What players deserve All-Star consideration at this point?

[Backtobanks]

The Cubs have been so bad this year that I can't believe they would get much consideration. With Marmol and Silva as the most obvious choices and Byrd as an outside choice, I would think Soriano and Marshall have no chance. That being said, Soriano does have the name recognition if by some miracle he was voted in as a starter.

 

I don't know why you're low balling Soriano's chances with the voters. You're talking like like he wasn't voted an AS 7 of the last 8 years and isn't having a good season and doesn't have a ton of name recognition.

 

My point is that I think Soriano's only chance of making it is as a starter (by vote) because of name recognition. The latest results show him 11th and about 300,000 votes behind the 3rd place OF. I think that Byrd has a better chance of being selected as a reserve than Soriano.

[Sammy Sofa]

The Cubs have been so bad this year that I can't believe they would get much consideration. With Marmol and Silva as the most obvious choices and Byrd as an outside choice, I would think Soriano and Marshall have no chance. That being said, Soriano does have the name recognition if by some miracle he was voted in as a starter.

 

I don't know why you're low balling Soriano's chances with the voters. You're talking like like he wasn't voted an AS 7 of the last 8 years and isn't having a good season and doesn't have a ton of name recognition.

 

My point is that I think Soriano's only chance of making it is as a starter (by vote) because of name recognition. The latest results show him 11th and about 300,000 votes behind the 3rd place OF. I think that Byrd has a better chance of being selected as a reserve than Soriano.

 

Name recognition is basically all that matters with how this is decided.

[sneakypower]

you could argue Soto deserves to be Olivo's backup at C

[abuck1220]

there is a 0% chance strasburg makes the all-star team. come on.

[imb]

i'm actually going to be disappointed if that fat bastard silva isnt in the allstar game

[Clem Fandango]

Without the recent rule changes, Silva would probably be considered but left off the team. This has been a pretty banner year for NL pitching so far. There are 13 slots on the roster. Jiminez, Halladay, and Wainwright are locks. Carpenter and Santana between reputation and having very good years are probably in. Bell, Broxton, and probably Marmol have good shots from the closer role.

 

Tim Lincecum and Josh Johnson will likely go before Silva, too. Other possibles based on performance or reputation/fan base: Matt Cain, Jonathan Sanchez, Mike Leake, Stephen Strasburg (he will get votes, regardless of performance), Clayton Kershaw, Tim Hudson, etc.

 

I think with Silva being a notoriously terrible pitcher he might get overlooked for some bigger names. If he keeps this level of performance up he definitely deserves the nod, but if he's not picked it wouldn't surprise me one bit.

 

I think pitchers are selected by the managers and not by a vote. I doubt that Strasburg will get in and name recognition will be less important. I think managers seem to favor veterans that have paid their dues and that could help out Silva. I think that Silva will get in as a replacement for someone that pitched the Sunday before.

 

If I'm not mistaken managers will select alternates, if a voted in pitcher is unable to pitch. Otherwise, they are all voted in by the fans.

 

I guess I am mistaken... you can't vote for pitchers. Could've sworn you could... and based on this...

 

there is a 0% chance strasburg makes the all-star team. come on.

 

You're right

[Flames24Rulz]

i'm actually going to be disappointed if that fat bastard silva isnt in the allstar game

 

Me too. He has to be our number one guy right now.

[Backtobanks]

The Cubs have been so bad this year that I can't believe they would get much consideration. With Marmol and Silva as the most obvious choices and Byrd as an outside choice, I would think Soriano and Marshall have no chance. That being said, Soriano does have the name recognition if by some miracle he was voted in as a starter.

 

I don't know why you're low balling Soriano's chances with the voters. You're talking like like he wasn't voted an AS 7 of the last 8 years and isn't having a good season and doesn't have a ton of name recognition.

 

My point is that I think Soriano's only chance of making it is as a starter (by vote) because of name recognition. The latest results show him 11th and about 300,000 votes behind the 3rd place OF. I think that Byrd has a better chance of being selected as a reserve than Soriano.

 

Name recognition is basically all that matters with how this is decided.

 

Name recognition is all that matters with the fans' votes for starters, which is what I said. The manager picks the reserves and I don't think Soriano has much of a chance to be selected as a reserve.

[NCCubFan]

Without the recent rule changes, Silva would probably be considered but left off the team. This has been a pretty banner year for NL pitching so far. There are 13 slots on the roster. Jiminez, Halladay, and Wainwright are locks. Carpenter and Santana between reputation and having very good years are probably in. Bell, Broxton, and probably Marmol have good shots from the closer role.

 

Tim Lincecum and Josh Johnson will likely go before Silva, too. Other possibles based on performance or reputation/fan base: Matt Cain, Jonathan Sanchez, Mike Leake, Stephen Strasburg (he will get votes, regardless of performance), Clayton Kershaw, Tim Hudson, etc.

 

I think with Silva being a notoriously terrible pitcher he might get overlooked for some bigger names. If he keeps this level of performance up he definitely deserves the nod, but if he's not picked it wouldn't surprise me one bit.

 

I think pitchers are selected by the managers and not by a vote. I doubt that Strasburg will get in and name recognition will be less important. I think managers seem to favor veterans that have paid their dues and that could help out Silva. I think that Silva will get in as a replacement for someone that pitched the Sunday before.

 

If I'm not mistaken managers will select alternates, if a voted in pitcher is unable to pitch. Otherwise, they are all voted in by the fans.

 

I guess I am mistaken... you can't vote for pitchers. Could've sworn you could... and based on this...

 

there is a 0% chance strasburg makes the all-star team. come on.

 

You're right

Fans have never been able to vote for pitchers since fan voting was reinstated around 1970.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Were going to end up with a pity all star again, bottom line. Yeah, Silva and Dempster have had great seasons so far, but there is a long line of NL pitchers who have simply been better, but Silvas a possibility. The only other possible options I could think of are Marmol or Soriano.