Scott Kazmir, TB L/L 22 1

SP Mark Redman, KC L/L 32 1

SP Kenny Rogers, DET L/L 41 3

SP Johan Santana, MIN L/L 27 2

SP Barry Zito, OAK L/L 28 2

All-Star

Pos Player B/T Age Games

RP Bobby Jenks, CWS R/R 25 1

RP Jon Papelbon, BOS R/R 25 1

RP Mariano Rivera, NYY R/R 36 6

RP B.J. Ryan, TOR L/L 30 2

American LeagueAmerican League Reserves

All-Star

Pos Player B/T Age Games

1B Paul Konerko, CWS R/R 30 3

1B Jim Thome, CWS L/R 35 5

2B Robinson Cano, NYY º L/R 23 1

2B Jose Lopez, SEA ª R/R 22 1

3B Troy Glaus, TOR R/R 29 4

SS Miguel Tejada, BAL R/R 30 4

SS Michael Young, TEX R/R 29 3

C Joe Mauer, MIN L/R 23 1

OF Jermaine Dye, CWS R/R 32 2

OF Alex Rios, TOR º R/R 25 1

OF Gary Matthews, Jr., TEX ª S/R 31 1

OF Grady Sizemore, CLE L/L 23 1

OF Vernon Wells, TOR R/R 27 2

 

 

 

National LeagueNational League Starters

All-Star

Pos Player B/T Age Games

1B Albert Pujols, STL R/R 26 5

2B Chase Utley, PHI L/R 27 1

3B David Wright, NYM R/R 23 1

SS Jose Reyes, NYM S/R 23 1

C Paul Lo Duca, NYM R/R 34 4

OF Jason Bay, PIT R/R 27 1

OF Carlos Beltran, NYM S/R 29 3

OF Alfonso Soriano, WSH R/R 30 5

National LeagueNational League Pitchers

All-Star

Pos Player B/T Age Games

SP Carlos Zambrano, CHC S/R 25 2

SP Bronson Arroyo, CIN R/R 29 1

SP Brad Penny, LAD R/R 28 1

SP Tom Glavine, NYM L/L 40 7

SP Pedro Martinez, NYM R/R 34 4

SP Chris Carpenter, STL R/R 31 2

SP Jason Schmidt, SF R/R 33 2

All-Star

Pos Player B/T Age Games

RP Brian Fuentes, COL L/L 30 1

RP Derrick Turnbow, MIL R/R 28 1

RP Tom Gordon, PHI R/R 38 3

RP Trevor Hoffman, SD R/R 38 5

National LeagueNational League Reserves

All-Star

Pos Player B/T Age Games

1B Lance Berkman, HOU S/L 30 4

1B Ryan Howard, PHI L/L 26 1

2B Dan Uggla, FLA R/R 26 1

3B Miguel Cabrera, FLA R/R 23 3

3B Freddy Sanchez, PIT R/R 28 1

3B Scott Rolen, STL R/R 31 4

SS Edgar Renteria, ATL R/R 30 5

C Brian McCann, ATL L/R 22 1

OF Andruw Jones, ATL R/R 29 5

OF Matt Holliday, COL R/R 26 1

OF Carlos Lee, MIL R/R 29 2

[Flames24Rulz]

Figures that Barrett would get snubbed. If the reason why Barrett isn't on the roster because of his 10 game suspension, that will be ludicrous considering McCann was on the DL this year. McCann deserved a spot...Lo Duca did not. Thanks fans :x

[sweetpeteman]

Figures that Barrett would get snubbed. If the reason why Barrett isn't on the roster because of his 10 game suspension, that will be ludicrous considering McCann was on the DL this year. McCann deserved a spot...Lo Duca did not. Thanks fans :x

 

 

Hmm, he might be on the final vote.

 

Also, there are only 30 people named on the NL side... (The AL has 31 (not counting Cano and Rios)).

[sweetpeteman]

the guy we whooped is getting the start for the AL... if you going to go with your own guy, go with Contreras...

 

Otherwise it should be Halladay, Rogers, or Santana...

[J.R.]

Buehrle has no business in this game.

[sweetpeteman]

Buehrle has no business in this game.

 

Much less starting.

[Sabermetrician]

Thank goodness every team gets someone, because Mark Redman sure deserves to be there.

[sweetpeteman]

The idiots who did the list at MLB.com forgot Webb...

[Flames24Rulz]

Where did you guys hear that Buehrle would be starting? I thought Ozzie said Contrereas would be starting.

 

edit: never mind, I saw a link on the Trib's sports site. Wow, Buehrle is the worse of the 3 Sox pitchers selected and he somehow starts over Contreras/Santana/Halladay?

Edited July 2, 2006 by Flames24Rulz

[sweetpeteman]

Where did you guys hear that Buehrle would be starting? I thought Ozzie said Contrereas would be starting.

 

The BBTN guys said Buehrle and Martinez... I think, they might have just been showcasing one pitcher.

[Andy]

Barrett is not on the final vote block either. It's Capuano, Wagner, Abreu, Nomar and Chris Young from SD.

 

The AL final vote will have a chance to give the Sox another undeserving All-Star in Pierzynski but if anyone other than Hafner gets that (unless it is Liriano I guess) then there's no justice in the world.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Barrett is not on the final vote block either. It's Capuano, Wagner, Abreu, Nomar and Chris Young from SD.

 

The AL final vote will have a chance to give the Sox another undeserving All-Star in Pierzynski but if anyone other than Hafner gets that (unless it is Liriano I guess) then there's no justice in the world.

 

Why would you call Pierzynski undeserving?

[Productive Outs]

Barrett is not on the final vote block either. It's Capuano, Wagner, Abreu, Nomar and Chris Young from SD.

 

The AL final vote will have a chance to give the Sox another undeserving All-Star in Pierzynski but if anyone other than Hafner gets that (unless it is Liriano I guess) then there's no justice in the world.

 

Why would you call Pierzynski undeserving?

 

VORP among C in the AL

 

1. Joe Mauer 44.7

2. Michael Napoli 21.7

3. Ramon Hernandez 19.1

4. Victor Martinez 18.7

5. Jorge Posada 18.0

6. Kenji Jojima 17.5

7. A.j. Pierzynski 16.7

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Barrett is not on the final vote block either. It's Capuano, Wagner, Abreu, Nomar and Chris Young from SD.

 

The AL final vote will have a chance to give the Sox another undeserving All-Star in Pierzynski but if anyone other than Hafner gets that (unless it is Liriano I guess) then there's no justice in the world.

 

Why would you call Pierzynski undeserving?

 

VORP among C in the AL

 

1. Joe Mauer 44.7

2. Michael Napoli 21.7

3. Ramon Hernandez 19.1

4. Victor Martinez 18.7

5. Jorge Posada 18.0

6. Kenji Jojima 17.5

7. A.j. Pierzynski 16.7

 

 

OBP SLG AVG

 

AJ Pierzynski .372 . 450 .326

 

R. Hernandez .336 .500 .274

 

V. Martinez .363 .458 .296

 

J. Posada .396 .468 .284

 

K. Johjima .351 .482 .298

 

 

Note: Napoli has only played in 43 games so I left him off and Mauer already made the team, so I excluded him.

 

If you view it this way, it seems to boil down to which you value more....obp or slg%.

 

That being said they are all very close in those regards. I'm not a sabermetric follower, so I'm not really sure how important VORP is compared to looking at OBP, SLG, or OPS.

 

That being said their vorp numbers(excluding Mauer and Napoli) seem to be very close, but like I said not really a sabermetric guy so they difference might mean more than I think.

 

If their numbers are close, then one needs to be chosen and I'm not sure any of the afforementioned catchers could be labeled "undeserving" considering that the number of roster spots makes the situation circumstantial.

Edited July 3, 2006 by RonnieWooWooSanto