With the fans portion of All Star voting ending on Friday I figured I would debut my All Star team. I based my roster entirely on production and avoided putting players on the team simply because of name recognition. I also used last years All Star rosters as a blueprint choosing 33 total player per league (MLB added another pitcher to the roster for a total of 33 to help prevent a repeat of last years fiasco) with thirteen pitchers and twenty position players. And of course I was handcuffed by choosing one player from every team. All stats are as of 7-01-09. My AL roster looks like this:
First Base
*Mark Texieria New York
.275 20HR 60RBI 1SB .384OBP .568Slugg%
Miguel Cabrera Detroit
.331 16HR 47RBI 3SB .330OBP% .556Slugg%
Justin Morneau Minnesota
.309 19HR 64RBI 0SB .389OBP .574Slugg%
Kevin Youkilis Boston
.314 14HR 47RBI 4SB .439OBP .593Slugg%
Carlos Pena Tampa Bay
.238 23HR 55RBI 1SB .365OBP .550Slugg%
Second Base
*Aaron Hill, Toronto
.301 19HR 56RBI 3SB .341OBP .504Slugg%
Ian Kinsler, Texas
.267 19HR 51RBI 16SB .344OBP .521Slugg%
Third Base
*Evan Longoria Tampa Bay
.297 16HR 63RBI 2SB .377OBP .558Slugg%
Brandon Inge Detroit
.275 18HR 52RBI 2SB .367OBP .521Slugg%
Shortstop
*Jason Bartlett Tampa Bay
.362 7HR 36RBI 17SB .401OBP .560Slugg%
Derek Jeter New York
.307 9HR 32RBI 17SB .381OBP .451Slugg%
Catcher
*Joe Mauer, Minnesota
.392 14HR 44RBI 1SB .467OBP .667Slugg%
Victor Martinez, Cleveland
.313 14HR 57RBI .392OBP .522Slugg%
Outfielder
*Jason Bay, Boston
.262 19HR 62RBI 5SB .370OBP .535Slugg%
*Ichiro, Seattle
.373 6HR 18RBI 16SB .405OBP .500Slugg%
*Torii Hunter Los Angeles
.306 17HR 57RBI 12SB .384OBP .576Slugg%
Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay
.320 8HR 38RBI 40SB .377OBP .471Slugg%
Adam Jones, Baltimore
.305 12HR 44RBI 5SB .359OBP .509Slugg%
Nelson Cruz Texas
.262 19HR 57RBI 12SB .330OBP .532Slugg%
Jermaine Dye, Chicago
.295 18HR 48RBI 0SB .363OBP 571Slugg%
Starting Pitchers
*Zack Grienke, Kansas City
10-3 1.95ERA 114K’s 115.1IP
Roy Halladay, Toronto
10-2 2.56ERA 95K’s 105IP
Jared Weaver, Los Angeles
8-3 2.65ERA 85K’s 102IP
Justin Verlander, Detroit
8-4 3.54ERA 130K’s 109.1IP
Felix Hernandez, Seattle
8-3 2.54ERA 107K’s 109.2IP
Josh Beckett, Boston
9-3 3.67ERA 99K’s 105.1IP
Relief Pitchers
Jonathan Papelbon, Boston
1-1 20Saves 22SVO 1.80ERA 34K’s 35IP
Joe Nathan Minnesota
1-1 21Saves 23SVO 1.44ERA 39K’s 31.1IP
Brian Fuentes, Los Angeles
0-2 22Saves 25SVO 3.62ERA 30K’s 27.1IP
David Aardsma, Seattle
2-2 16Saves 17SVO 1.49ERA 46K’s 36.1IP
Andrew Bailey, Oakland
4-1 2.14ERA 54K’s 46.1IP
George Sherrill, Baltimore
0-1 1Saves 20SVO 2.51ERA 31K’s 31.1IP
Mariano Rivera, New York
1-2 19Saves 20SVO 2.84ERA 40K’s 31.2IP
*=Starter
Starting Lineup
RF Ichiro
CA Joe Mauer
LF Jason Bay
3B Evan Longoria
1B Mark Texieria
CF Torii Hunter
2B Aaron Hill
SS Jason Bartlett
SP Zack Grienke
Interesting Facts
Boston and Tampa Bay tied for the most players on the team with four.
Mark DeRosa would have made the team at third base but he was traded to St. Louis last week.
The AL has an unbelievable amount of power hitting first basemen.
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