Comes on 4:30 this afternoon for the Mountain time zone on FOX. Discuss all the snubs and player you don't think deserve to be there. Additionally are the home run derby participants being shown as well?
Comes on 4:30 this afternoon for the Mountain time zone on FOX. Discuss all the snubs and player you don't think deserve to be there. Additionally are the home run derby participants being shown as well?
Here are my guesses for which players represent those teams that don't deserve an All Star.
Jesse Crain for the Chi Sox.
Adam Lind for Toronto.
Jose Altuve for Houston.
Jose Fernandez for Miami.
Kevin Gregg for Chicago Cubbies
Evereth Cabrera for San Diego.
Here's the ESPN picks. The majority think the Braves should have Craig Kimbrel and Freddie Freeman there. David Schoenfield said Simmons should be the starter at SS. Buster Olney thinks Minor should be there.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/allstar13/sto...ague-all-stars
Don't know who Schoenfield is, but he loses all credibility with his selection of NL SS.
He's the guy that writes most of the posts for the Sweetspot blog. He's a huge fan of Simmons because of his defense. He's always writing up posts about how great Simmons's defense is. I like his work because he's a big sabermetrics guy. He wrote the really good post explaining the struggles of the Braves outfield a week or so ago.
upton and harper shouldn't be there. hope the player behind harper takes over 3rd, though i doubt it.
for the cubs, they will probably pick jeff samardzija, it should be gregg
Freeman is the only other Brave that deserves to be there, IMO.
Freeman is one of five who could get the final vote. Of course, so is Puig. And of course, Fox is already pushing Puig.
Maybe this will provide a little motivation within the locker room