2006 All-Star Game Ballot: Who ya got?

[sears3820]

The starting lineups will be revealed tomorrow on the Major League Baseball All-Star Game Selection Show presented by Chevrolet, to be aired live on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET.

What's your starting lineup and 32-man roster look like? Try and represent every team with at least one All-Star selection. I don't envy Ozzie Guillen or Phil Garner. It's tough leaving some very deserving players off the list.

NOTE: I tried like hell to put someone from Kansas City on the AL squad, but couldn't do it.

NL:

C- Johnny Estrada (Arizona Diamondbacks)
1B- Lance Berkman (Houston Astros)
2B- Chase Utley (Philadelphia Phillies)
SS- Joes Reyes (New York Mets)
3B- David Wright (New York Mets)
OF- Matt Holliday (Colorado Rockies)
OF- Alfonso Soriano (Washington Nationals)
OF- Carlos Lee (Milwaukee Brewers)
SP- Bronson Arroyo (Cincinnati Reds)

Reserves-

C- Mike Piazza (San Diego Padres)
1B- Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals)
1B- Ryan Howard (Philadelphia Phillies)
1B- Prince Fielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
2B- Dan Uggla (Florida Marlins)
SS- Edgar Renteria (Atlanta Braves)
3B- Scott Rolen (St. Louis Cardinals)
3B- Migule Cabrera (Florida Marlins)
OF- Jason Bay (Pttsburgh Pirates)
OF- Carlos Beltran (New York Mets)
OF- Andruw Jones (Atlanta Braves)
OF- Ken Griffey Jr. (Cincinnati Reds)

SP- Brandon Webb (Arizona Diamondbacks)
SP-Jason Schmidt (San Francisco Giants)
SP-Carlos Zambrano (Chicago Cubs)
SP- Tom Glavine (New York Mets)
SP- Chris Capuano (Milwaukee Brewers)
SP- Brad Penny (Los Angeles Dodgers)
SP- Chris Carpenter (St. Louis Padres)
RP- Tom Gordon (Philadelphia Phillies)
RP- Jason Isringhausen (St. Louis Cardinals)
RP- Derrick Turnbow (Milwaukee Brewers)
RP- Trevor Hoffman (San Diego Padres)



AL:

C- Joe Mauer (Minnesota Twins)
1B- Paul Konerko (Chicago White Sox)
2B- Mark Loretta (Boston Red Sox)
SS- Miguel Tejada (Baltimore Orioles)
3B- Troy Glaus (Toronto Blue Jays)
OF- Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle Mariners)
OF- Manny Ramirez (Boston Red Sox)
OF- Vernon Wells (Toronto Blue Jays)
SP- Johan Santana (Minnesota Twins)

Reserves-

C- Ramon Hernandez (Baltimore Orioles)
1B- Jason Giambi (New York Yankees)
1B- Jim Thome (Chicago White Sox)
1B- David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox)
1B-Travis Hafner (Cleveland Indians)
2B- Tadahito Iguchi (Chicago White Sox)
SS- Derek Jeter (New York Yankees)
SS- Michael Young (Texas Rangers)
3B- Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees)
OF- Carl Crawford (Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
OF- Grady Sizemore (Cleveland Indians)
OF- Vladimir Guerrero ( Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)
OF- Nick Swisher (Oakland Athletics)

SP- Roy Halladay (Toronto Blue Jays)
SP- Curt Schilling (Boston Red Sox)
SP- Mike Mussina (New York Yankees)
SP- Justin Verlander (Detroit Tigers)
SP- Jose Contreras (Chicago White Sox)
SP- Mark Buerhle (Chicago White Sox)
RP- Jonathan Papelbon (Boston Red Sox)
RP- BJ Ryan (Toronto Blue Jays)
RP- Bobby Jenks (Chicago White Sox)
RP- Francisco Rodriguez (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)

Noteable Omissions:

NL- Carlos Delgado, Brad Hawpe, Pat Burrell, Jimmy Rollins, Bobby Abreu, Adam Dunn, Nomar Garciaparra, Aaron Harang, Pedro Martinez, Chris Young, Josh Johnson

AL- Justin Morneau, Victor Martinez, Jermaine Dye, Raul Ibanez, Curtis Granderson, Kevin, Youkilis, Lyle Overbay, Jose Lopez, Magglio Ordonez, Johnny Damon, Gary Matthews, Kenny Rogers, Kris Benson, Francisco Liriano, Scott Kazmir, Nate Robertson, Chris Ray, Mariano Rivera

 

[The Man]

your NL looks good, but I disagree with your AL. Hafner should be omitted for Morneau, Contreras should be the AL starter, Kenny Rogers should be in over Buerhle. No way the Tigers should only have one player on the AL team, Ordonez, Pudge or one of the pitchers (Zumaya, Rodney, Robertson, Bonderman) should be on there along with Verlander.

 

[sears3820]

It could have went wither way with Buehrle and Rogers. I gave the slight edge to Buerhle because his ERA was 0.50 lower. It was a tough call.

Hafner gets in over Morneau based on scoring 20 more runs than Morneau and having a significantly higher BA, OPS, OBP, & SLG. That was a pretty easy pick.

As far as the starter goes, Santana toes the rubber because he leads the AL in Ks and ERA. Contreras' ERA is nearly a full run higher than Santana's. Santana's WHIP & BAA are also better. Not to say Contreras isn't deserving, I just don't see it over Santana.

As for the other Tigers I omitted, I couldn't come up with enough of an argument for them to bump someone from my list.

Rodney and Zumaya have been great in their setup roles, I just can't for the life of me include these guys on an all-star squad. Mike Timlin gets the nod over either of those guys if I had.

You could easily make an all-star team out of just the Tigers, White Sox, & Red Sox and feel like every guy on that deserved to be there.

They need to expand the rosters!!!!

 

[sears3820]

Starting Lineups:

NL-

C- Paul LoDuca (New York Mets)
1B- Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals)
2B- Chase Utley (Philadelphia Phillies)
SS- Joes Reyes (New York Mets)
3B- David Wright (New York Mets)
OF- Jason Bay (Pittsburgh Pirates)
OF- Carlos Beltran (New York Mets)
OF- Alfonso Soriano (Washington Nationals)

Reserves-

1B- Lance Berkman (Houston Astros)
1B Ryan Howard (Philadelphia Phillies)
2B- Dan Uggla (Florida Marlins)
3B- Miguel Cabrera (Florida Marlins)
3B- Freddy Sanchez (Pittsburgh Pirates)
3B- Scott Rolen (St. Louis Cardinals)
SS- Edgar Renteria (Atlanta Braves)
C- Brian McCann (Atlanta Braves)
OF- Andruw Jones (Atlanta Braves)
OF- Matt Holliday (Colorado Rockies)
OF- Carlos Lee (Milwaukee Brewers)

SP- Carlos Zambrano (Chicago Cubs)
SP- Bronson Arroyo (Cincinnati Reds)
SP- Brad Penny (Los Angeles Dodgers)
SP- Tom Glavine (New York Mets)
SP- Pedro Martinez (New York Mets)
SP- Chris Carpenter (St. Louis Cardinals)
SP- Jason Schmidt (San Francisco Giants)

RP- Brian Fuentes (Colorado Rockies)
RP- Derrick Turnbow (Milwaukee Brewers)
RP- Tom Gordon (Philadelphia Phillies)
RP- Trevor Hoffman (San Diego Padres)

AL-

C- Ivan Rodriguez (Detroit Tigers)
1B- David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox)
2B- Mark Loretta (Boston Red Sox)
SS- Derek Jeter (New York Yankees)
3B- Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees)
OF- Manny Ramirez (Boston Red Sox)
OF- Vladimir Guerrero (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)
OF- Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle Mariners)

Reserves-

1B- Paul Konerko (Chicago White Sox)
1B- Jim Thome (Chicago White Sox)
2B Robinson Cano (New York Yankees)
2B- Jose Lopez (Seattle Mariners)
SS- Miguel Tejada (Baltimore Orioles)
SS- Michael Young (Texas Rangers)
C- Joe Mauer (Minnesota Twins)
OF- Jermaine Dye (Chicago White Sox)
OF- Alex Rios (Toronto Blue Jays)
OF- Gary Matthews Jr. (Texas Rangers)
OF- Grady Sizemore (Cleveland Indians)
OF- Vernon Wells (Toronto Blue Jays)

SP- Mark Buehrle (Chicago White Sox)
SP- Jose Contreras (Chicago White Sox)
SP- Roy Halladay (Toronto Blue Jays)
SP- Scott Kazmir (Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
SP- Mark Redman (Kansas City Royals)
SP- Kenny Rogers (Detroit Tigers)
SP- Johan Santana (Minnesota Twins)
SP- Barry Zito (Oakland A's)

RP- Jonathan Papelbon (Boston Red Sox)
RP- BJ Ryan (Toronto Blue Jays)
RP- Bobby Jenks (Chicago White Sox)
RP- Mariano Rivera (New York Yankees)

 

[TheStoicPaisano]

Please, vote for Hafner on the 32nd man vote because Guillen had to take both Konerko and Thome, both putting up worse numbers than Pronk. Inexcusable that he isn't all-star.

 

[sears3820]

It's a crock of shit too that Kansas City has to have a guy on the squad.

Mark Redman being selected meant that guys like Curt Schilling, Mike Mussina, Jeremey Bonderman, and Justin Verlander (who deserved to be there), got snubbed.

 

[tibor75]

The MLB all star has always been a joke. It's a farce that this game actually decides something "real" down the line. How can you get away with the little leagueish rule that every team must be represented?

 

[sears3820]

Just do the Home Run Derby and call it a day.

The best moment from all-star game history, the 2002 game ending in a tie.

All of a sudden we're fucking soccer or hockey? Good call Bud.

 

[Zurp]

It's a crock of shit too that Kansas City has to have a guy on the squad.

Mark Redman being selected meant that guys like Curt Schilling, Mike Mussina, Jeremey Bonderman, and Justin Verlander (who deserved to be there), got snubbed.

Ugh.. things like this make me sick, too. Mark Redman doesn't deserve to be there. I mean, I don't follow baseball well enough to know how good the guy is. Or even well enough to know how good those other four guys are. But one guy taking the place of four other players? That's absolutely ubsurd.

Relax. For as many people whining about the selections, there are that many people whining that the all-star game is boring and meaningless. So it all evens out in the end.