All-Star Selections

[Mit]

Quite a bit of Rays on there. Good thing, too.

[chazmaniandevil]

no pablo? lol @ howard making it instead, manuels a bitch

[chazmaniandevil]

Dan Haren and Justin Upton ftw.

vote Mark Reynolds. Hes a monster

and hes only batting .269, and has a slugging percentage of .568, and has struck out over 100 times

sandoval is batting .333, has a slugging percentage of .566, and has only struck out 43 times

its a real no brainer to me

[FedEx227]

no pablo? lol @ howard making it instead, manuels a bitch

Pablo is on the Final Vote thing.

My vote is between him or Matt Kemp, not sure just yet.

[chazmaniandevil]

Pablo is on the Final Vote thing.

My vote is between him or Matt Kemp, not sure just yet.

ya hes the only other person i think deserves it, the team would have been perfect minus howard, and then kemp and sandoval were the last two

sandoval - .333BA in 279AB, 12HR, 44RBI, .388OBP, .566SLG

kemp - .303BA in 301AB, 10HR, 44RBI, .370OBP, .475SLG

truthfully, sandoval > kemp

[celtsxpatsxsox]

Sandoval should be on the team, I would even put him over wright.

[chazmaniandevil]

Sandoval should be on the team, I would even put him over wright.

sandoval does lead him in almost every offensive category, its ridiculous

[celtsxpatsxsox]

sandoval does lead him in almost every offensive category, its ridiculous

i have no idea why the NL has so many first basemen. Adam Dunn should of been the lone National and Sandoval should of been the backup third basemen.

[chazmaniandevil]

i have no idea why the NL has so many first basemen. Adam Dunn should of been the lone National and Sandoval should of been the backup third basemen.

howard shouldnt have made it, there were 3 better 1st baseman than him and i guess that was too hard for charlie manuel to swallow

[chazmaniandevil]

Mark Reynolds: 24 hrs, 61 rbi's, 53 runs, 13 SB

Pablo Sandoval: 12 hrs, 44 rbi's 37 runs, 3 SB

ill take the 60 points of batting average over all of that, your home run numbers mean nothing when you have the same slugging percentage, especially when you strike out over 200 times a year

sandoval has 23 doubles compared to reynolds' 16, and 3 triples compared to reynolds' 1, has a 2 to 1 k to bb ratio compared to reynolds' 3 to 1 ratio, sandoval also has a higher ops

to say reynolds is having a better season is pretty absurd

[FedEx227]

Reynolds: .269/.355/.562, 23 HR, 58 RBI, 133 OPS+
Sandoval: .333/.388/.566, 12 HR, 44 RBI, 148 OPS+

I'd take Sandoval too based of a higher OBP and a significantly higher OPS+ to counter his home ballpark.

[celtsxpatsxsox]

ill take the 60 points of batting average over all of that, your home run numbers mean nothing when you have the same slugging percentage, especially when you strike out over 200 times a year

sandoval has 23 doubles compared to reynolds' 16, and 3 triples compared to reynolds' 1, has a 2 to 1 k to bb ratio compared to reynolds' 3 to 1 ratio, sandoval also has a higher ops

to say reynolds is having a better season is pretty absurd

Sandoval's AVG with RISP is almost .60 pts higher and his avg with RISP/2 outs is almost .100 pts higher. Although those arent major stats to go by when choosing an all star I think they can be looked

[chazmaniandevil]

Mark Reynolds is a run producer though. Those extra doubles and triples really havent helped his RBI's. Any which way you put it, one or the other should of been making the backup 3B and the other should get the Final Vote. The votes of Ryan Howard and/or Adrian Gonzalez were jokes saying Reynolds has done better than both of them. Take one or both of them away and your have Sandoval/Reynolds as all stars.

gonzalez > sandoval > howard = reynolds

[FedEx227]

Mark Reynolds is a run producer though. Those extra doubles and triples really havent helped his RBI's.

As has his position in the lineup and how well those around him have done.

Never use RBIs when trying to argue players on different teams. It becomes a completely worthless stat.

[chazmaniandevil]

Saying Reynolds doesnt deserve to be an allstar is unfair as well though to. The fact that the Diamonbacks are playing so poorly might make it skeptical to have 3 all stars but he is having a career year and deserves it.
The fact that he will probally put up 40 hrs, 100 rbis, 100 runs, 20 sb and with a possible .270 average that is pretty deserving

no, he isnt deserving, because there are more people that deserve it more