Snubs and Scrubs
After filling out my personal All-Star rosters for both the AL and the NL and comparing them to the actual rosters, I came up with my list of the top 5 Snubs (players who should be All-Stars, but are not) and Scrubs (players who are All-Stars, but should not) in each league. Here is what I came up with:
| AL Snubs | AL Scrubs | ||
| 1 | Alexis Rios – CF, White Sox | 1 | Ty Wigginton – 2B, Baltimore |
| 2 | Felix Hernandez – SP, Seattle | 2 | Paul Konerko – 1B, White Sox |
| 3 | Alex Gonzalez – SS, Toronto | 3 | Fausto Carmona – P, Cleveland |
| 4 | Kevin Youkilis – 1B, Boston | 4 | Derek Jeter – SS, Yankees |
| 5 | David DeJesus – RF, Kansas City | 5 | Alex Rodriguez – 3B, Yankees |
| NL Snubs | NL Scrubs | ||
| 1 | Ryan Zimmerman – 3B, Washington | 1 | Omar Infante – SS, Braves |
| 2 | Miguel Olivo – C, Colorado | 2 | Yadier Molina – C, St. Louis |
| 3 | Angel Pagan – CF, New York | 3 | Michael Bourn – OF, Houston |
| 4 | Stephen Drew – SS, Arizona | 4 | Jason Heyward – OF, Atlanta |
| 5 | Dan Uggla – 2B, Florida | 5 | Ryan Howard – 1B, Philadelphia |
Most of the glaring selections / omissions can be blamed on one of two flaws in the system: 1) the rule requiring leagues to select one player from each franchise (hello, Ty Wigginton), and #2) fan voting (hello, Derek Jeter).
Rios, Gonzalez, Zimmerman, Olivo, and Pagan should all be starting for their respective leagues tonight.
A-Rod is on the team because he leads the league in sexual encounters with aging, sinewy, unattractive blonde women (SEWASUBW), which is one of those hip new sabremetric stats.
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