All-Star weekend for the MLB is coming up. I am a big fan of all-star weekend. Home Run Derby, Futures Game, Celebrity softball game, and the All-Star game itself are all awesome to watch. However, I CAN'T STAND HOW THE PLAYERS GET SELECTED BY A FAN VOTE. I am a Chicago Cubs fan but they shouldn't have had four starters in the infield. Have you guys seen how stupid some of these fans are? It's a shame how this is the voting system. I am gonna go through the National League starting lineup and point out which guys should start and what guys shouldn't. The reason I am only doing the National League is because how bad of a job the NL "fans" did with building this lineup.
National League Starters are C Buster Posey, 1B Anthony Rizzo, 2B Ben Zobrist, 3B Kris Bryant, SS Addison Russell, OFs Yoenis Cespedes, Dexter Fowler, Bryce Harper.
What the National League Starters should be: C Wilson Ramos, 1B Anthony Rizzo, 2B Daniel Murphy, 3B Kris Bryant, SS Aledyms Diaz, OFs Carlos Gonzalez, Starling Marte, Yoenis Cespedes.
So have Wilson Ramos as the starting catcher instead of Buster Posey. Wilson Ramos the slash line of .335/.554/.944. Buster Posey's slash line is .289/.482/.844. The slash line is batting average, slugging percentage, and the players on base percentage plus their slugging percentage. Just based off of each players slash line Wilson Ramos is out hitting Buster Posey by a considerable amount. Ramos is the leading hitting catcher in the whole MLB yet he is not starting the all-star game? At second base I have Daniel Murphy over Ben Zobrist. Daniel Murphy is leading all but two hitting categories in the National League. It makes ZERO sense that he isn't starting the all-star game. The dude is mashing baseballs left and right this year. He is hitting .345 right now and isn't starting. This is my biggest issue of this year's all-star game is that Addison Russell is the starter over Aledyms Diaz. Russell is hitting .242. Diaz is hitting .319. Diaz is having a great rookie year with the stick. He has been a little shaky with the glove but he has been the best Shortstop in the National League he should be the starter. Russell Shouldn't even be considered to be an all-star. It's sad how the MLB let this happen. The outfielders weren't as badly voted on as I thought. However, it is a shame how Bryce Harper is allowed in the all-star game this year. He hasn't played like Bryce Harper this year but of course, he made it because of the "fans". Carlos Gonzalez and Starling Marte should be starting over Bryce Harper and Dexter Fowler. Dexter Fowler has definitely had a good year but Gonzalez and Marte are having better years. Gonzalez and Harper both have 18 bombs and 51 RBIs. The problem is that Gonzalez has a 100x better slash line but since it's Bryce Harper he gets to start.
The MLB needs to change the selection system. It shouldn't be a fan vote because of how some fans just vote for their favorite player and not the guy who deserves it. It should be some kind of player vote or manager selection system. Rob Manfred if you are reading this please fix this problem because it needs to be fixed ASAP.
