ANDRELTON SIMMONS for ALL STAR

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Versus NL short stops the last 7 days, Simmons is
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His offensive stats are right up at the top and everyone knows his defense is unmatched.
So far this year, he deserves it. Let's get it done, people.

106 plate appearances and only 5 strikeouts.

Others candidates? Freeman, Miller
 
If Simmons keeps hitting, it will be impossible to keep him off the NL roster. Gotta figure Cozrt and Crawford will cool down. Biggest threats will be Tulo and Peralta.

Freeman is having a terrific yea so far, but it will be tough for him to get a selection with the production the NL is having at the 1b position. A-Gon, Goldy, Rizzo, Votto, and Lind are all having killer years.

If Miller keeps pitching the way he is, he will should definitely get selected.
 
guy in work always tries to tell me galvis is the best defensive SS there is. i can't tell if he's actually serious.
 
His rates are pretty much how they've always been in terms of direction, swing%, contact%, how hard he's hit the ball, etc. He's swung at a little bit less pitches outside of the zone and a little more pitches inside the zone. He's also seen a huge increase in percentage of pitches actually thrown in the zone. Simmons is also 25, so its not out of the realm to expect some improvement. I'm not sure I see anything to point to Seitzer as helping Simmons make more contact.

For whatever reason, Simmons is seeing more pitches thrown into the zone and we all know he can do damage on those. Its laying off pitches outside of the zone that has been his issue and if he can continue to improve on that, he will put up some good numbers.
 
gilesfan said:
His rates are pretty much how they've always been in terms of direction, swing%, contact%, how hard he's hit the ball, etc. He's swung at a little bit less pitches outside of the zone and a little more pitches inside the zone. He's also seen a huge increase in percentage of pitches actually thrown in the zone. Simmons is also 25, so its not out of the realm to expect some improvement. I'm not sure I see anything to point to Seitzer as helping Simmons make more contact.

For whatever reason, Simmons is seeing more pitches thrown into the zone and we all know he can do damage on those. Its laying off pitches outside of the zone that has been his issue and if he can continue to improve on that, he will put up some good numbers.
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An increased walk rate is a good proxy to show that he's laying off pitches outside of the strike zone (despite seeing more strikes as you said).
 
I wouldn't give up Simmons, when hitting like he currently is, for any player in baseball not named Mike Trout.

I believe he is, right now, better defensively than any player in baseball history, at any position.
 
If Ozzie Smith made the all star team every year then why the hell not Simmons? Both are pretty similar players to this point in their careers.
 
weso1 said:
If Ozzie Smith made the all star team every year then why the hell not Simmons? Both are pretty similar players to this point in their careers.
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The game has changed since then. When offense became a thing for SS then defense first SS took a back seat as far as All-star apperances go.
 
thewupk said:
The game has changed since then. When offense became a thing for SS then defense first SS took a back seat as far as All-star apperances go.
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But it's changed back. I would argue defense has never been valued more than it currently is, particularly at SS. Simmons should be an All-Star every year. His defense alone is worthy of it.
 
If he can keep his AVG around .270 with his defense he better be there. There's no SS in the game that is even remotely close to him defensively and with even a little offense, he's wayyyyy better.
 
smootness said:
But it's changed back. I would argue defense has never been valued more than it currently is, particularly at SS. Simmons should be an All-Star every year. His defense alone is worthy of it.
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I would agree with that.I just think the overall fan vote is going to put in the guy who is hitting really well at the time. There is no excuse for him to not be selected by the managers, etc though
 
How fortunate are we to get to see probably the best defensive shortstop in major league history almost every night, and also the beginnings of a manager who will go down as one of the all-time greats when all is said and done?
 
smootness said:
I wouldn't give up Simmons, when hitting like he currently is, for any player in baseball not named Mike Trout.

I believe he is, right now, better defensively than any player in baseball history, at any position.
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I am not sure if I consider him a better defensive player than Andruw was in his prime. But it's really close. Essentially a once in a generation defensive players.
 
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