NL All stars: Did we get it right?

This time, we'll take a look at the NL rosters.



C: Yaider Molina, Brian McCann

1B: Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, Adrian Gonzalez

2B: Chase Utley, Freddy Sanchez, Orlando Hudson

SS: Hanley Ramirez, Miguel Tejada

3B: David Wright, Ryan Zimmerman

OF: Carlos Beltran, Brad Hawpe

OF: Ryan Braun, Hunter Pence, Justin Upton

OF: Raul Ibanez, Shane Victorino



Lets start at catcher. Yadier Molina has had a really nice year. The only catcher that has hit better than him, is his backup, Brian McCann. If your suprised that Russel Martin isn't on the team, look at his numbers. He had a very slow start, so that hurt him a great deal. Do Giants fans want me to mention Pablo Sandoval here, since he started 3 games at catcher?

Lets move on to 1B. This is a real deep position in the NL. Obviously, it goes without saying, Pujols should be the starter. Prince Fielder is having an excellent season, a fan favorite, and defenitley deserving. Adrian Gonzalez has had a power surge this season, and is deserving, but could Joey Votto be more deserving? Its debatable, but good job on 1b-very tough decision in the NL.

Moving on to 2B. Chase Utley, easily the most deserving 2b in the NL. Good choice. Freddy Sanchez deserves to be the Pirates represenative..only question is, what team will he be on come all star game? Regardless, good choice with Freddy. Orlando Hudson is having a nice year, but so is Skip Schumaker, Felipe Lopez, Ryan Theriot and Clint Barmes. Well, they can't all be on the team, so you can't really complain. Not a bad job, at yet again another pretty deep position in the NL.

At SS, Hanley Ramirez is a no brainer. Miguel Tejada is having a really nice bounceback season after coming off the age questioning, and is having an all star caliber season. Not too many great SS in the NL, some of note...Crisitan Guzman and Yunel Escobar (personally I was rooting for Guzman to get in), but the top 2 were defenitey chosen here.

At 3B, here comes the tragedy for Giants fans. The plea to get him in the all star game failed (although he still has a chance-keep your fingers crossed Giants fans!) as Pablo Sandoval did not get voted in. You can't argue with the Giants fans though, because they are right. Sandoval is having a better year than both 3B's on the roster, and is deserving. But, someone had to be chosen for the Nats (should be Guzman), and Zimmerman isn't having a bad year by any means, but still. Sandoval should be on over him. David Wright is obviously one of the top 3B in the league, and I have no problem with him on their, despite his meager 5 HR's.

Moving on to the OF. Well, Carlos Beltran won't be playing-but he is still the "starting CF." I would say Matt Kemp should be, but he did not make the cut (replacement for Beltran?) Ryan Braun and Raul Ibanez have both been raking, as well as Brad Hawpe, Justin Upton and Hunter Pence. But Shane Victorino? I don't think so. You can thank his door-to-door plea's for votes on this one. Matt Kemp, Sandoval, Carlos Lee are just a few that are more deserving in my opinion. But, not a bad job overall.



All in all, its ultimatley a game for the fans. But I'd like to see the best players out there, personally. No, not because of homefield advantage, but because the players deserve it.