2022 All Star Finalists

[bravesfanforlife88]

American League:
C: Alejandro Kirk, Jose Trevino
1B: Vlad Guerrero Jr, Ty France
2B: Jose Altuve, Santiago Espinal
3B: Jose Ramirez, Rafael Devers
SS: Bo Bichette, Tim Anderson
OF: Mike Trout, George Springer, Giancarlo Stanton, Lourdes Gurriel Jr
DH: Yordan Alvarez, Shohei Ohtani

National League:
C: Willson Contreras, Travis d'Arnaud
1B: Paul Goldschmidt, Pete Alonso
2B: Ozzie Albies, Jazz Chisholm Jr
3B: Manny Machado, Nolan Arenado
SS: Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson
OF: Mookie Betts, Joc Pederson, Starling Marte, Adam Duvall (wtf?)
DH: Bryce Harper, William Contreras


Aaron Judge and Ronald Acuna Jr received the most votes in each league, giving them a guaranteed starting spot.

Voting off the provided list will determine the rest of the line up

 

[thewupk]

With Harper injured? Does William get the nod?

Kind of shocked Acuna got the most votes with him not playing the first month.

 

[bravesfanforlife88]

With Harper injured? Does William get the nod?

Kind of shocked Acuna got the most votes with him not playing the first month.

My guess is that Harper gets voted in but obviously won't get to play. So Contreras would be his alternate.

 

[Hudson2]

Never would of thought Contreras would be an all star before the season. Him hitting like he has makes Shea getting traded not sting so much.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Now we get to hear all star Duvall can’t be benched or can’t be platooned. Chip will have a field day

 

[Enscheff]

NL OFers as a whole are pretty awful.

 

[thewupk]

Now we get to hear all star Duvall can’t be benched or can’t be platooned. Chip will have a field day

Duvall isn't going to get voted in.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Duvall isn't going to get voted in.

then he will use potential all star.. you know he will use it somehow.

 

[VirginiaBrave]

With the amount of time missed, it's a crime Acuna is going and Riley is not.

 

[bravesfanforlife88]

NL OFers as a whole are pretty awful.

I get Acuna, Betts, and Pederson this year.....but Duvall?

That is just a straight popularity contest where the Braves fans vote multiple times. Never been a big fan of that.

Players should vote the whole roster.

 

[Enscheff]

I get Acuna, Betts, and Pederson this year.....but Duvall?

That is just a straight popularity contest where the Braves fans vote multiple times. Never been a big fan of that.

Players should vote the whole roster.

This is why no serious baseball people give a damn about the all star game, or who is called an "all star". It is beyond meaningless.

 

[thewupk]

With the amount of time missed, it's a crime Acuna is going and Riley is not.

Well Acuna is one of the most popular players in the sport. Not surprising he's gonna get votes. And based on merit it's no surprise that Riley isn't a finalist at 3B. Machado and Arenado are both a tier about Riley.

 

[thewupk]

then he will use potential all star.. you know he will use it somehow.

Your first problem is listening to Chip

 

[VirginiaBrave]

Well Acuna is one of the most popular players in the sport. Not surprising he's gonna get votes. And based on merit it's no surprise that Riley isn't a finalist at 3B. Machado and Arenado are both a tier about Riley.

As far as being deserving to go and carrying his team Riley deserves a spot. Maybe somebody won't go and he will get the spot.

 

[jpx7]

This is why no serious baseball people give a damn about the all star game, or who is called an "all star". It is beyond meaningless.

It's literally a popularity contest. So it's a good measure of who is popular.

As far as what we can draw from the results: it's really great that Acuña is so well-liked across the sport. And it's great that the Braves, as a whole, are popular enough to see a player like Duvall make it to the "finals" in a year with a relatively weak OF mix.

 

[thewupk]

As far as being deserving to go and carrying his team Riley deserves a spot. Maybe somebody won't go and he will get the spot.

I'd argue that Riley is deserving of a spot. We'll see how it shakes out.

 

[Nerfherders]

It's interesting how the fans showed up to get Braves in, but not at 1B and 3B? Curious.

 

[MadduxFanII]

With the amount of time missed, it's a crime Acuna is going and Riley is not.

Counterpoint: Acuna is incredibly cool and Riley isn't, so it's a fair cop.

 

[Slippyjms]

Interesting how neither Freemen or Olson made the cut

 

[thewupk]

It's interesting how the fans showed up to get Braves in, but not at 1B and 3B? Curious.

Olson was actually 4th among after 1B after Freddie. Lots of mixed emotions there I am sure. I have no doubt that if Freeman was still a Brave that he would of been 2nd in the voting for 1B. Riley was actually 3rd among 3B. But Arenado and Machado are such stars that's it's no surprise those 2 got the top 2 spots. They are having great years too.