maybe they should call this the best of the AL EAST?? With the exception of ichiro and vlad, every other current starter is either a Red Sox, Yankee or Oriole.

 

Results as of June 6:

 

1st Base

Player Name Team Total Votes

1. Martinez, T. Yankees 473,844

2. Millar, K. Red Sox 332,888

3. Konerko, P. White Sox 293,405

4. Teixeira, M. Rangers 272,032

5. Sexson, R. Mariners 201,264

 

 

2nd Base

Player Name Team Total Votes

1. Roberts, B. Orioles 629,574

2. Soriano, A. Rangers 587,083

3. Bellhorn, M. Red Sox 276,636

4. Womack, T. Yankees 220,773

5. Boone, B. Mariners 131,258

 

 

Shortstop

Player Name Team Total Votes

1. Tejada, M. Orioles 713,587

2. Jeter, D. Yankees 587,109

3. Renteria, E. Red Sox 391,683

4. Guillen, C. Tigers 126,621

5. Young, M. Rangers 115,573

 

 

3rd Base

Player Name Team Total Votes

1. Rodriguez, A. Yankees 860,958

2. Mueller, B. Red Sox 314,350

3. Mora, M. Orioles 216,709

4. Beltre, A. Mariners 192,449

5. Blalock, H. Rangers 169,975

 

 

Catcher

Player Name Team Total Votes

1. Varitek, J. Red Sox 633,959

2. Rodriguez, I. Tigers 472,364

3. Posada, J. Yankees 350,969

4. Lopez, J. Orioles 239,847

5. Mauer, J. Twins 139,352

 

 

Designated Hitter

Player Name Team Total Votes

1. Ortiz, D. Red Sox 958,811

2. Giambi, J. Yankees 248,540

3. Palmeiro, R. Orioles 244,258

4. Young, D. Tigers 184,251

5. Thomas, F. White Sox 126,590

 

 

Outfield

Player Name Team Total Votes

1. Ramirez, M. Red Sox 758,904

2. Suzuki, I. Mariners 707,654

3. Guerrero, V. Angels 695,246

4. Damon, J. Red Sox 609,597

5. Sheffield, G. Yankees 516,140

6. Matsui, H. Yankees 431,461

7. Nixon, T. Red Sox 304,906

8. Hunter, T. Twins 296,150

9. Sosa, S. Orioles 289,719

10. Williams, B. Yankees 234,305

11. Podsednik, S. White Sox 187,533

12. Anderson, G. Angels 137,652

13. Finley, S. Angels 130,336

14. Jones, J. Twins 110,101

15. Dye, J. White Sox 97,566

Least were not the only good team with no All-Stars.

Dmitri Young is getting the shaft at DH, and Manny should not be in the OF.

 

Otherwise, hard to argue with those selections.

I'd rather our guys rested. I stopped watching the AS game a long time ago.

I can't even remember when I stopped caring about the All-Star game.

Dmitri Young is getting the shaft at DH, and Manny should not be in the OF.

 

Otherwise, hard to argue with those selections.

1st base. Texiera should be starting. Tino's numbers don't compare. Not to mention Vlad and Ichiro in the outfield. Vlad's numbers are way down this year plus he's hurt and Ichiro is only batting .310. Neither of them should be starting. Damon should start in the outfield.

does pujols still have twice the votes as D. Lee???

any NL updates?

Edited June 6, 200520 yr by Melissa1334

any NL updates?

 

tomorrow.

tomorrow.

10-4...

My 2005 All Star Starters as I would pick them as of 06.06.05:

 

American League

 

1B - Mark Teixeira

2B - Brian Roberts

SS - Miguel Tejada

3B - Alex Rodriguez

C - Jason Varitek

DH - David Ortiz

OF - Gary Sheffield

OF - Johnny Damon

OF - Torii Hunter

 

The third Outfield spot is a tough choice between Torii Hunter, Manny Ramirez, Ichiro Suzuki and Vladimir Guerrero. Vlad Guerrero's numbers are down in all categories, Ichiro is only batting .310 and Torii Hunter is about equal with Manny. Manny has 4 more HRs and 9 more RBIs but Torii Hunter has 11 more SBs and 12 more points on his batting average. Torii Hunter's excellent defense pushes him past Manny. I know that's 7 AL East players but I think they deserve it.

The entire starting line-ups for both the Yankees and Red Sox are somewhere in the top 5 of each category. The Orioles' starting line-up is somewhere in there besides 2 OF spots and 1B. That's disgusting. :headshake

My 2005 All Star Starters as I would pick them as of 06.06.05:

 

American League

 

1B - Mark Teixeira

2B - Brian Roberts

SS - Miguel Tejada

3B - Alex Rodriguez

C - Jason Varitek

DH - David Ortiz

OF - Gary Sheffield

OF - Johnny Damon

OF - Torii Hunter

 

The third Outfield spot is a tough choice between Torii Hunter, Manny Ramirez, Ichiro Suzuki and Vladimir Guerrero. Vlad Guerrero's numbers are down in all categories, Ichiro is only batting .310 and Torii Hunter is about equal with Manny. Manny has 4 more HRs and 9 more RBIs but Torii Hunter has 11 more SBs and 12 more points on his batting average. Torii Hunter's excellent defense pushes him past Manny. I know that's 7 AL East players but I think they deserve it.

f*** torii hunter, i hope i never see him in an all star game. im gonna be laughing when pujols is ahead of dlee in the standings

f*** torii hunter, i hope i never see him in an all star game. im gonna be laughing when pujols is ahead of dlee in the standings

 

 

You may be laughing, but no player deserves to go more than Lee. He's winning the NL Triple Crown right now.

Edited June 6, 200520 yr by robinventura23

f*** torii hunter, i hope i never see him in an all star game. im gonna be laughing when pujols is ahead of dlee in the standings

I tried to use no bias and go strickly on who deserves to be there. Derek Lee should start at 1st base for the NL but it's not a huge upset having Albert Pujols start over him considering how Pujols has been arguably the best player in baseball since he broke into the league.

Not many outfielders with all star numbers so far.

 

Damon

Sheffield

and one of Hunter or Crawford

 

would be my choices.

 

Hunter .267avg 7 HR 34 RBI 14 SB

Crawford .277avg 5 HR 32 RBI 15 SB

 

After much deliberation, I've made a decision..

 

 

..f*** Hunter. Crawford it is.

Not many outfielders with all star numbers so far.

 

Damon

Sheffield

and one of Hunter or Crawford

 

would be my choices.

 

Hunter .267avg 7 HR 34 RBI 14 SB

Crawford .277avg 5 HR 32 RBI 15 SB

 

After much deliberation, I've made a decision..

..f*** Hunter. Crawford it is.

I saw the same. I was looking through some of the best outfielders in the bigs this year when I noticed that all the best outfielders are in the National League. There are like 5 viable outfielders in the AL.

 

National League

Bobby Abreu

Carlos Lee

Miguel Cabrera

Cliff Floyd

Brady Clark

Adam Dunn

Milton Bradley

Luis Gonzalez

Jason Bay

Brian Giles

Jim Edmonds

J.D. Drew

Pat Burrell

 

American League

Gary Sheffield

Carl Crawford

Manny Ramirez

Torii Hunter

Johnny Damon

Ichiro Suzuki

Scott Podsednik

Vernon Wells

Manny has better numbers than Torii and it's not particularly close.

Manny has better numbers than Torii and it's not particularly close.

It depends on how much stock you take into SBs and Defense.

It depends on how much stock you take into SBs and Defense.

Or HR, RBI, BB, OBP, SLG, OPS, R

Dmitri Young is getting the shaft at DH, and Manny should not be in the OF.

 

Otherwise, hard to argue with those selections.

 

Dude, Ortiz's #s put Young's to shame.

 

Also, agreed on Johnny Damon and Teixera. They should both be starters.

Personally I think Garret Anderson needs consideration in the OF, doesn't walk much but all his other numbers are more than solid.