The obvious 3: Jose Altuve - .278/.364/.528 with 16HR, leads all AL 2B in WAR Yordan Alvarez - .313/.413/.633 with 25HR, Leads the AL in pretty much all important hitting stats. Justin Verlander - Leads AL in wins, 2nd in ERA The deserves it hands down, but probably gets penalized by being a rookie: Jeremy Pena - .276/.327/.482 12 HR, leads AL SS in bWAR, 2nd in fWAR, by sizeable margin despite losing 2 weeks worth of games to injury. The probably deserves it, but are more likely as replacements because how many all-stars can one team have when every team needs a rep: Cristian Javier - 2.58ERA with 12.3k/9. Penalized for starting season in the pen, so only 69.2 IP. Led a no-hitter against the Yankees in Yankee stadium Framber Valdez - 2.67ERA, threw the first 13 Ks of a 20K game. Kyle Tucker - .259/.350/.487, 5th in AL OPS, fWAR among OF The its really hard to make it as non-closing reliever: Ryne Stanek - 0.67 ERA (3rd among AL Relievers) Rafael Montero - 1.93 ERA Seth Martinez - 0.83 ERA, 0.785 WHIP (just below qualifying IP)
I'd be happy if no one went to LA. Not even Baker. Cry about having to follow Covid Prevention protocol for meaningless games.
Absolute horsesh!t Ohtani made it over yordan at DH. Anyone with a brain can see yordan is the superior DH.
All star games are just a popularity contest anyway. "X made the all star game x times" doesn't mean that much to me when comparing players at the end of their careers. Their production on the field is what matters.
It’s interesting that Altuve won the popularity contest at 2nd base. Obviously he deserves it, but he’s still routinely booed everywhere. I think Yankee fan actually likes him though.
There's a better chance that Verlander plays in the homerun derby than Judge in a contract year. I think Yordon would have been a lock to participate if he hadn't signed his extension that included a signing bonus. With the derby he would have had a chance to make more in one night (million dollar prize) than he made all year with the Astros.
Having Yordan not be a starter is dumb but the whole thing is pretty dumb and we’re Houston so of course we are provided no favor. What is it besides marketing, really?
Altuve Yordan Verlander Framber should be locks are are 100% deserving Stanek and Tucker deserve consideration too
I think there is some truth there. I'm sure Yankee fan can respect that after all the crap he takes/hears he's still goes out there and plays his ass off and tears their f*cking hearts out and eats it.
I'm sure one Yankee fan has that respect, but I believe the majority of Yankee fans are just aholes. So I hope Altuve continues to beat their asses.
It's a game for the fans. The fans picked Ohtani. Yordan will still be on the team. What's the problem?
