by Brian Abate, Chris DiGeronimo, and Gianluca Milea
"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer" - Ted Williams
Joe Lunardi's bracket updates the day after a championship game. Sportsbooks posting odds for Super Bowl favorites the day after the Lombardi trophy is won. Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith debating who will dethrone the 12 hour NBA Champions.
"Patience is a virtue."
With sports especially we all have our favorite time of year. Whether it be March Madness, the NBA playoffs, NFL Sundays, The Masters, the list goes on. While crowning a winner is inevitable, it can be bitter sweet to watch the time expire and wish you could relive the moment over and over again. So we wait for the next year when the event will surely return.
This has been a difficult year for many people. The pandemic has impacted millions, and it will hopefully soon be behind us. All in all, a lot of folks simply long for normalcy and an escape, which is something sport often brings.
While there won't be an MLB All-Star Game this year, there will still be many players deserving of the honor. We break down our ideas for who would ultimately be deserving of an ASG nod once the mid-way point rolls around. For some positions we included a second player as an honorable mention or someone to keep an eye on as the season progresses as a potential selection.
AL - Stats as of 8/11/2020
C- Salvador Perez - 23 hits, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .307 AVG, .321 OBP, .814 OPS
1B - Jose Abreu - 21 hits, 3 HR, 12 RBI, .263 AVG, .298 OBP, .735 OPS
2B - DJ LeMahieu- 24 hits, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .400 AVG, .455 OBP, .971 OPS
3B - Matt Chapman - 21 hits, 6 HR, 15 RBI, .273 AVG, .309 OBP, .932 OPS
Gio Urshela - 15 hits, 3 HR, 13 RBI, .288 AVG, .367 OBP, .905 OPS
SS - Francisco Lindor - 16 hits, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .222 AVG, .282 OBP, .671 OPS
Bo Bichette - 15 hits, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .300 AVG, .327 OBP, .887 OPS
LF - Michael Brantley - 16 hits, 1 HR, 8 RBI, .286 AVG, .375 OBP, .821 OPS
CF - Mike Trout - 20 hits, 8 HR, 16 RBI, .328 AVG, .377 OBP, 1.115 OPS
RF - Aaron Judge - 18 hits, 9 HR, 20 RBI, .290 AVG, .343 OBP, 1.101 OPS
P - Gerrit Cole - 3-0, 3.22 ERA, 26 SO, 0.94 WHIP
Lance Lynn - 2-0, 1.16 ERA, 30 SO, 0.94 WHIP
DH - Nelson Cruz - 22 hits, 4 HR, 16 RBI, .328 AVG, .400 OBP, .952 OPS
NL - Stats as of 8/11/2020
C - J.T. Realmuto - 11 hits, 5 HR, 12 RBI, .275 AVG, .356 OBP, 1.006 OPS
1B - Freddie Freeman - 17 hits, 3 HR, 12 RBI, .266 AVG, .373 OBP, .889 OPS
2B - Ketel Marte - 24 hits, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .329 BA, .351 OBP, .803 OPS
Donovan Solano - 27 hits, 1 HR, 15 RBI, .458 BA, .476 OBP, 1.137 OPS
3B - Justin Turner - 17 hits, 1 HR, 12 RBI, .250 BA, .342 OBP, .754 OPS
SS - Fernando Tatis Jr. - 24 hits, 8 HR, 18 RBI, .333 BA, .407 OBP, 1.157 OPS
Corey Seager - 17 hits, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .340 BA, .389 OBP, .989 OPS
LF - Juan Soto - 8 hits, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .364 BA, .391 OBP, 1.164 OPS
CF - Ronald Acuna Jr. - 17 hits, 4 HR, 9 RBI, .258 BA, .372 OBP, .887 OPS
Starling Marte - 21 hits, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .350 BA, .435 OBP, .918 OPS
RF - Charlie Blackmon - 34 hits, 3 HR, 20 RBI, .500 BA, .527 OBP, 1.248 OPS
Mookie Betts - 18 hits, 4 HR, 10 RBI, .281 BA, .343 OBP, .905 OPS
P - Jacob deGrom- 2-0, 2.45 ERA, 28 SO, 0.96 WHIP
DH - Jesus Aguilar- 11 hits, 4 HR, 8 RBI, .282 AVG, .333 OBP, .974 OPS
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