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Question for ya....who didn't make this years All Star game that should have? I think Yelich and Viillar should have made it but otherwise both teams have the games best players.If the All-Star game actually had all the best players from each league playing each other (which they never do because of fan voting) I may not be so opposed to the idea.
I understand the reason why they did this, as it makes the All-Star game meaningful but I'd still rather have home field advantage be based on a regular season outcome.
I know I said "worst idea ever" (bit of an exaggeration) but in the end, it's not that big of a deal for me as my teams rarely ever make it anyways.
Question for ya....who didn't make this years All Star game that should have? I think Yelich and Viillar should have made it but otherwise both teams have the games best players.
Question for ya....who didn't make this years All Star game that should have? I think Yelich and Viillar should have made it but otherwise both teams have the games best players.
I'm a big fan of Springer, but I can't say that he deserves to be in the AS game over any of the selected outfielders. Your post shows how criminally underrated Beltran is, as he is on pace to have one of his best season of his long career. Nunez is also having an insanely under the radar season, as he is on pace for 20+ HR, 30+ 2B, 40+ SB, and a .320 BA. Usually 1 utility IF will be selected for each team as it gives managers more flexibility during the game, but Nunez is 1000% worthy of a selection this year. I'll assume you meant Alex Colome because you are talking about the AL team, I'm curious as to which relief pitcher you think deserves a spot over him? I know I'm coming off as a *****, but I think you need to check out some of these guys statistics instead of solely looking at names. I'll give you Vogt though, that one is a head scratcher....but it won't make a lick of difference in determining who wins the game.First of all, Springer was a terrible miss, and every year there are a couple. Alot of times a lesser player makes it just 'cuz he's the most worthy from a bad team. No way would Voght, Beltran, Colone, Nunez in just the AL should have made it over a better player who got snubbed. The NL has it pretty right this year, but that is the exception. Plus, those players are usually from lousier teams and shouldn't determine things for the better teams.
And none of that even addresses the problems with the best Starters missing the game simply because of their turn coming up on Sunday.
I'll put a friendly $5 bet on the NL team winning, even with those pitchers not playing in the game they still have the better overall staff IMO.Without even looking at stats Jake Lamb (leads NL in slg%, OPS, ISO, triples and many other advanced metrics) & George Springer (3.5 WAR) were both more deserving than many of the reserves (many whom are just chosen because every team must have a player on the team which is another ridiculous aspect of the All-Star game). The NL is full of Cubs players who are not close to being the best at their positions such as Ben Zobrist & Addison Russell. ALL the best NL pitchers will not be pitching for various reasons (Kershaw, Bumgarner, Syndergaard, Strasburg) which gives a massive advantage to the AL. With all these undeserving Cubs players and none of the best NL pitchers on the roster I don't see how the AL could possibly lose.
That's just off the top of my head, if I decided to check out the stats I'm sure I could point many other disappointments out.
I agree.I think home field should be determined by best regular season record, it only makes sense.
Without even looking at stats Jake Lamb (leads NL in slg%, OPS, ISO, triples and many other advanced metrics) & George Springer (3.5 WAR) were both more deserving than many of the reserves (many whom are just chosen because every team must have a player on the team which is another ridiculous aspect of the All-Star game). The NL is full of Cubs players who are not close to being the best at their positions such as Ben Zobrist & Addison Russell. ALL the best NL pitchers will not be pitching for various reasons (Kershaw, Bumgarner, Syndergaard, Strasburg) which gives a massive advantage to the AL. With all these undeserving Cubs players and none of the best NL pitchers on the roster I don't see how the AL could possibly lose.
That's just off the top of my head, if I decided to check out the stats I'm sure I could point many other disappointments out.