All-Star Game Ballot has been released - Voting starts Friday (Ohtani listed as DH)

[Chuck]

Here’s the AL All-Star ballot. Shohei Ohtani is listed as a DH. (Pitchers are not elected by fans. But theoretically Ohtani could be voted by the players or picked by MLB as a pitcher.) pic.twitter.com/te0ajxwuIb

— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) May 30, 2018

[Taylor]

I look forward to Trout playing CF for the Boston Yankees.

[jordan]

Gonna be tough to edge JD Martinez or Stanton, but then again the whole country of Japan will be voting for Ohtani.  So he might just win by a landslide. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

You gotta wonder if the Angels in general get a push from the Japanese voters. Didn't that happen with Seattle in 2001?

[Stradling]

12 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

You gotta wonder if the Angels in general get a push from the Japanese voters. Didn't that happen with Seattle in 2001?

That and on pace to win 116 games.

[T.G.]

Vote early and often!

[AngelsLakersFan]

3 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

That and on pace to win 116 games.

Ya, but Im not sure how clear that was at the time of the voting. Who knows how that balanced out... Maybe the Japanese fans have loved Simmons play thus far and we end up with 3 starters.

[tdawg87]

It's already pretty easy to predict the starting lineup based on that list.

1B - Mitch Moreland (BOS)

2B - Jose Altuve (HOU)

3B - Miguel Andujar (NYY)

SS - Xander Boegarts (BOS)

C - Gary Sanchez (NYY)

DH - JD Martinez (BOS)

LF - George Springer (HOU)

CF - Mike Trout (LAA)

RF - Mookie Betts (BOS)

 

It's the same shit every year. 

[Stradling]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

It's already pretty easy to predict the starting lineup based on that list.

1B - Mitch Moreland (BOS)

2B - Jose Altuve (HOU)

3B - Miguel Andujar (NYY)

SS - Xander Boegarts (BOS)

C - Gary Sanchez (NYY)

DH - JD Martinez (BOS)

LF - George Springer (HOU)

CF - Mike Trout (LAA)

RF - Mookie Betts (BOS)

 

It's the same shit every year. 

If we had better fans we would have one more All Star.  Oh and possibly Ohtani.  

 

 

This post was sarcasm.

[Chuck]

40 minutes ago, jordan said:

Gonna be tough to edge JD Martinez or Stanton, but then again the whole country of Japan will be voting for Ohtani.  So he might just win by a landslide. 

Yeah, I'm guessing Ohtani might beat everyone out because of Japan and US combined. 

Well, except votes from sour Mariners, Dodgers and Yankees fans. 

[Ohtaniland]

9 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

It's already pretty easy to predict the starting lineup based on that list.

1B - Mitch Moreland (BOS)

2B - Jose Altuve (HOU)

3B - Miguel Andujar (NYY)

SS - Xander Boegarts (BOS)

C - Gary Sanchez (NYY)

DH - JD Martinez (BOS)

LF - George Springer (HOU)

CF - Mike Trout (LAA)

RF - Mookie Betts (BOS)

 

It's the same shit every year. 

Albert should be in the lineup. Just ask him. 

[Ohtaniland]

I’m going with Garvey, Russell, Lopes and Cey. 

[Taylor]

I'm not going to lie; I have zero interest in voting for the ASG. Many of the players who deserve it won't get voted in because it's a popularity contest, and my measly votes will make no difference.

[Ohtaniland]

5 minutes ago, REDneck said:

It would be criminal of MLB to not have the Sho pitch and hit in the ASG.

 

Workload management. Sorry. 

[Ohtaniland]

Had to bump this thread. Have you guys decided on Kinsler and Calhoun yet? I’m scuffling with these decisions. 

[m0nkey]

22 hours ago, Taylor said:

I'm not going to lie; I have zero interest in voting for the ASG. Many of the players who deserve it won't get voted in because it's a popularity contest, and my measly votes will make no difference.

I say that in November every four years

[Brandon]

Simmons is going to get snubbed

[T.G.]

On 5/31/2018 at 12:40 PM, Brandon said:

Simmons is going to get snubbed

Don't let it happen... vote early... vote often

[Hubs]

On 5/30/2018 at 12:44 PM, tdawg87 said:

It's already pretty easy to predict the starting lineup based on that list.

1B - Mitch Moreland (BOS)

2B - Jose Altuve (HOU)

3B - Miguel Andujar (NYY)

SS - Xander Boegarts (BOS)

C - Gary Sanchez (NYY)

DH - JD Martinez (BOS)

LF - George Springer (HOU)

CF - Mike Trout (LAA)

RF - Mookie Betts (BOS)

 

It's the same shit every year. 

I know you're going BOS/NYY heavy for a reason, but with the Japanese vote, Ohtani is likely the DH. Martinez should've been listed as an outfielder, with 29 DH games and 25 OF games.

 

[krAbs]

39 minutes ago, Hubs said:

I know you're going BOS/NYY heavy for a reason, but with the Japanese vote, Ohtani is likely the DH. Martinez should've been listed as an outfielder, with 29 DH games and 25 OF games.

 

Maybe; OF seems pretty locked up with Trout - Betts - Judge, though.

[Ohtaniland]

On 5/31/2018 at 12:40 PM, Brandon said:

Simmons is going to get snubbed

Nobody gets snubbed. If your fans don’t like you enough, you’re not going. 

[Angel Oracle]

On ‎5‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 1:18 PM, OHTANILAND said:

I’m going with Garvey, Russell, Lopes and Cey. 

I'm guessing this was from the 1977 ballot.  Richie Zisk is on the AL side, and Felix Millan is still on it for the NL.  

[Ohtaniland]

Just now, Angel Oracle said:

I'm guessing this was from the 1977 ballot.  Richie Zisk is on the AL side, and Felix Millan is still on it for the NL.  

This was before all of the pussification. 

[Angel Oracle]

7 minutes ago, OHTANILAND said:

This was before all of the pussification. 

That was not a good year (1977) for Halos on the ballot.   Only 5 appeared on it...Remy, Grich, Chalk, Bonds, and Rudi.    Not even Baylor was on it?   

And I remember some of the hype of a Halos vs Dogs WS in the pre-season.   Sadly, the pitching tanked after Ryan and Tanana, and the only hitters who had solid seasons were Bonds, Baylor, and Remy.    Rudi and Grich missed half of the season.   Heck, that is still the only Halos team to be no-hit twice (Eckersley and Blyleven) in the same season.    If only they played the M's every game that season (shutting them out first two games of season).    Should have known, when they lost 4 straight early on at Oakland (cursing Mitchell Page constantly) to a bad and depleted A'th team, that it was going to be a struggle. 

[Ohtaniland]

24 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

That was not a good year (1977) for Halos on the ballot.   Only 5 appeared on it...Remy, Grich, Chalk, Bonds, and Rudi.    Not even Baylor was on it?   

And I remember some of the hype of a Halos vs Dogs WS in the pre-season.   Sadly, the pitching tanked after Ryan and Tanana, and the only hitters who had solid seasons were Bonds, Baylor, and Remy.    Rudi and Grich missed half of the season.   Heck, that is still the only Halos team to be no-hit twice (Eckersley and Blyleven) in the same season.    If only they played the M's every game that season (shutting them out first two games of season).    Should have known, when they lost 4 straight early on at Oakland (cursing Mitchell Page constantly) to a bad and depleted A'th team, that it was going to be a struggle. 

Reggie hit three knocks in one game against the Dodgers in the WS. That was pretty amazing.