2018 MLB All-Star Game

[madducks]

Washington, DC
July 17, 2018
7:30 PM ET
TV: FOX

AMERICAN LEAGUE

C Wilson Ramos, Rays
Reserve:
Salvador Perez, Royals

1B Jose Abreu, White Sox
Reserve:
Mitch Moreland, Red Sox

2B Jose Altuve, Astros
Reserve:
Gleyber Torres, Yankees

3B Jose Ramirez, Indians
Reserve:
Alex Bregman, Astros

SS Manny Machado, Orioles
Reserve:
Francisco Lindor, Indians

OF Mookie Betts, Red Sox
OF Mike Trout, Angels
OF Aaron Judge, Yankees
Reserves:
Michael Brantley, Indians
Shin-Soo Choo, Rangers
Mitch Haniger, Mariners
George Springer, Astros.

DH J.D. Martinez, Red Sox
Reserve:
Nelson Cruz, Mariners.

SP Trevor Bauer, Indians
SP Jose Berrios, Twins
SP Gerrit Cole, Astros
SP J.A. Happ, Blue Jays
SP Corey Kluber, Indians
SP Chris Sale, Red Sox
SP Luis Severino, Yankees
SP Justin Verlander, Astros (inactive).

RP Aroldis Chapman, Yankees
RP Edwin Diaz, Mariners
RP Joe Jimenez, Tigers
RP Craig Kimbrel, Red Sox
RP Blake Treinen, Athletics.

AL Final Vote winner:
SS Jean Segura, Mariners

NATIONAL LEAGUE

C Willson Contreras, Cubs
Reserves:
Buster Posey, Giants
J.T. Realmuto, Marlins

1B Freddie Freeman, Braves
Reserves:
Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks
Joey Votto, Reds

2B Javier Baez, Cubs
Reserves:
Ozzie Albies, Braves
Scooter Gennett, Reds

3B Nolan Arenado, Rockies
Reserve:
Eugenio Suarez, Reds

SS Brandon Crawford, Giants
Reserve:
Trevor Story, Rockies

OF Nick Markakis, Braves
OF Bryce Harper, Nationals
OF Matt Kemp, Dodgers
Reserves:
Charlie Blackmon, Rockies
Lorenzo Cain, Brewers
Christian Yelich, Brewers.

SP Patrick Corbin, Diamondbacks
SP Jacob deGrom, Mets
SP Mike Foltyniewicz, Braves
SP Jon Lester, Cubs
SP Miles Mikolas, Cardinals
SP Aaron Nola, Phillies
SP Max Scherzer, Nationals.

RP Sean Doolittle, Nationals
RP Josh Hader, Brewers
RP Brad Hand, Padres
RP Kenley Jansen, Dodgers
RP Felipe Vazquez, Pirates.

NL Final Vote winner
1B Jesus Aguilar, Brewers

[madducks]

Nick Markakis has been elected for the first time after playing in 1,928 MLB games. No other player in MLB history had played more than 1,866 games (Ron Fairley in 1973) before gaining a first All-Star selection.

[Ken]

The Blake Snell snub is pretty rough.

[B-Fly]

The Blake Snell snub is pretty rough.

Yep, it looks like he got squeezed out by the fact that Happ and Berrios were each chosen to be the sole representative of their team.

[Moonlight J]

Last 9 starts for Blake Snell: 7-1, 1.10 ERA, 32% K rate, .166 opp BA. That's vs:BOS, OAK, SEA 2x, NYY, HOU 2x, WAS, NYM

[revo]

Yep, it looks like he got squeezed out by the fact that Happ and Berrios were each chosen to be the sole representative of their team.

And Joe Jimenez.

Also, Charlie Morton.

On the NL side, I'm surprised Jesus Aguilar & Max Muncy both didn't make it.

[chancellor]

There's some pretty cool stories in this year's picks - Markakis, for sure, Mikolas, Moreland, Brantley, and Kemp. A couple guys considered too old and washed up, one who was essentially exiled to Japan, a guy with tons of talent, but always previously hurt, and a guy who was "only a platoon player".

OTOH, AL 1B has sure turned into a wasteland.

[Pauly]

Nick Markakis has been elected for the first time after playing in 1,928 MLB games. No other player in MLB history had played more than 1,866 games (Ron Fairley in 1973) before gaining a first All-Star selection.

Here's another good Markakis-related all star trivia question:
Markakis was one of only 2 players in the 2,000-hit club who had not made an AS team. Do you know who the only remaining player is?

[mjl]

Here's another good Markakis-related all star trivia question:
Markakis was one of only 2 players in the 2,000-hit club who had not made an AS team. Do you know who the only remaining player is?

for what it's worth, skimming the list of those players and guessing who probably didn't make an AS team, I've found three so far.

[Pauly]

for what it's worth, skimming the list of those players and guessing who probably didn't make an AS team, I've found three so far.

Hint is it that he is not an old-timer.
Here's a list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...r_hits_leaders

[Ken]

for what it's worth, skimming the list of those players and guessing who probably didn't make an AS team, I've found three so far.

Not including Markakis there are 5. Two played in the last 20 years. The rest ended in 1930 and prior.

So if we consider only modern players there are two outside of Markakis. One had 2004 hits, the other had 2023. They both played on at least 7 teams, so there's probably a journeyman label that factored in to why they were never all stars. They also had long careers and were more accumulators rather than high peak value players, hitting the 2000 hit mark at age 38 or later.

[Pauly]

Not including Markakis there are 5. Two played in the last 20 years. The rest ended in 1930 and prior.

So if we consider only modern players there are two outside of Markakis. One had 2004 hits, the other had 2023. They both played on at least 7 teams, so there's probably a journeyman label that factored in to why they were never all stars. They also had long careers and were more accumulators rather than high peak value players, hitting the 2000 hit mark at age 38 or later.

You missed him.

[Ken]

You missed him.

Not sure what you mean, I found 5, how could I have missed "him"?

Also, please note that I'm not the "you" here, I'm using baseball-reference. So I guess baseball-reference can be broken but I doubt it.

[Pauly]

Not sure what you mean, I found 5, how could I have missed "him"?

Also, please note that I'm not the "you" here, I'm using baseball-reference. So I guess baseball-reference can be broken but I doubt it.

This is what I get for listening to a friend who has a little known all-star trivia fact. You are correct Ken.

Anyway, in addition to Zeile and Phillips, Juan Pierre (2,217 hits) never appeared in an All-Star Game.

[mjl]

interesting. I think we all have disjoint lists. The three I found all played post 2000.

Spoiler!

Ken had Tony Phillips, who I missed.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zeileto01.shtml

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cabreor01.shtml

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pierrju01.shtml