BDD: All-Star Hypotheticals

by Bill Baer on May 10th, 2009
Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB | Print | 2 Comments »

At Baseball Daily Digest, I look through the leaders in Wins Above Replacement and construct 33-man rosters for each league for the All-Star Game if the break started after last night’s games. It’s a fun hypothetical.

American League

  • C: Victor Martinez, Cleveland (1.8 WAR)
  • 1B: Kevin Youkilis, Boston (1.9)
  • 2B: Ian Kinsler, Texas (1.8)
  • 3B: Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay (2.9)
  • SS: Marco Scutaro, Toronto (1.7)
  • OF: Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay (1.7)
  • OF: Adam Jones, Baltimore (1.4)
  • OF: Nick Swisher, New York (1.2)
  • SP: Zack Grienke, Kansas City (3.0)

National League

  • C: Yadier Molina, St. Louis (1.0 WAR)
  • 1B: Albert Pujols, St. Louis (1.8)
  • 2B: Chase Utley, Philadelphia (1.7)
  • 3B: Ryan Zimmerman, Washington (1.9)
  • SS: Hanley Ramirez, Florida (1.9)
  • OF: Raul Ibanez, Philadelphia (2.0)
  • OF: Mike Cameron, Milwaukee (1.9)
  • OF: Carlos Beltran, New York (1.6)
  • SP: Dan Haren, Arizona (1.9)

  1. 2 Responses to “BDD: All-Star Hypotheticals”

  2. By Ernie on May 11, 2009

    Now I love me some paps (the performance, in real life hes a douche) I’m just shocked that he actually made this team. Almost every game I’ve seen him come in, he lets a ton of guys on base and then somehow gets out of it, houdini style.

  3. By Bill Baer on May 11, 2009

    There aren’t a whole lot of AL relievers who have been doing a bang-up job. That has worked out really well for him, at least so far.

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