What Is Your All Star Ballot?

[UNHWildCats]

You can do just the league of your favorite team or both leagues...

DH:
C:
1B:
2B:
SS:
3B:
OF:
OF:
OF:

SP:

[UNHWildCats]

DH: David Ortiz
C: Victor Martinez
1B: Justin Morneau
2B: Robinson Cano
SS: Derek Jeter (By a hair over Scutaro... Andrus also doing well)
3B: TTTC (Too tough to call) Statistically speaking its between Longoria and Beltre... Bautista has the HRs but .230 BA is killing him.
OF: Brett Gardner
OF: Alex Rios
OF: Ichiro

SP: Clay Buchholz

OF explanation: Though voting is based on just 3 OF. I made my picks for each OF position. Gardner while splitting evenly between CF and LF is listed as my LF choice.

[SuperHornet]

This is strictly AL. I don't watch as much as I used to, so some of these are flat out guesses. Others are pure local bias. Note the compete absence of Yankees. I have Yankophobia. LOL.

DH: Abstain. I have a fundamental objection to the DH.
C: Joe Mauer
1B: Justin Morneau
2B: Dustin Pedroia
SS: Jason Bartlett
3B: Evan Longoria
LF: Scott Podsednik
CF: Torii Hunter
RF: Ichiro Suzuki
SP: Jake Peavy
RP: Jonathan Papelbon

[AZGrizFan]

National League

DH: David Wright (NYM)
C: Miguel Olivo (Colorado)
1B: Albert Pujols (St. Louis)
2B: Brandon Phillips (Cincinnati)
SS: Hanley Ramirez (Florida)
3B: Scott Rolen (Cincinnati)
OF: Andre Ethier (Los Angeles)
OF: Adam Dunn (Washington)
OF: Chris Young (Arizona)

SP:
Ubaldo Jiminez (Colorado)
Roy Halliday (Philadelphia)
Mike Pelfrey (NYM)
Carlos Silva (Chicago Cubs)
Adam Wainright (St. Louis)
Chris Carpenter (St. Louis)
Josh Johnson (Florida)

RP:
Heath Bell (San Diego)
Jonathon Broxton (Los Angeles)

[CatMom]

My All Star ballot is a piece of paper that you punch holes in, making sure the chads don't hang. Oh wait, I do mine online. Never mind. Okay, so if I go to the ballpark......

[bandl]

National League

DH: David Wright (NYM)
C: Miguel Olivo (Colorado)
1B: Albert Pujols (St. Louis)
2B: Brandon Phillips (Cincinnati)
SS: Hanley Ramirez (Florida)
3B: Scott Rolen (Cincinnati)
OF: Andre Ethier (Los Angeles)
OF: Adam Dunn (Washington)
OF: Chris Young (Arizona)

SP:
Ubaldo Jiminez (Colorado)
Roy Halliday (Philadelphia)
Mike Pelfrey (NYM)
Carlos Silva (Chicago Cubs)
Adam Wainright (St. Louis)
Chris Carpenter (St. Louis)
Josh Johnson (Florida)

RP:
Heath Bell (San Diego)
Jonathon Broxton (Los Angeles)

Z, the Nats have moved Dunn to 1B for this season entirely. FYI. Probably knocks him off your roster, huh?

[Gil Dobie]

DH: Vlady Guerrero
C: Joe Mauer
1B: Miguel Cabrera - Leading Majors in HR's and RBI
2B: Robinson Cano
SS: Derek Jeter
3B: Eva Longoria Parker
OF: Ichiro
OF: Nelson Cruz
OF: Miguel Ordonez

[grizband]

American League
C: Mauer
1B: Morneau
2B: Cano
SS: Jeter
3B: Longoria
OF: Ichiro
OF: Josh Hamilton
OF: Ordonez
DH: Vlad Guerrero

SP: Price

National League
C: McCann
1B: Pujols
2B: Uribe
SS: Ramirez
3B: Wright
OF: Ethier
OF: Braun
OF: Ludwick

SP: Jimenez

[UNHWildCats]

DH: Vlady Guerrero
C: Joe Mauer
1B: Miguel Cabrera - Leading Majors in HR's and RBI
2B: Robinson Cano
SS: Derek Jeter
3B: Eva Longoria Parker
OF: Ichiro
OF: Nelson Cruz
OF: Miguel Ordonez

Was going to go with him too but it was hard to pass up Morneaus AVG/OBP numbers .344/.455 and Morneau has a huge defensive advantage over Cabrera.

[citdog]

if Braves second baseman Martin Prado isn't on your ballot you don't deserve to cast one. all he has done is lead the NL in hits and multi hit games.

[AZGrizFan]

National League

DH: David Wright (NYM)
C: Miguel Olivo (Colorado)
1B: Albert Pujols (St. Louis)
2B: Brandon Phillips (Cincinnati)
SS: Hanley Ramirez (Florida)
3B: Scott Rolen (Cincinnati)
OF: Andre Ethier (Los Angeles)
OF: Adam Dunn (Washington)
OF: Chris Young (Arizona)

SP:
Ubaldo Jiminez (Colorado)
Roy Halliday (Philadelphia)
Mike Pelfrey (NYM)
Carlos Silva (Chicago Cubs)
Adam Wainright (St. Louis)
Chris Carpenter (St. Louis)
Josh Johnson (Florida)

RP:
Heath Bell (San Diego)
Jonathon Broxton (Los Angeles)

Z, the Nats have moved Dunn to 1B for this season entirely. FYI. Probably knocks him off your roster, huh?

'sallright. He can play OF anyway.

But if not, I'll take Ryan Braun.

[AZGrizFan]

if Braves second baseman Martin Prado isn't on your ballot you don't deserve to cast one. all he has done is lead the NL in hits and multi hit games.

Sorry. He's a ONE category guy.

[free7694]

National League:

C: Miguel Olivo - COL
1B: Joey Votto - CIN
2B: Martin Prado - ATL
SS: Troy Tulowitzki - COL
3B: David Wright - NYM
OF: Ryan Braun - MIL
OF: Carlos Gonzalez - COL
OF: Andrew McCutchen - PIT (I love watching the guy play)

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez - COL

[blueballs]

if Braves second baseman Martin Prado isn't on your ballot you don't deserve to cast one. all he has done is lead the NL in hits and multi hit games.

Sorry. He's a ONE category guy.

Correct, he is a one category guy, and that category is winning. Take a look at the Braves record and his stats since they put him hitting leadoff and you'll see why he deserves to start in the all star game...

... or better yet, go back and peruse his stats and the braves record over 162 games since this time last year when the Braves made him the every day second baseman.

He's currently on a pace to bat .330, with 230 hits, score 118 runs, collect 47 doubles, 15 HR, 69 RBI, and 328 total bases as a leadoff man. BTW, those stats virtually mirror Dustin Pedroia's MVP season of 2008. He's top 3 in the NL in BA, hits, multi hit games, runs scored, singles, assists, games, AB, total bases, plate appearances, and fielding %.

That's an MVP quality year, especially given his team's success and what he has meant to it.