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Carlos Martinez just turned in his 9th consecutive quality start.

Stan Musial was never ejected from a game, truly amazing.

 

Never tossed? Musial deserves the Lady Byng Award...... *DRINK*

 

Only 4 Royals will start the all-star game, pretty reasonable.

 

The Yadi vs Posey debate is raging on twitter. I real don't have a side because they'll be be on the Hall of Fame, but there is a point that I hadn't considered before. Yadi has caught 633 innings this year. Posey has caught just 460. There is value to neon the guy at the position as opposed to playing a lot of 1B.

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Catcher - Salvador Perez, Royals

First baseman - Miguel Cabrera, Tigers (injured and can't play)

Second baseman - Jose Altuve, Astros

Third baseman - Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays (leading AL vote-getter)

Shortstop - Alcides Escobar, Royals

Outfielders - Mike Trout, Angels; Lorenzo Cain, Royals; Alex Gordon, Royals

Designated hitter - Nelson Cruz, Mariners

AL manager Ned Yost will name the necessary replacement(s).
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Catcher - Buster Posey, Giants

First Baseman - Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks

Second Baseman - Dee Gordon, Marlins

Third baseman - Todd Frazier, Reds

Shortstop - Jhonny Peralta, Cardinals

Outfielders - Bryce Harper, Nationals (leading vote-getter and highest vote-getter in NL history); Matt Holliday, Cardinals (injured, participation questionable); Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins (injured, won't be able to play and will be replaced)

The DH will be chosen by NL manager Bruce Bochy.

 

Molina in the Hall of Fame ? Really ?

Batting
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 StL 51 135 12 36 6 0 2 15 13 20 0 1 .267 .329 .356 .684
2005 StL 114 385 36 97 15 1 8 49 23 30 2 3 .252 .295 .358 .654
2006 StL 129 417 29 90 26 0 6 49 26 41 1 2 .216 .274 .321 .595
2007 StL 111 353 30 97 15 0 6 40 34 43 1 1 .275 .340 .368 .708
2008 StL 124 444 37 135 18 0 7 56 32 29 0 2 .304 .349 .392 .740
2009 StL 140 481 45 141 23 1 6 54 50 39 9 3 .293 .366 .383 .749
2010 StL 136 465 34 122 19 0 6 62 42 51 8 4 .262 .329 .342 .671
2011 StL 139 475 55 145 32 1 14 65 33 44 4 5 .305 .349 .465 .814
2012 StL 138 505 65 159 28 0 22 76 45 55 12 3 .315 .373 .501 .874
2013 StL 136 505 68 161 44 0 12 80 30 55 3 2 .319 .359 .477 .836
2014 StL 110 404 40 114 21 0 7 38 28 55 1 1 .282 .333 .386 .719
2015 StL 75 271 21 79 16 0 2 27 18 36 0 1 .292 .333 .373 .706
Totals 1403 4840 472 1376 263 3 98 611 374 498 41 28 .284 .338 .401 .739
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why is the voting closed already? i thought the game was this tuesday. it's next week...

i thought the voting ending the last sunday before the as game. it's a week away.

 

Is Molina better than Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez?

They are both great defensively. So it would come down to offense and I just looked up Pudge's stats. Pudge has it over Molina offensively, even though Molina kills the Pirates, so does Jay and Carpenter.

 

igloo--not to me.

 

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1991 19 TEX AL 88 288 280 24 74 16 0 3 27 0 1 5 42 .264 .276 .354 .630 75 99 10 0 2 1 0 2 RoY-4
1992 ? 20 TEX AL 123 454 420 39 109 16 1 8 37 0 0 24 73 .260 .300 .360 .659 87 151 15 1 7 2 2 *2/D AS,GG
1993 ? 21 TEX AL 137 519 473 56 129 28 4 10 66 8 7 29 70 .273 .315 .412 .727 98 195 16 4 5 8 3 *2/D AS,GG
1994 ? 22 TEX AL 99 405 363 56 108 19 1 16 57 6 3 31 42 .298 .360 .488 .848 118 177 10 7 0 4 5 *2 AS,GG,SS
1995 ? 23 TEX AL 130 517 492 56 149 32 2 12 67 0 2 16 48 .303 .327 .449 .776 98 221 11 4 0 5 2 *2/D AS,GG,SS
1996 ? 24 TEX AL 153 685 639 116 192 47 3 19 86 5 0 38 55 .300 .342 .473 .814 100 302 15 4 0 4 7 *2/D AS,MVP-10,GG,SS
1997 ? 25 TEX AL 150 648 597 98 187 34 4 20 77 7 3 38 89 .313 .360 .484 .844 114 289 18 8 1 4 7 *2/D AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
1998 ? 26 TEX AL 145 617 579 88 186 40 4 21 91 9 0 32 88 .321 .358 .513 .871 120 297 18 3 0 3 4 *2/D AS,MVP-10,GG,SS
1999 ? 27 TEX AL 144 630 600 116 199 29 1 35 113 25 12 24 64 .332 .356 .558 .914 125 335 31 1 0 5 2 *2/D AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2000 ? 28 TEX AL 91 389 363 66 126 27 4 27 83 5 5 19 48 .347 .375 .667 1.042 156 242 17 1 0 6 5 2/D AS,GG
2001 ? 29 TEX AL 111 470 442 70 136 24 2 25 65 10 3 23 73 .308 .347 .541 .888 126 239 13 4 0 1 3 2/D AS,GG
2002 30 TEX AL 108 440 408 67 128 32 2 19 60 5 4 25 71 .314 .353 .542 .895 128 221 13 2 1 4 2 2/D
2003 31 FLA NL 144 578 511 90 152 36 3 16 85 10 6 55 92 .297 .369 .474 .843 120 242 18 6 1 5 6 *2/D MVP-23
2004 ? 32 DET AL 135 575 527 72 176 32 2 19 86 7 4 41 91 .334 .383 .510 .893 137 269 15 3 0 4 6 *2/D AS,MVP-10,GG,SS
2005 ? 33 DET AL 129 525 504 71 139 33 5 14 50 7 3 11 93 .276 .290 .444 .735 95 224 19 2 1 7 2 *2/D AS
2006 ? 34 DET AL 136 580 547 74 164 28 4 13 69 8 3 26 86 .300 .332 .437 .769 97 239 16 1 4 2 4 *2/3D4 AS,GG
2007 ? 35 DET AL 129 515 502 50 141 31 3 11 63 2 2 9 96 .281 .294 .420 .714 84 211 16 1 1 2 1 *2/D AS,GG
2008 36 TOT AL 115 429 398 44 110 20 3 7 35 10 1 23 67 .276 .319 .394 .714 87 157 15 3 3 2 2 *2/D
2008 36 DET AL 82 328 302 33 89 16 3 5 32 6 1 19 52 .295 .338 .417 .756 98 126 9 2 3 2 1 2
2008 36 NYY AL 33 101 96 11 21 4 0 2 3 4 0 4 15 .219 .257 .323 .580 51 31 6 1 0 0 1 2/D
2009 37 TOT MLB 121 448 425 55 106 23 2 10 47 1 2 18 92 .249 .280 .384 .663 74 163 20 1 1 3 0 *2/D
2009 37 HOU NL 93 344 327 41 82 15 2 8 34 0 2 13 74 .251 .280 .382 .662 75 125 13 1 1 2 0 2
2009 37 TEX AL 28 104 98 14 24 8 0 2 13 1 0 5 18 .245 .279 .388 .667 70 38 7 0 0 1 0 2/D
2010 38 WSN NL 111 421 398 32 106 18 1 4 49 2 3 16 66 .266 .294 .347 .640 73 138 25 1 2 4 2 2
2011 39 WSN NL 44 137 124 14 27 7 0 2 19 0 0 10 28 .218 .281 .323 .604 66 40 6 1 2 0 2 2/3
21 Yrs 2543 10270 9592 1354 2844 572 51 311 1332 127 64 513 1474 .296 .334 .464 .798 106 4451 337 58 31 76 67

pudge has over 2800 hits and 300 hrs and a better batting average. pudge should get into cooperstown.

 

oh what a cluster that is. sorry.

 

What the???? Pudge had a better batting average also. Almost in the .300's........I wasn't sure if he was in yet or not. But I think he should be. What's funny is they seem to be passing him up and putting in some players that have retired later?

 

igloo--he retired in 2011. he's not on the ballot yet. it' 5 years. he will be on in 2016, right?

 

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Pudge will get in, he's just not eligable.

I'm going to compare the guys who to me are the 3 best defensive catchers of the last 50 years. Johnny Bench caught 43% of base stealers in his career bs a league average in those years of 35%. Pudge caught 46% vs a league average of 31%, and Yadi has caught 45% vs a league average of 28%. To me this means Bench controlled the running game the worst of the 3. Where Yadi really stands out however is the frequency of steals against. Bench allowed a SB once every 23.8 innings behind the plate, Pudge every 26.0 innings, and Yadi has allowed a SB once every 34.6 innings caught. No one has ever controlled the running game as well as Yadi does it.

Also, he's a career .284 hitter so it's not like he's a negative offensive player. Pudge played most of his career in the years when offense was rampant so those comparisons need to be looked at against league averages an not just straight against each other. The man has won the last 7 gold gloves and I'll bet he's got a few more in him. I'll put together more on whys he's a sure fire Hall of Famer later this week when I have my internet set up, soon this on my phone is a pain.

 

Btw since 2009 (as far back as the site went) the Cardinals have never ranked worse than 2nd in SB allowed as a team and have been #1 each of the last 3 years.

 

to me his offensive stats hurt him. he's down on hrs, hits and rbis over bench and pudge. but when he retires, he may have the votes to get in. he certainly has had a great career.

 

yahoo.com sports says kershaw not being voted to the AS game is what's wrong with the AS voting process. How can the reigning MVP and Cy Young not be automatically on the team and be subjected to the final 5 vote. Kershaw has not been Kershaw but still had a great first half. I kind of agree with Yahoo.com sports as the voting is way out of hand.