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Wright, Zimm, Reynolds and others are having better seasons

But it’s still pretty close. The FanGraphs WAR list has Zimm 1.8, Freese/Cantu 1.5, David/Reynolds/Headley 1.4, then McGehee/Polanco 1.3. I don’t think that Baseball Ref WAR has been updated recently. It has Polanco at 164 PAs but he’s had 191 so far this year. Of course defensive metrics in a 2 month span aren’t very telling, so offensive performance should probably be weighted heavier. Zimm/Wright/McGehee seem like the best choices right now.

by James Kannengieser on May 26, 2010 12:58 PM EDT reply actions  

But then

there are different schools of thought on All-Star voting, including factoring a player’s track record, e.g., if I were picking “the best third baseman in the league,” who would it be? David’s 2009 wasn’t great, but over the past few years, trying to compare Placido Polanco is kind of a joke. McGehee could be a ‘uge flash in the pan, for all we know. For my dollars, you have to look at Dubby, Zimmerman Letter, and and an Aramis Ramirez if he’s not playing horribly.

by tmu on May 26, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Agreed

Let McGehee keep it up for another year and then he’ll deserve to be an All-Star, not that the designation has much meaning anymore.

by Mount17 on May 26, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

i love me some wright

but Zimm deserves to get a start sooner or later.

by gbaked on May 26, 2010 1:05 PM EDT reply actions  

I agree Zimmerman deserves it

a lot more than Placido. looks like Phillies fans are voting

by Rickfansince76 on May 26, 2010 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

pathetic

"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell

by Rey-O on May 26, 2010 1:20 PM EDT reply actions  

I did my part,

I voted in every Met, including Beltran, except Francoeur

by Evan_S on May 26, 2010 1:32 PM EDT reply actions  

I think we should vote in Francoeur

only so they reform voting

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on May 26, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah,

but this is exactly the reason why Polanco is 1st, most Philly fans just submitting all-Philly lineups. Personally, I find this a joke.

by alexSVK on May 26, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

did you write in Ike, and Wright, Barajas

I did, I know he won’t beat Albert but was hoping to get him on the board.

I don’t vote just Mets, I try to vote who is playing the best sometimes. I couldn’t put Reyes being he wasn’t playing, and no way I put Castillo. None of our OF have been playing well enough to go, maybe Bay is starting to.

by Rickfansince76 on May 26, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Now, the world can no longer deny the veteran grissiony grission of on Placido Polanco

"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin

by dcrockett17 on May 26, 2010 1:38 PM EDT reply actions  

^^ "veteran grissiony grission of ONE..."

"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin

by dcrockett17 on May 26, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

Reyes, Bay, Wright, Barajas.

Wrote in Ike 25 times.

Elsewhere, I’m prepared to go “most likely to knock off the ballot-leading Phils” (I went Kelly Johnson at 2B, and mixed Ethier, Holliday, and Soriano in the OF with Bay).

I mean, Dick Torino’s in the 3rd OF slot now, too.

by LeiterMilnerFasterStronger on May 26, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Wrote in Ike as well.

The following should definitely appear on Jeopardy...

ANSWER: They were invented in Philadelphia by the city's favorite icon Benjamin Franklin. However, they are very rarely used by people in the city and its surrounding areas.
QUESTIONS: What are logic, reason, and rational thought?

by R_Adragna on May 26, 2010 1:47 PM EDT reply actions  

wow that's an awful ballot

Zimmerman’s not even in the top 5, Rollins over HanRam, Dicktorino over anyone, and Carlos Ruiz second (and Yadier f*cking Molina first). Ridiculous.

2009 Did Not Happen

by cjmulrain on May 26, 2010 2:22 PM EDT reply actions  

I am way less offended by Polanco at third

than I am Rollins at shortstop. The guy hasn’t played almost all year

by KeithsMoustache on May 26, 2010 2:46 PM EDT reply actions  

me too, he has barely played for three weeks

Gas prices today are a lot like a pitcher's ERA. Anything under 3 is amazing, under 4 is pretty good and anything 5 and up is something you want to avoid.

by Bobby Baseball on May 26, 2010 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

that sh*t drives me nuts

even these moron phillies fans should realize it hurts them to load the ASG up with anything but the best players now that it counts for something.

by KeithsMoustache on May 26, 2010 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

I used to vote that way for the AL team- vote for the worst players.

I did that at only one position this year- I lobby Yuniesky Betancourt to All-Star Game.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 26, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

seriously?

i get halfway through a ballot and get distracted

I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.

by Gina on May 26, 2010 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

damn you need to take up video games

I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.

by Gina on May 26, 2010 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

still sorta obsessed with Red Dead

John Olerud, Hall of Famer. Got a nice ring to it.

by squid92 on May 26, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

i finished it a few days ago and I'm not really enjoying the open world play as much

im probably going to end up trading it in soon while I can still get top value.

I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.

by Gina on May 26, 2010 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ah, to be young and in college,

and have all the time in the world to play video games.

May you be locked in a battle of wits against Jerry Manuel.

by BobbyV_Incognito on May 26, 2010 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

I have more time to play video games since I graduated

come home from work, no homework/irresponsible weekday drinking to do

by gogomets on May 27, 2010 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah

Last year I had to get all of my video game playing in Spring Break and the month of August. This year I had a lighter load so I’ve been able to play more.

by Evan_S on May 27, 2010 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

The only video game I play is Rockband.

Every other type of video game frustrates me. I’ve watched my friends go from starting on the football team at school to being trapped in their rooms after school playing WOW. Now all games like that scare me.

by wrightttxgirlllx3 on May 27, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

lol video games are the new gateway drug to WoW.

I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.

by Gina on May 27, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

That's the reason I haven't played WoW

I would so end up playing it 14 hours a day. At least with other video games, they end.

by Evan_S on May 27, 2010 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

I was afraid that'd happen to me, because I have a really addictive/obsessive personality.

I downloaded the Lord of the Rings online game a few years ago, when they were having a free trial around Christmas. It really didn’t do anything for me, I don’t know. I don’t “get” online games.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 27, 2010 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

me neither

i don’t get the point of games with no endings

I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.

by Gina on May 27, 2010 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah i used to have a friend who would come over to my dorm room to hang out

immediately set up his laptop, and play WoW in my room. It was tragilarious to watch.

by KeithsMoustache on May 27, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

I applaud your dedication.

I’ve only got 2 addresses myself, but I suppose I could create a few fake ones. MLB doesn’t check IP addresses, do they?

May you be locked in a battle of wits against Jerry Manuel.

by BobbyV_Incognito on May 26, 2010 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

checking IPs sounds like false hustle

I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.

by Gina on May 26, 2010 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

Rec'd

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 26, 2010 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

I stopped caring about All-Star Game voting after last season, or maybe two years ago,

when the Cubs fans mobilized, and deluged the “ballots” such that various Cubs were leading vote-getters, including Aramis Ramirez.

Basically, the only reason I care about All-Star voting, now, is because the little “AS” marks on BB-Ref pad resumes. The more accolades David and Jose get, the better their case is for making the HoF in twenty years or so.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 26, 2010 5:13 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah to me thats the major problem with these things

in both the NFL and MLB Probowl/ASG’s count a lot toward whether you make it or not. Which is ridiculous considering fans vote for them.

I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.

by Gina on May 26, 2010 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's just not the same after Milledge didn't get voted in last year.

"It ain't going to be pretty. No fine is going to be big enough. No suspension is going to be long enough." ~Gary Sheffield

by Lance Johnson on May 26, 2010 7:32 PM EDT reply actions  

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