My All-Star Roster: Wade

Wade's All-Star Roster

It is that time of the year again.  All Star selections have been made and the debating has begun.  Here at the Full Count we love to get into the action and we have decided for each of us to pick our own all star teams.  

So let the debating begin and let us know where we went wrong and feel free to leave us your comments on who is on your team 

American League Starters Reserves Pitchers C Joe Mauer C Jason Castro P Max Scherzer 1B Chris Davis 1B Prince Fielder P Chris Sale 2B Dustin Pedoria 2B Robinson Cano P Bartolo Colon SS Jhonny Peralta 2B Jason Kipnis P Matt Moore 3B Miguel Cabrera SS JJ Hardy P Felix Hernandez OF Mike Trout 3B Manny Machado P Yu Darvish OF Adam Jones 3B Josh Donaldson P Hisashi Iwakuma OF Nelson Cruz 3B Adrian Beltre P Mariano Rivera DH David Ortiz OF Jose Bautista P Joe Nathan OF Alex Gordon P Grant Balfour OF Jacoby Ellsbury P Glen Perkins DH Edwin Encarnacion P Jesse Crain* P Clay Bucholtz*

At first glance, I would say my team mirrors team that was picked by fans, players and coaches.  Josh Donaldson was the biggest snub of the All-Star game, hands down and he makes my team as a back up third basemen.  Third Base is deep in the American League as I was struggling to try to find a way to get Evan Longoria on my roster as well.  Adrian Beltre makes my roster because, well, I think he is a badass.  Jacoby Ellsbury is a stud and makes my roster as well.  He has battled injuries the past few years, but he is back performing this year and leading the majors in stolen bases.  I am a Torii Hunter fan, but he does not deserve the selection ahead of Ellsbury in my opinion.  Now, I only put 2 catchers on my roster because I did not feel that Salvador Perez had the counting numbers to deserve the selection.   The pitchers were pretty easy for me and although I do not agree with middle relievers making the roster, but Jesse Crain has had the best season a middle reliever could have.   Clay Bucholtz also makes my roster.  Both are sidelined by injuries so my replacements would have to be Justin Verlander and Brett Cecil.  Justin Masterson is the pitcher I left off for the Matt Moore.  I think this is a fair trade off and Matt Moore deserves the nod ahead of Masterson.

National League Starters Reserves Pitchers C Yadier Molina C Buster Posey SP Matt Harvey 1B Joey Votto 1B Paul Goldschmidt P Travis Wood  2B Brandon Phillips 1B Freddie Freeman P Adam Wainwright SS Jean Segura 2B Matt Carpenter P Cliff Lee 3B David Wright SS Ian Desmond P Jordan Zimmermann OF Carlos Gonzalez SS Troy Tulowitzki P Clayton Kershaw OF Carlos Beltran SS Everth Cabrera P Jose Fernandez OF Carlos Gomez 3B Pedro Alvarez P Mat Latos OF Starling Marte P Patrick Corbin OF Andrew McCutchen P Craig Kimbrel OF Jay Bruce P Jason Grilli OF Dominic Brown P Rafael Soriano OF Michael Cuddyer P Aroldis Chapman

The National League roster gave me some troubles.  Personally, I feel that the National League is the deeper of the two leagues and even has the younger talent.  My starters are almost a mirror image, but I replace Carlos Gomez over Bryce Harper.  Harper is a stud, but I do not feel he has the credentials to make the squad this year.   Freddie Freeman is a young stud and an RBI machine.  He makes my squad because he is one of my man crushes.  Dominic Brown makes my roster due to their hot starts and Michael Cuddyer and his hit streak squeeze onto my roster.  The loan reprsentative from the Marlins is Jose Fernandez by default along with Travis Wood of the Cubs and Everth Cabrera from the Padres.  Starling Marte is my guy and I feel he really deserves to the nod over Justin Upton for me.  He brings a ton of speed to the National League lineup along with some pop.

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