AMERICAN LEAGUEC: Salvador Perez, Royals1B: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers2B: Jose Altuve, Astros3B: Josh Donaldson, Blue JaysSS: Alcides Escobar, RoyalsOF: Mike Trout, AngelsOF: Lorenzo Cain, RoyalsOF: Alex Gordon, RoyalsDH: Nelson Cruz, Mariners
NATIONAL LEAGUEC: Buster Posey, Giants1B: Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs2B: Dee Gordon, Marlins3B: Todd Frazier, RedsSS: Jhonny Peralta, CardinalsOF: Bryce Harper, NationalsOF: Matt Holliday, CardinalsOF: Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins
When will they kill this stupid voting thing?
― Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Monday, 6 July 2015 14:47 (eight years ago) link
several of these players are on the DL, too
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 6 July 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link
who cares? it's a stupid game, let the stupid fans vote.
the WS homefield determination is an abomination though.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 July 2015 14:51 (eight years ago) link
Most of those are perfectly good choices.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 6 July 2015 15:03 (eight years ago) link
matt holliday above joc pederson and mccutchen (and many others) was pretty bad
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 6 July 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link
i'm fine on withholding this perk from Pederson no matter how good the first half of his rookie season is. hopefully McCutchen will get to start.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 July 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
They've been having Pederson hit down in the lineup sometimes, which is more of an RBI position. I mean, it's great that he has a lot of walks when he's hitting first or second in the lineup, but not so much if he's hitting sixth or seventh. (He has two stolen bases, by the way.) I'm not sure that his ability to draw walks is sustainable as pitchers consider how to pitch him either. He's batting .234.
― timellison, Monday, 6 July 2015 18:52 (eight years ago) link
his wRC+ is 146
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 6 July 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, July 6, 2015 11:04 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lagares too (or is he on the mets injury roll rn)
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 6 July 2015 18:58 (eight years ago) link
*too, in particular
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 6 July 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
there is debate on whether he needs TJ surgery, bleeve it or not
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
gahdamnit! i hadn't heard about that.
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
kinda think both shortstop picks are kinda undeserving, but hope that at least they rectify that by picking xander bogaerts as a reserve. better than escobar in slash line, WAR and fielding percentage, worse but by fairly negligible amounts in dWAR, DRS
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:09 (eight years ago) link
Most sure, but I see 4 pretty questionable ones
- Perez over Vogt, Martin- Escobar over... shit, I don't know, AL SS suck... Reyes, Bogaerts, maybe even Miller- Gordon/Cain over Bautista, Martinez, Gardner, Springer, Brantley, etc.- Holliday over Cutch, Braun, Pollock, Pederson, etc.
sure the game's stupid, but the "X-time all-star" is brought up so often that it's lame to see guys who should probably be there (and may never even get another chance) get shafted because apparently KC is 4chan or something.
(xxp)
― Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:33 (eight years ago) link
I think he had a good first half. That's a stat that I think reflects his 56 walks, though. The two issues I expressed with regard to his walks are not wiped away by that stat, I don't think.
― timellison, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
AL SS kinda underwhelming, i voted Iglesias xxp
the "X-time all-star" is brought up so often
mute mute mute. 10 minutes of Harold Reynolds this weekend reaffirmed that.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
not really sure NL shortstops are particularly hot either, i voted tulo i think
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
as much as it doesn't matter, it matters. i'm not just talking about announcers, i am also talking about the stuff teams put in their promotional material to sell tickets. a casual fan understands "5-time all-star" more than "a 5-year triple-slash line of .335/.418/.586."
― Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
yeah so let em think what they want to, like 'cycles' are important.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:56 (eight years ago) link
brandon crawford had a very good first half
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 July 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link
NL reserve contingent is p solid, cutch to start
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 6 July 2015 23:09 (eight years ago) link
Waht, 12 dingers already.
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
b-ref has him fourth in NL position-player WAR (behind harper, goldy and posey)
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 July 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
BROCK HOLT, all-star
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 July 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
ugh
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 6 July 2015 23:50 (eight years ago) link
xander is way more deserving, but a dipshit like ned yost is obviously gonna jack off to the utility player pedigree
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 6 July 2015 23:51 (eight years ago) link
u can still vote for xander
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 July 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link
i'm just guessing deGrom is the only Met
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link
Stephen Vogt@SVogt1229So honored and excited to be named an MLB all star. This is a day I could have never dreamed of. Thanks to all who have believed in me!
<3
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 July 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link
familia made the NL final vote ballot (as did xander for the AL) which I guess you vote on through twitter xp
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 6 July 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
yadi didn't deserve it tbh
aj burnett's first all-star game!
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 00:13 (eight years ago) link
bummed about the lack of infante
― qualx, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 05:50 (eight years ago) link
Kershaw being in the 'last vote' is insulting
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 10:52 (eight years ago) link
Both Kluber and Kershaw have roughly the same peripherals as last year, and both might miss the ASG!
I have no clue why each team needs to have five relievers, yeah, relievers are people too and want to be All Stars but these are the picks that look dumb in five years time when nobody will remember who they are.
There are always a few players who get injured or held back by their teams because they pitched on the weekend before the ASG, so I'm sure Kershaw will find a way in somehow.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link
Bryant added; no A-Rod
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
cueto, moustakas leading final vote thing
kershaw 4th in the NL
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link
well he's been so horrible this year
ASG is best ignored, just root for yr least fave players' injuries if you must.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJfNlffUMAEq_Fm.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link
the logo for CougarLife resembles, if you squint, a horrified person with tears running down both cheeks
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
obv that nude batting-stance photo in the Body Issue helped
p sure the gay bear vote would go similarly
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/dmYsUGB.jpg
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link
"Cubworthy"?! this may be the creepiest thing ever.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 9 July 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
my brain wasn't parsing it at all. it refused. it was like "but he doesn't play for chicago."
― Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Thursday, 9 July 2015 18:40 (eight years ago) link
brett gardner to replace alex gordon
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 July 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
no kershaw.. f this s
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 10 July 2015 22:55 (eight years ago) link
if it helps any carlos martinez is the most fun cardinal player since...i can't actually think of another one
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 July 2015 22:58 (eight years ago) link
Since Scott Rolen!
― :wq (Leee), Friday, 10 July 2015 23:00 (eight years ago) link
http://mlb.mlb.com/images/1/9/4/135345194/070715_stl_duck_on_field_med_fix_0lu8gnv0.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/qvWy8AR.gifhttp://38.media.tumblr.com/45586351e84f74a1c69bc78ee6fbbf80/tumblr_mv8dvpPQxK1rrjuxno1_400.gif
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 July 2015 23:05 (eight years ago) link
so everyone's an official 'all-star' right? the guys who were voted in but are hurt, the guys replacing them, the guys who are pitching sunday and therefore ineligible, etc. etc. makes at least 80 of them i guess
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 July 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
no kershaw.. f this s --panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries)
otm
― slothroprhymes, Saturday, 11 July 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link
@AdamRubinESPN Am told by MLB that Clayton Kershaw was Bruce Bochy's pick, not off a player voting list.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 July 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
Dee Gordon sitting, dislocated thumb
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 July 2015 11:53 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJ0AGciWIAAkMfo.jpg
― Andy K, Monday, 13 July 2015 17:58 (eight years ago) link
why is aj burnett hanging out with the quiet kid from the krispy kreme rap videos
― Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Monday, 13 July 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link
Keuchel starts for AL
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 July 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
Matt Sussman, BP: "Hector Santiago is the first Hector ever to make an All-Star game, and perhaps the first time you realized Hector Santiago was on the Angels."
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 July 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
and it's Greinke for the NL
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 July 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
are we grooving pitches to anyone in particular this year?
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 July 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
pujols maybe - you'd think it's gotta be an old
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 13 July 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
maybe stinky pete will pinch hit
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 July 2015 21:32 (eight years ago) link
it took a full 19 minutes for berman to say backackackackackack I admire his restraint
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
Fuck Machado has a punchable face.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 01:00 (eight years ago) link
I like the new format.
― dart scar rashes (WilliamC), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 01:02 (eight years ago) link
wow that could not have gone any better for mlb.
i was skeptical but the clock plus the head to head is pretty fun.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 02:35 (eight years ago) link
yeah it was def more entertaining this way
~jersey stand up~
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 02:35 (eight years ago) link
whatd i miss, besides batting practice?
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 03:23 (eight years ago) link
i was working quiz at the pub & between rounds i was sidled up @ the bar yelling and cheering which i have never done during the old boring home run derbies, this was fun as hell
― Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 05:15 (eight years ago) link
DJ LeMahieu at 2b, batting ninth
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
im shocked this worked out actually.. especially when they were changing the rules hours before the event because they were worried about rain
also glad my boy joc showed up.., the dodgers hr derby record before him was set at 5 by hee seop muthafuckin choi
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
so is Bonds going to be there as part of the Giants' living Fantastic 4 or whatever it's called? Reds crowd booing him & cheering Rose wd be a larf.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
anyone have a feed that doesnt poop out after 5 mins like firstrow?
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 00:24 (eight years ago) link
how the fresh hell is verducci in this booth
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 00:37 (eight years ago) link
p cool for trout to do that
― velcoro pharmacy & provisions (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 00:44 (eight years ago) link
and no idea xp but he restrains some of reynolds's dipshittery
posey's gold plated mask is corny as fuck
― velcoro pharmacy & provisions (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 01:17 (eight years ago) link
deGrom = STUD
even tho his victims don't rank with Carl Hubbell's
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 03:22 (eight years ago) link
the announcers even described him as a stud iirc
he's crazy good
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 03:26 (eight years ago) link
watching chapman never gets old
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 03:30 (eight years ago) link
103 mph, it's just not fair
― velcoro pharmacy & provisions (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 03:33 (eight years ago) link
sounds like a fast gun
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 03:35 (eight years ago) link
oh stop it
― velcoro pharmacy & provisions (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 03:37 (eight years ago) link
was it on fox? they always have a fast gun
― qualx, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 03:45 (eight years ago) link
with so many people watching though (and paying money for it in many cases), a fast gun really stands out
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 03:46 (eight years ago) link
i mean i used to be really indignant about it cause i assumed they were juicing the mph to make baseball sexier or w/e, but they've been upfront about it in broadcasts before
― qualx, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 03:47 (eight years ago) link
variable larfs
http://www.royalsreview.com/2015/7/15/8966585/every-teams-real-franchise-four
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 July 2015 12:38 (eight years ago) link