2008 NL AllStar Voting

bedir than average · 05-18-2008, 02:16 PM

The 2008 All Star Ballot is out

MLB.com's Review of the ballot

Vote Here

WPA Leaders by position
C - Geovanny Soto
1B - Lance Berkman
2B - Chase Utley
3B - Aramis Ramirez
SS - Miguel Tejada
OF - Pat Burrell, Nate McLouth, Matt Holliday
SP - Brandon Webb
RP - Brad Lidge

Last year the fans got it pretty darn right. If the first six weeks of the season are much of an indicator that won't likely happen this year.

Grandstander · 05-19-2008, 10:01 AM

Has there ever been a year where two secondbasemen in the same league are so highly qualified? Utley will win the vote because he is the better known player from the the Phillies being in the post season last year, but Uggla has a slightly higher OPS at the moment.

Ian Kinsler of the Rangers, has the highest AL OPS among second sackers as of this morning, .796. If he were in the NL, he would be in 7th place among secondbasemen. Dustin Pedroia, the leading AL vote getter, has the 10th highest OPS among all MLB secondbasemen.

Simp · 05-20-2008, 09:21 AM

Too early to vote. I wait until the last second.

05-18-2008, 02:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
bedir than average Administrator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Starbucks Posts: 8,256	2008 NL AllStar Voting The 2008 All Star Ballot is out MLB.com's Review of the ballot Vote Here WPA Leaders by position C - Geovanny Soto 1B - Lance Berkman 2B - Chase Utley 3B - Aramis Ramirez SS - Miguel Tejada OF - Pat Burrell, Nate McLouth, Matt Holliday SP - Brandon Webb RP - Brad Lidge Last year the fans got it pretty darn right. If the first six weeks of the season are much of an indicator that won't likely happen this year. __________________ US Men's National Team World Cup Qualifying \| Democracy in Sports Meets My First Campaign "You're only so sure you're right because they're so sure you're wrong." Orson Scott Card in Xenocide

05-19-2008, 10:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
Grandstander Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Parts Unknown Northern California Posts: 5,375	Has there ever been a year where two secondbasemen in the same league are so highly qualified? Utley will win the vote because he is the better known player from the the Phillies being in the post season last year, but Uggla has a slightly higher OPS at the moment. Ian Kinsler of the Rangers, has the highest AL OPS among second sackers as of this morning, .796. If he were in the NL, he would be in 7th place among secondbasemen. Dustin Pedroia, the leading AL vote getter, has the 10th highest OPS among all MLB secondbasemen.

05-20-2008, 09:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Simp Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 359	Too early to vote. I wait until the last second.