Post by Captain America on Jan 29, 2015 3:16:14 GMT -5
Each season, OOTP puts together All-Star rosters for both the AL and NL. More often than not, the selections are very deserving, but there's always some stars that get snubbed and we're gonna find out who the biggest snubs were this time!
American League
5. SP Grant Balfour (CLE)
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This was yet another All-Star snub for Balfour in his long career. The Indians' ace is currently 10-9 with a 2.49 ERA (tied for 8th in AL) and 120 strikeouts in 223.2 innings pitched. He frankly deserved an All-Star nod over his own teammate Todd Noel, among others. But when starting pitching is so good and only 7 starting pitchers in each league will make the team, there will always be other great pitchers that didn't make the cut. Unfortunately for Balfour, he got the short end of the stick once again.
4. SS Ruben Gotay (ANA)
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Despite being one of the best run producers in the AL so far this season, Ruben Gotay was another notable All-Star snub for the AL. Batting .260 doesn't help, but his 24 home runs are 4th in the AL and he's 2nd in RBI with 85 as well. He also has 52 extra-base hits (tied for 5th in AL) and 216 total bases (tied for 6th in AL). Furthermore, Nick Punto of the Red Sox was the only shortstop on the AL All-Star team, so Gotay almost certainly would have been the other shortstop if there was one.
3. RF Carlos Lee (TOR)
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El Caballo was yet another snub for the AL this season. Despite being 37 years old now, Lee still hasn't missed a beat at the plate. He's hitting .333 (8th in AL) with 15 home runs and 76 RBI (7th in AL). He also ranks 9th in slugging percentage at .507, 7th in OPS at .865 and 3rd in total bases with 224. Many of the AL outfielders were deserving of being All-Stars, but Lee could have been more worthy than at least 1 or 2 of them.
2. DH Ike Davis (BAL)
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Once again, an AL/NL home run leader has been snubbed from being an All-Star and Ike Davis is the latest victim. After being a backup in 2012, Jah decided to finally put Davis into the starting lineup and he has responded by being one of the Orioles' best hitters this season. In addition to being tied for the AL lead with 28 home runs, Davis is 6th in slugging percentage at .520 and 9th in total bases with 209. Being a DH probably hurt Davis' shot at being an All-Star a bit, but he's listed as a 3B and Victor Wilson of the Mariners was the only AL player listed at 3B to be an All-Star. Thus, Davis should have been the backup 3B in the All-Star Game and it's a shame to see the top slugger in the league not make the All-Star team.
1. SP Dicky Gonzalez (SEA)
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But the biggest snub in the AL clearly was Dicky Gonzalez of the Mariners. The Mariners have a big lead in the AL West and are led by ace Mark Prior, but one could make an argument that Gonzalez has pitched even better than Prior this season. Gonzalez only has 9 wins (which almost certainly was the main reason he didn't make the cut), but he is 4th in the AL in ERA at 2.14. He also has a 1.05 WHIP. Again, there were a lot of candidates for All-Stars among AL starting pitchers, but Gonzalez definitely should have been 1 of them.
National League
5. CF Julio Enos (SD)
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Julio Enos was a notable NL All-Star snub this season. He currently is tied for 4th in the NL in home runs with 26 and 10th in RBI with 73. His .526 slugging percentage is 8th in the league, and he is also 9th in extra-base hits (50) and 5th in total bases (220). Enos was deserving of being an All-Star over at least one particular NL outfielder, but should've made it regardless.
4. SP Josh Collmenter (PIT)
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Despite being one of the NL's best pitchers over the past 3 seasons, Josh Collmenter for some reason only has one All-Star appearance to show for. He was snubbed again this season despite having 14 wins, a 2.50 ERA (7th in NL), 22 quality starts (tied for 5th in NL) and 153 strikeouts (5th in the NL). So what if he isn't top 10 in wins? Collmenter was as deserving as just about any NL pitcher to be an All-Star. The NL has a lot of great pitchers and Collmenter certainly wasn't the only notable snub.
3. SP Gerik Baxter (SF)
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Another NL pitching snub was Gerik Baxter. Baxter's season so far includes 15 wins, a 2.42 ERA (6th in NL) and 181 strikeouts (2nd in NL). The Giants' pitching is deep as usual, but Baxter had enough credentials to be an All-Star this season and fell short.
2. 1B Chris Davis (SD)
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Clearly, the biggest snub among NL hitters was Chris Davis. For crying out loud, he is 4th in average (.332), 4th in slugging percentage (.584), 3rd in OPS (.947), 6th in RBI (76), 6th in extra-base hits (53) and tied for 6th in total bases (218). He was more deserving of being an All-Star than one of the NL first basemen that made the team. Davis is a stud and probably hasn't even reached his full potential yet. More than likely, he will make at least a few All-Star appearances in the future, but this snub was pretty bad.
1. SP Pat Neshek (SF)
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Speaking of Giants' pitchers that got snubbed, add Pat Neshek to the list. Neshek was even more deserving than Baxter. He himself has 15 wins, in addition to a 2.32 ERA (5th in NL), 22 quality starts (tied for 5th in NL), 158 strikeouts (3rd in NL), 232.2 innings pitched (3rd in NL), 20 complete games (leads NL) and 4 shutouts (tied for 2nd in NL). Neshek easily should have been an All-Star over at least 3 or 4 of the NL starting pitchers that made it. This snub is horrible because Neshek has easily been a top 5 NL pitcher this season. It sucks only 7 pitchers can make it per season, but OOTP, this is awful.
Hopefully OOTP does a better job next season!
