Your 2009 All-Star Ballot Blogodome (And Our Picks, Too)

Today is the last day you can cast a ballot for the 2009 All-Star game.  Yesterday, we offered our thoughts on who would make the teams if they were based on futility (and we probably pissed off Padre fans in the process).  Today, we will go into grave detail into who we think should actually be all-stars, and provide links to others.  And we can see who’s fanbase we can piss off today.

Here are some other’s All Star Ballots.

The Sports Page, where there aren’t any Red Sox players, and they refer to the California Anaheim Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California as the Orange County Angels.  Good job. (The Sports Page)

The Brits have spoken. (BaseballGB)

A simple comparison of who the fans have voted for and who should be starting (BaseballWorld)

These guys have done this 10 times. Here is their last one. (Lester’s Legends)

This one isn’t chock full of Red Sox or Yankees, either. (Hollywoods World of Sports)

Here’s a full team (The Greg and Mark Show)

Here’s a bit about voting for the worst AL players (someone should direct them to yesterday’s post) so that the NL will get home field for the World Series.  No All-Star picks. (Gear Up For Sports Weblog)

Probably the only place on the web where you can get stuff on baseball and 50 Cent (Hip 2 Da Game: NL, AL)

And batting ninth: Alyssa Milano (*touch* ‘em all)

Here’s our National League team:

C: Brian McCann, Atlanta Braves. Here’s a fun stat: if you look up park adjusted runs above average on FanGraphs, you’ll find that Braves’ catchers are 1-2.  McCann is first, and David Ross is second.  If only they got that kind of production from everyone else.  Looking at you, Jeff Francouer, Kelly Johnson, Casey Kotchman.

1B: Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals. A no brainer.  30 HR, and only 32 strikeouts.

2B: Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies. Another easy choice. 17 HR, 52 RBI, .300 avg.

3B: Ryan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals. This was not a no brainer by any means.  David Wright is among the league leaders in average at .340, but Zimmerman has hit for more power, and his statistically a better defender.  We wonder if Wright has benefited from playing in such a huge park.

SS: Hanley Ramirez, Florida Marlins. Another fairly easy decision.  He’s hitting .348 with 13 HR, 58 RBI, and 12 SB.

LF: Raul Ibanez, Philadelphia Phillies. We could just as easily have gone with Ryan Braun, but Ibanez has more HR and RBI in fewer games.

CF: Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers. Now, Met fans are really going to hate us.  This was another one where we could have just as easily gone with another player, Carlos Beltran. But center field is as much a defensive position as an offensive position, and Kemp statistically has been better than Beltran.

RF: Justin Upton, Arizona Diamondbacks. We may have picked on Upton a bit for misplaying a fly ball a few days ago, but he is having an All-Star caliber season, hitting .315 with 14 HR, 45 RBI, and 10 SB.

SP: Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants. 8-2 2.37 ERA, 132 SO in 114 IP.

RP: Johnathan Broxton, Los Angeles Dodgers.  19 saves in 21 opportunites, six wins, ERA of 2.15, avg fastball 97.5 MPH.

And here’s our American League Team:

C: Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins. Hitting .392, and already has a career high in HR, despite playing just 55 games.

1B: Kevin Youkilis, Boston Red Sox. Has an OPS of 1.032.

2B: Ian Kinsler, Texas Rangers. Had Ben Zobrist played second the entire year, he would get the nod.  Kinsler has 19 HR and 51 RBI for the Rangers this year.

3B: Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays. So much for a sophomore slump.  He’s hitting .297 with 16 HR and 63 RBI.

SS: Jason Bartlett: Tampa Bay Rays. Hitting .362 for the Rays, probably one of the more improved offensive players from a year ago.  Derek Jeter should also get some love, too.  He has turned himself into a respectable fielder, and has already stolen more bases than he did a year ago.

LF: Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay Rays. Has already stolen 40 bases.  He’s hitting .320 with 8 HR and 38 RBI.

CF: Torii Hunter, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California. .305 17 HR 59 RBi

RF: Ichiro, Seattle Mariners. .368 average, 16 SB.

DH: Adam Lind, Toronto Blue Jays. 16 HR 53 RBI.

SP: Zack Greinke, Kansas City Royals. 10-3 1.95 ERA, only 18 BB in 16 starts.

RP: Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees. Got his 500th save this year, and has only blown one save in 21 chances.

Now, GO VOTE