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Pei Kang
Fans should start writing in Chris Colabello’s, Jesse Chavez’ name…yeah, I don’t think they will sustain their fantastic Aprils, but they certainly deserve a nod.
Rally Weimaraner
While I agree with Wolfson in concept, does he really think that fans will vote in Calabello over Miguel Cabrera? All star voting is and will remain a popularity contest regardless of who is on the ballot.
Donskoy
True, though for everyday fans that might not know of anyone outside their home team, they might want to get behind a Cinderella story like a Colabello or anyone else that isn’t on the projected roster that might deserve it. Smaller names are never going to get the recognition that Miguel Cantera gets if they’re never shown in highlights and placed on popularity ballots.
Also, Colabello would probably be for OF or DH, since Joe Mauer is the starting first basemen and has a real shot at starting even if he doesn’t deserve it right now.
burnboll
What was the news on Abreu, and is it Jose or Bobby?
tesseract
No mention of Abreu in the article?
Chris_RG
The fact that ASG balloting begins at the end of April is the bigger joke. It’s how the Bryan LaHairs of the world end up making All-Star teams.
NoAZPhilsPhan
The All Star game as a whole is a joke and has been ever sense the vote was taken from the players and coaches and turned it into a popularity contest. It’s a shame that to give the game more legitimacy MLB decided to allow the outcome to determine WS home field advantage.
Minnesota Matt
I added Colabello as a write in.
twins33
I don’t vote until near the end, but if Colabello is still deserving near that time I will definitely be writing him in.
And I definitely wouldn’t mind if Kolek fell to the Twins. He’s one of my top three choices if he drops. I doubt he drops though.