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Serious Baseball: The National League All-Stars
by Frank Bundy III
July 10, 2006
I hope you enjoyed viewing and critiquing the Serious Baseball
American
League All-Star Team, now let's have a look at the National League squad.
The team is figured out the same way the AL team was, and the players that
were snubbed from the actual All-Star team are high-lighted for all to see.
Catcher (Paul LoDuca, Brian McCann)
| Player |
Team |
"Newspaper" Stats |
VORP |
| Brian McCann (S) |
Atlanta |
225 PA, .338/.404/.503, 6 HR, 28
RBI, 2 SB |
21.1 |
| Johnny
Estrada (R) |
Arizona |
255 PA,
.316/.339/.468, 6 HR,
45 RBI, 0 SB |
12.0 |
1st Base (Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman, Ryan Howard, Nomar Garciaparra)
| Player |
Team |
"Newspaper" Stats |
VORP |
| Albert Pujols (S) |
St. Louis |
302 PA, .310/.434/.694, 29 HR, 74 RBI, 2 SB |
43.0 |
| Lance Berkman (R) |
Houston |
346 PA, .318/.405/.616, 24 HR,
79 RBI, 1 SB |
36.6 |
| Nick
Johnson (R) |
Washington |
352 PA, .297/.420/.535, 13 HR, 38 RBI, 7 SB |
31.8 |
| N. Garciaparra (R) |
Dodgers |
294 PA, .359/.429/.587, 11 HR,
53 RBI, 3 SB |
36.0 |
2nd Base (Chase Utley, Dan Uggla)
| Player |
Team |
"Newspaper" Stats |
VORP |
| Dan Uggla (S) |
Florida |
335 PA, .306/.366/.512, 13 HR, 50 RBI, 5 SB |
29.9 |
| Chase
Utley (R) |
Philadelphia |
378 PA, .307/.373/.522, 16
HR, 52 RBI, 9 SB |
23.8 |
3rd Base (David Wright, Miguel Cabrera, Freddy Sanchez, Scott Rolen)
| Player |
Team |
"Newspaper" Stats |
VORP |
| Scott Rolen (S) |
St. Louis |
313 PA, .332/.399/.577, 13 HR, 54 RBI, 4 SB |
31.1 |
| Miguel Cabrera (R) |
Florida |
359 PA, .340/.435/.568, 15
HR, 61 RBI, 7 SB |
42.0 |
| Freddy Sanchez (R) |
Pittsburgh |
314 PA, .362/.401/.530, 5 HR, 49 RBI, 1 SB |
31.9 |
| David
Wright (R) |
Mets |
373 PA, .321/.391/.578, 19
HR, 70 RBI, 11 SB |
37.3 |
Shortstop (Jose Reyes, Edgar Renteria)
| Player |
Team |
"Newspaper" Stats |
VORP |
| Jose Reyes (S) |
Mets |
404 PA, .300/.357/.481, 8 HR, 41 RBI, 39 SB |
34.7 |
| Edgar Renteria (R) |
St. Louis |
358 PA, .313/.393/.463, 9 HR,
35 RBI, 9 SB |
29.7 |
Outfield (Jason Bay, Carlos Beltran, Alfonso Soriano, Andruw Jones, Carlos
Lee, Matt Holliday)
| Player |
Team |
"Newspaper" Stats |
VORP |
| Carlos Beltran (S) |
Mets |
332 PA, .278/.386/.607, 25 HR, 67
RBI, 12 SB |
37.0 |
| Jason Bay (S) |
Pittsburgh |
390 PA,
.281/.390/.525, 21 HR, 65 RBI, 6 SB |
25.9 |
| Brad
Hawpe (S) |
Colorado |
321 PA, .312/.396/.567, 15 HR, 49
RBI, 2 SB |
23.8 |
| Andruw Jones (R) |
Atlanta |
370 PA,
.274/.351/.498, 19 HR, 72 RBI, 3 SB |
22.7 |
| Matt Holliday (R) |
Colorado |
354 PA, .337/.384/.589, 16 HR,
56 RBI, 4 SB |
31.5 |
| A. Soriano (R) |
Washington |
394 PA,
.270/.338/.544, 27 HR, 56 RBI, 20 SB |
23.1 |
Starting Pitchers (Bronson Arroyo, Chris Carpenter, Tom Glavine, Pedro
Martinez, Brad Penny, Jason Schmidt, Brandon Webb, Carlos Zambrano)
| Player |
Team |
"Newspaper" Stats |
Rate Stats |
| Jason Schmidt |
S.F. |
17 GS, 120.3 IP, 6-4, 2.69 ERA |
6.8 H/9--0.8 HR/9--3.1 BB/9--7.6
K/9 |
| Brandon Webb |
Arizona |
19 GS, 139.3 IP,
9-3, 2.65 ERA |
8.8 H/9--0.6
HR/9--1.4 BB/9--6.6
K/9 |
| Chris
Capuano |
Milwaukee |
19 GS, 129.0 IP, 10-4, 3.21 ERA |
8.9 H/9--0.7 HR/9--1.7 BB/9--7.8
K/9 |
| Brad
Penny |
Dodgers |
18 GS, 108.0 IP,
10-2, 2.92 ERA |
8.5 H/9--0.6
HR/9--2.3 BB/9--6.8
K/9 |
| Chris
Young |
San Diego |
18 GS, 109.7 IP, 8-4, 3.12 ERA |
6.5 H/9--1.3 HR/9--3.3 BB/9--8.3
K/9 |
| Bronson Arroyo |
Cincinnati |
18 GS, 125.7 IP,
9-5, 2.79 ERA |
8.0 H/9--0.9
HR/9--2.1 BB/9--6.8
K/9 |
| C.
Carpenter |
St. Louis |
16 GS, 103.0 IP, 7-4, 2.88 ERA |
8.5 H/9--1.0 HR/9--2.4 BB/9--7.9
K/9 |
| Carlos Zambrano |
Cubs |
19 GS, 125.0
IP, 8-3, 3.24 ERA |
6.5 H/9--1.0
HR/9--4-9 BB/9--8.9 K/9 |
Relief Pitchers (Trevor Hoffman, Tom Gordon, Derrick Turnbow, Brian
Fuentes)
| Player |
Team |
"Newspaper" Stats |
Rate Stats |
| Rheal
Cormier |
Philadelphia |
39 G, 31.0 IP, 2-1, 1.16 ERA, 0
Saves |
6.5 H/9--0.0 HR/9--3.5 BB/9--3.8
K/9 |
| Trevor Hoffman |
San Diego |
35 G, 35.0 IP,
0-1, 1.03 ERA, 24 Saves |
6.9 H/9--0.3
HR/9--1.3 BB/9--6-9
K/9 |
| Takashi
Saito |
Dodgers |
37 G, 41.0 IP, 3-2, 2.20 ERA, 7
Saves |
5.5 H/9--0.7 HR/9--2.4
BB/9--12.3 K/9 |
| Tom Gordon |
Philadelphia |
38 G, 37.3 IP,
3-3, 2.17 ERA, 21 Saves |
7.2 H/9--1.0
HR/9--2.7 BB/9--11.2 K/9 |
(S) = Starter, (R) = Reserve
As far as position players go the actual NL All-Star team isn't that far off
from the one I have chosen. They don't have all the starters right (many
of the actual starters are a reserve on this team), but for the most part the
players chosen are mostly the same.
Relief pitching is where they screwed up. Whomever chose this team
(Phil Garner) shouldn't have only looked at closers. As listed above,
Rheal Cormier and Takashi Saito are both far better pitchers than Derrick
Turnbow and Brian Fuentes. But, since those two are "closers"
they get the nod. This was not a smart move, and it could backfire on the
NL team during the actual game.
Thank you for reading. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or
suggestions, please do not hesitate to email me at frnkbndy@yahoo.com.
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