10:38PM: Manny Machado has been named to the NL team as a replacement for Ronald Acuna Jr., as the Braves star will miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn ACL.
5:03PM: Molina has decided against playing in the All-Star Game, telling MLB.com’s Katie Woo and other reporters that he will use the break to rest his foot. Molina spent 11 days on the injured list due to a tendon strain in his right foot earlier this season. Omar Narvaez will take Molina’s spot on the NL team, as announced by the Brewers.
11:12AM: Major League Baseball announced the All-Star replacements today. Since the initial rosters came out on July 4th, 10 players have proven unable to participate for one reason or another. The following players have been added to the rosters for the upcoming All-Star game:
American League
- Tim Anderson, SS, Chicago White Sox
- Chris Bassitt, SP, Oakland A’s
- Whit Merrifield, 2B, Kansas City Royals
- Joey Wendle, SS, Tampa Bay Rays
The players above are taking the place of four Astros who are now listed as unable to participate: Jose Altuve, Michael Brantley, Carlos Correa and Ryan Pressly, who will stay home to be with his wife as they await the birth of a child.
National League
- Walker Buehler, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Justin Turner, 3B, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Max Scherzer, SP, Washington Nationals
- Taijuan Walker, SP, New York Mets
- Freddy Peralta, SP, Milwaukee Brewers
- Yadier Molina, C, St. Louis Cardinal
The players above are taking the place of Mookie Betts of the Dodgers, Jacob deGrom of the Mets, Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres and Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants. They also account for Brandon Woodruff and Kevin Gausman, All-Stars who will be unavailable for the game because they are starting games on Sunday.
Anderson, Merrifield and Molina were elected via the Player Ballot. While Molina takes Buster Posey’s place on the roster, J.T. Realmuto will take his spot in the starting lineup.
Are the Astros boycotting the All-Star game? If so they are doing a bang up job of it.
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Sorry I can’t help myself sometimes, you know where the mute button is. 😉
They must disagree with moving it out of Atlanta. Surely.
Womp womp Georgia.
No idea what “womp womp” means, but wish you happy womping.
To anybody going to the all-star game I’d suggest wearing full kit including cleats and glove. You’d have a very good chance of getting a game at this rate. Make sure your top has a favourite player on the back and you’re there…
youtu.be/tKdcjJoXeEY
They are focusing on health and family. The allstar game is meaningless.
or, and hear me out. THEY ARE COWARDS
They are 100% cowards. They are scared of getting booed at a non-Texas venue. If they were innocent they’d have no problems suiting up.
I’m sure the Astros are terrified of your boos. Trembling. They might be the first professional athletes to have to hear boos in an away stadium. It’s gotta be tough on them.
I have a funny feeling if you called any of these athletes a coward to their faces, they’d punch your lights out. An opinion is one thing, denigrating accusations is another. Don’t hide behind a computer, it’s too easy.
Please. Only roided-out idiots would “punch your lights out” for calling them a coward. A normal human would just laugh and go back to whatever they were doing. It’s acceptable to criticize a public figure on the internet…
@Ted, Are you so brave you can call people a “coward” and feel good about it & not have to answer for your lack of integrity? Again, you can have an opinion, but to resort to name calling makes you look bad. If you accept this style, then enjoy it & keep hiding behind the net.
Defending the Astros and calling out somebody’s integrity in the same sentence. I’m baffled.
I’m not surprised you’re baffled.
He is named after Trotsky. Integrity is not something he admires.
Must be apart of the paid for your silence clause in the investigation into sign stealing scandal, to also bow out of the all star game when selected… *best JFK impersonation* Mark my words, Rob Manfred is a crook!
Ted, I equate with the net that back in the 70’s before the net, there was a phenomenon called gossip. Insignificant people huddled with their friends & called people fat, stupid, whores or cowards. When word got around it wasn’t a “roid” backed athlete that confronted you it was a 5′ tall women, or 5’5″ fat man, or a boss that punched you out. You continue to hide, call people what you want, they might find you. Think before you type.
You know nothing about Trotsky boi.
Ugh
Again, I’m not surprised your “baffled” Are you on Government assistance? Psychotropic drugs?
Tough words from a coward an ocean away. Come say it to their faces, COWARD!!!
Eliminating “denigrating accusations” (towards MLB & the posters here) from A’sFaninUK’s posts would be the equivalent of just using the mute button.
I wasn’t talking to you bro, I’ve already said my peace.
Someone grew up at the wrong time, or as a sniveling coward themselves. I can darn sure tell u in my days as a younger man.. Say that to me and ur on your back. Then people think should use either words they can’t back up, or guns now instead of fists.
Why this place is a screwed up mess.
Ok Grandpa now let’s get you back to the home.
In TX they still have this thing call ed, “PROVOCATION”.
YOU CAN NOT get in someone’s face, insult, denigrate or threaten a person or his family or hisor his family’s name. IT’S CALLED PROVOCATION.
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE RESPECT FOR THE OTHER HUMAN BEING.
YEAH, they CAN punch your lights out.
TOO BAD THE REST OF THE COUNTRY HAS LOST SIGHT OF THE CONCEPT!
And…once.you move towards a man it is considered, “Mutual combat”.
There is no sueing they guy who kicks your butt in, no sending him the dentist or hospital bills – YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
NO ONE ELSE!
Yeah, I’m fairly confident BigAl Avila can’t knock me down, but notice, I’ve never said anything about his son…..
I would have my corner man banging on a trash can so I’d know what punches were coming
They honestly have no obligation to go to an ASG where no one wants them there
I know for fact they don’t care what a bunch of trolls think of them, they still all cash million dollar checks while we post on an app griping about them.
more importantly to some of these guys, they are winning
They’re not afraid of being booed, they’re afraid to share a locker room with the players they cheated against.
I don’t even think it’s the boos from fans they want to avoid. It’s the mingling with other players that can’t stand them anymore.
Punch your lights out? Are you from the 1890s? That’s Abner Doubleday talk podner. Take a gander at Curly with his snidely whiplash handlebar mustache.
Meaningless except for that bonus and in their career bio…so much for the honor.
They usually get the bonus anyway for being selected.
Like Altuve skipping game he says to rest a sore leg…then Ken Rosenthal calls it out with “well, Altuve just bunted and looked healthy running…that’s good news for Astro fans!” Lol
Nothing but a group of cheaters who will be forever remembered for only that.
Nope, the Astros are still hitting, but the cheating Yanks can’t hit. Who were the cheaters and liars – yep the Yanks. Astros 2017 World Champions.
This outta be good, @maverick.
Can you please explain to me why the Astros received the harshest penalties MLB could levy while the Yanks received a letter.
Hoping you go all conspiracy theory here.
Thanks in advance!
That’s a hot take if I ever heard one.
This was always going to be the REAL punishment for the A-Holes
These dudes will never be comfortable in their own skin as long as they live.
In Altuve’s case his wife isn’t even comfortable ….
And the punishment will post date their playing careers ……
The real kick in the stomach will be when Altuve is at the grocery store when he’s 60 and overhears a Dad explaining to his son “Thats Jose Altuve the cheater Son”
This is what shame looks like folks, this is the punishment, and it cuts far deeper than any fine or suspension ever would have- It’s why Im ultimately OK w Manfraud botching the whole situation in the first place….they can NEVER outrun their shadows and during the AS game they will have that special moment to reflect on all of it 😉
Cap & amp I also used to think that but after all the cheating with the spine rate and sticky wad they now are all cheaters. Dodger and Yankee fans have been whining about the trash can for 4 years now and now they have the most notable pitching cheaters. They all need to just go away. Dodger fans you won your 40% Championship enjoy it because for a real regular season title you aren’t winning anything.
Yep it is…. Bauer simply proved a point.
He actively told Mlb I’m going to use this substance to show this is what Cole uses. Really, he’s the reason the game is getting cleaned up. He embarrassed mlb. Hardly the biggest cheater out there. He told mlb what he’s doing before he did it! If they cleaned the game up in 2018 when SpiderTact first came out, Bauer would never have used the stuff
And the title haters are hilarious. LA was going to play in the playoffs. They were on pace for 115 wins in 162 game season. 8th straight appearance. There isn’t much doubt here. They were no sub 500 wild card.
And We all can agree last year’s playoff format was tougher than any of recent memory with fewer off days+ more rounds. So calling them illegitimate champs is a pretty big joke if you think about it without being a biased fan..
Except those dealing the shame are dirty themselves. Hypocrites.
As evidenced by this post.
Your not going to waste your time to ‘take the punishment you deserve’ if you don’t think you have anything to be punished for, let alone deserve, so no incentive or reason for the Astros to attend at all.
Not sure how Brantley is considered an All Star?
Really? You must not know anything about baseball.
“Jose Altuve, Michael Brantley, Carlos Correa and Ryan Pressly, who will stay home to be with his wife as they await the birth of a child.”
Are all 4 of them out for the birth of the child? Are they going to find out who the daddy is?
Jokes aside, there were a lot of rumblings that other players didnt want them at the game and there is still a ton of animosity amongst peers.
I just love how the Yanks ignore that they have a former Astro in their dugout. Just anyInconvenient truth I guess. Keep ripping off those jerseys Judgie boy.
Was he a batter?
Astros being Astros
excuse me, Yadi?
Players vote runner-up
that may be why, but not an excuse imo
He should have been the starter anyway. He’s the best catcher of his generation!
He’s the best Cardinal catcher of his generation.
Well Darkside if you dig back into all star game lore in 2013 you’ll notice that there was A controversy… Adam Wainwright was picked to start by Mike Matheny over Clayton Kershaw. In that same year Yadier Molina was voted to start the all star game as catcher, but due to injury Buster Posey started in his place, so it only makes since that Yadi turning age 39 MIND YOU be the natural choice to replace the injured Buster Posey.
So an 8 year grudge matters more than 2021 stats for the 2021 all star game?
Phew some fans are a special type of stupid
Not a big deal. Yadi is opting out of going. So they will be replacing him as well,
Who’s taking Schwarbers spot?
How is Merrifield an all star and Schoop isnt?
It says Anderson, Merrifield and Molina were chosen by player ballot. They received more player votes in the initial voting.
Anderson, MERRIFIELD and Molina were elected via the Player Ballot.
apparantly his coworkers dont like him enough to elect him to be an all-star.
Coworkers! Funny concept. All sitting in the breakroom. Break out laughing when Altuve pulls his lunch out of the frig.
About equal value and Merrifield plays more positions?
Because its obvious to 100% of people who watch baseball that Schoop stinks and Merrifield is awesome??!
Or reigning GG winner, Isiah Kiner Falefa. He might win in consecutive years at a different position.
yeah, IKF should be in
You’re not being serious, right? IKF has a sub .700 OPS. A sub .300 OBP. Defense or not, those aren’t all-star numbers. In fact, he doesn’t have one season above .700 OPS in his career. He’s not a useless player or anything, but he’s not an all-star either.
Looking at defense alone, IKF is at least close. Ozzie’s #’s aren’t much better half his all-star seasons. But, no, he probably doesn’t deserve to be in.
If you think IKF should be in for defense alone, then JP Crawford should be a shoe in. IKF is not an all-star
Yea you’re probably right. Like I said, I don’t think he deserves the nod but an argument COULD be made on the basis of his D, and, yes, that argument may still put JP ahead of him.
JP had been on fire and is well on his way to his second of what I expect to be numerous Gold Gloves. That being said, IKF is a special defender when you consider his versatility. But JP has done nothing but rake since he’s moved to the lead off spot. He got snubbed as far as I’m concerned
Ozzie got voted in every season
Molina being an All Star shows you the lack of depth of good catchers
True, and that’s been an issue for awhile it seems. There are plenty of good defensive catchers, but very few good all-around catchers.
Catcher will be the first position eliminated and it will be a great time in the games history, no more stupid unwritten rule gatekeeping, low-talent hitters getting in the way of a pure pitcher/hitter matchup. No extra characters, no umps no catchers.
Is there gonna just be a net behind home plate? Baserunners using little league rules?
Yeah, that didn’t make sense to me either.
Use a tee (like tee ball), & we can dump the pitchers too.
Get the coach out there with a fungo and no more hitters. Baseball has returned to its truest form: a good crips round of I/O. Pace of play down to 15 minutes too. Win-win.
No more pitchers & catchers report to spring training. Cuts down on strike outs, HBP, balks & payroll. Progress!
Man, A’s fan, you come up with the most asinine changes for the game.
Does England…ever have a significant point of view?
JFC! “Catchers will be eliminated”.
My friend. Limey thou you are.
This isn’t soccer. Nor Cricket.
My God my God
Considering how brittle this generation is and the fact that they want to eliminate everything they don’t like (pitchers batting), this comment doesn’t surprise me at all. DH fielder, DH runner and DH hitter #2 are not that far away from discution.
I think A’s fan pulls these absurd ideas out their own rear… doubt anyone else supports or even takes them seriously
If he pulls these ideas out of his rear, how does he get around that stick?
The Queen helps him.
England. Lol
You expected sense from and A’sfaninUK’s post. That’s kind of on you.
He’s in the UK. What do you expect? Like he’s going to suggest good rules for AMERICA’s pastime. They’re still mad that they lost the war.
If they were all like him, it isn’t hard to see why. Too busy shooting each other.
Narvaez and Smith would have been better picks. in fact, either would have been better picks than JT as well.
Narvaez not getting an all-star nod is a crock. Best bat at that position this year and has improved defensively
Sean Murphy leads all AL catchers in WAR – you dont know what a crock is.
Narvaez missed time and WAR is a crock itself
Stick to cricket or futbol because it’s obvious that you don’t know jack about baseball.
best bat,
Narvaez .301, 8 HR, 26 RBI
Salvy .275, 20 HR, 51 RBI
just for fun, since you want to add Murphy to the mix,
.218, 10 HR, 41 RBI
yeah I believe the best bat would be Mr. Perez
Narvaez OPs+ 136… Salvy 112… Narvaez is better. You need to use more than 3 stats, one of which is basically useless for comparing players. Welcome to the modern world.
oh yeah I forgot that the nerds felt left out in baseball so they had to create stats to make their favirote players seem better than they actually are.
ok, you want to add more stats, how’s this:
Perez
7 time all star
5 time gold glove winner
3 time silver slugger winner
world series MVP
2020 AL comeback POY
Narvaez
0 all star appearances
0 gold gloves
0 silver sluggers
0 times to the world series
any other stats you would like to quote
Is your argument “Perez should be an All-star for the 2021 season based on what he has done in other seasons?”
What is a crock, Limey?
Lemme guess. Something “Rival” makes that you cook a Corned Beef Brisquet in?
(Don’t worry. I shall answer for myself. As “The UK” is always 30 years behind the times anyway. (Thank God for the United States man. Or yinz would be the smallest province in the Russian Empire). But I digress. I like England.
Bad teeth. Nice people. And they did produce Monty Python years ago.
Phoenix is correct.
Again.
no my argument was originally that Perez is a better bat than both Murphy and narvaez, I was just backing up my argument. Perez as an all star is a given.
What a lame insult (“that the nerds left out”) by midknight. It amounts to “I don’t like what your objective analysis says about a player I like, so I’m just going to say your arguments are garbage without valid reason”. In truth, here is how analytics have broadly operated:
-Analyze historical full game and team results to determine what goes into helping teams win baseball games
-Analyze how individual players contribute to the elements identifying in the first step
-Quantify those contributions and develop metrics that help intuitively compare those contributions from player to player
That’s it, nothing fancy and no room for bias. The work that goes into each step is usually public knowledge and openly shared, in order to allow others to discover if an analyst is steering things in a direction of bias.
Generally, you can bet your life savings that, when a sabermetrician and someone else disagree, if there is any bias between the two it will stem much more strongly from “someone else” than the sabermetrician.
Midknight: First of all I’m talking about THIS YEAR. I think that was clear. Secondly, need i point out the utter foolishness of trying to counter actual stats with somewhat arbitrarily given awards?
“You need to use more than 3 stats.” Meanwhile, you support your “modern world” argument by using only one stat, OPS+. Sound modern thinking there. Not saying you are incorrect, but your argument is not very strong.
BTW, why are we comparing Salvy and Narvaez since they are opposite leagues? Both could be starting catcher, there is no need for it to be one or the other.
OPS+ is an all encompassing stat. It incorporates other multiple traditional stats. It’s not perfect but it’s several stats rolled into one. It encompasses all the other stats. So, big snark fail on your part, hiflew, it just went over your head, that’s all.
Using past seasons to try to make an argument for a player this season is the true mark of an idiot. Congratulations sir
BUT IT IS STILL ONE STAT! Your whole argument was that other guy should use more than three stats. I understand it encompasses a lot, but it is still one stat. Nothing went over my head, you just don’t seem to understand irony.
I guess it’s still over your head: that one stat encompasses many other stats in one. You’re still not getting it. (And I’m not saying it’s the end all and be all but it is effectively MORE than one stat if you count, say BA as one stat and HRs as another, we’ll OPS+ has BOTH plus more.)
I was using past seasons to show how great salvy us, any idiot would know that.
i countered your actual stat with other stats, you blew them off.
It is still one statistic. It doesn’t matter what goes into it. There is one output. The reason I am not getting it is because you are not making sense. Once you condense all those other stats into OPS+, it is one stat. If you cannot see that, then all hope is lost. Just have a nice day. Enjoy the pretty flowers.
Are you talking about Justin Turner, with the JT Darkside? Pretty dumb comment. Might want to check his offensive numbers.
Molina one of the all time greats and always a pleasure watching him play!
Are the Astros players afraid of what would happen in the club house?
Correa is on the IL due to COVID protocols, Altuve wants to rest his leg, Brantley is just recovering from a hamstring injury and Pressely’s wife just had a baby. Leave the gaslighting to the media.
So Pressly I may give you. Possibly Brantley, but the other two are just cowards. Unless Correa has tested positive, and there is no indication that is the case, he is just using it as an excuse.
So he is going to sit out 3 regular home season games, risk the AL not having the World Series Advantage, to miss one all star game? Is that what you are suggesting?
Would you want to work to get homefield advantage for the world series if you were worried about the backlash they would face during an extra game and not having homefield advantage. Being an all star that won the world series will probably add atleast a couple mil per year his contract offers and homefield advantage definitely helps. if anything the all star game will have more people talking about it being moved than the stros from years ago. If he was doing the HR derby then backed out would be different.
I agree with this. Dude literally is the covid protocol and missing actual games. Your logic is he’d rather risk his team losing a few meaningful games and having to play an extra road game (where’d he get booed like crazy) if they make the WS than play in 1-3 innings of an All-Star game in Colorado because he’d get booed for his announcement and maybe 2 at bats??? He gets booed playing away games anyways and it’s not like this all-star game is in New York or LA.
He’s having a kid. You ‘may’ think that’s a good excuse? Do you live in the real world?
It’s pretty cheap to call grown men cowards on an anonymous forum where you don’t have to show your face.
@Flyby Home field advantage is no longer determined by the All Star Game.
The team with the best record during the 2021 MLB regular-season will have home field advantage in the World Series.
@cmurphy
My bad i didnt hear that. When did that happen?
@nebraska Dude this is the mlbtr comment section it’s not that f**kin serious, chillout. It’s pretty obvious here the Astros don’t want to go to an exibition game event that would normally be fun publicity for them because they will be ridiculed by opposing fans like they have been all season long. Why would any of them want to skip a peaceful time at home when they know what could potentially be awaiting for them in Colorado, boos, taunting, and all kinds of other crap.Correa is probably on the covid protocol for contact tracing or something.
I need to chill out and you typed a rambling paragraph. Gotcha
Steve, how come all my posts about cowards have been erased & yours is still on here? Truly puzzled
It’s pretty cheap to call grown men cowards on an anonymous forum where you don’t have to show your face.
welcome to the brave new world Curly; wrongthink vill not be tolerated!!!!!
Wow, I’m ashamed, saddened, & feel really stupid.
Now it’s time for your apology tour. 🙂
This is amusing
Home-field advantage going to the winner of the All-Star game ended years ago… so you’re argument is pointless
Nuanced Jamesian, I don’t apologize for being censored, I feel stunned
Clearly the moderators are intimidated by your sheer masculine presence on the sight and don’t want to be shown up.
modern world, man; if you don’t grovel sufficiently, they’ll never let you host an all star game
(this is why I have fantasies of amassing a few billion $ and starting a new major league)
Give it a rest. A blind man could see through it.
@Rhino ah yes, defending grown men online from the crimes everyone knows they committed, your parents must be so proud.
I’m sure his parents would be prouder of him being rational grown adult and not someone pushing some conspiracy theory based on a vendetta about a baseball game.
Um, they cheated at a game. They didn’t commit a crime. And at this point, as a non-Astros fan, I’m so sick of this nonsense, infantile whining about it. They cheated, they won, MLB/Players Association made their decisions… enough already, get over it, move on. It’s absurd at this point.
lol at “crimes”
And if the stupid schedulers didn’t have the Astros playing 26 games in 27 days before the break, Altuve and crew might’ve been a little healthier.
Yeah cause they were the only team. Do you realize EVER OTHER SINGLE TEAM in the league played 25 or 26 games in that time frame as well? As much as you like to think the Astros are special, they are not.
No.
Yeah they get the soap in the pillowcase treatment a la Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket.
Omar Navarez should of been selected over Yadi, thats a shame
Yadi being picked is a joke. Omar has the biggest gripe, but there’s easily six other guys better this year than Molina, even after Posey and JT
Picked by his peers, others picked by fans. To be totally fair based upon stats then have a computer pick the players. It’s a celebrity event which it should be.
Yadi the greatest catcher of all time. No question no debate. He always deserves to start an all star game.
Themed, the biggest homer on this site. Cardinals one game behind the Cubs who suck this season. Nolan was automatic division championship for them!
That’s hilarious and so wrong. Bench, Yogi, Cochran. I can keep going if you’d like…
Yeah keep going. No one was better than Yadi. He’s the greatest of all time!
Johnny Bench is the best of all time.
Pudge, Gary Carter, even Mike Piazza gave more value to his team, although his defense was a little rough.
Campanella, the other Pudge, Thurman Munson. I’m not sure Yadi is even in the top 10.
Yahoo has always been a joke.
Overrated he has always been.
Pitch framer and “media queen” is all he is.
Simply because the entire rest of the league has had LOUSY CATCHERS during his “tenure”…does NOT make him Bill Freehan or Manny Sanguillen or Mickey Cochrane or Yogi Berra or even…John Stearns.
He is “the top of a bad crop”. No more. No less.
Looking forward to his (Albeit long-awaited I am sure) ‘I am retiring” speech.
As if anyone…cares?
Yikes. Someone really hates Yadi. As a Cubs fan who has watched him for like 15 years now, dude is way more than you just described. He’s not Johnny Bench or Yogi, but he is Yadier Molina, and his ticket to the Hall is stamped already.
It’s all STARS not all “guys who played good for 2 months”
Sean Murphy leads all AL catchers in WAR and he never sniffed it. Way worse than the Narvaez snub.
Yes STARS not necessarily best players.or MVPs
Also i believe there is a guy named Yasmani Grandal who actually has higher WAR than sean murphy..
I go to a restaurant with a guy named Frank that is the head chef and he is a better cooks food better than i have had at the Ramsey and Wolfgang Puck restaurants (yes not them cooking but i can only go by what i have eaten). He has a cook off on end of town and Gordon Ramsey has one at the other end who do you think has the bigger turnout Frank or Gordon?. Also STAR is subjective. Just look at this little thread you have 2 guys who is the bigger STAR with me adding a 3rd that by your own metric outweighs you STAR.
WAR. Lol.
Another sabermetric garbage stat.
Stop going to restaurants..with guys BTW.
Just saying.
Baseball sucks.
It has since 1994.
Look into the stat of WAR. It’s imperfect and often misused, but believe me, it’s a good tool to use alongside traditional stats. WAR has its quirks, but it’s useful. Win Shares is probably better but all the websites use WAR so…
That was the worst argument I’ve ever read on MLBTR. Hands-down. And food is extremely subjective to the person eating it. I wont eat eggs. I think they’re absolutely gross. But the majority of the world loves them. See, there you go. Subjective. What a horrible argument
Re-read my argument. I’m not saying WAR is the best stat, I’m saying it is what is readily available to me. What stats do you use? Cuz if it’s just things like BA, etc, well I use them too. But go ahead, what stats do you use? Lemme guess: batting average, RBIs, grit or some such nonsense…. Man, so many folks around here get snarky when they’re just misunderstanding basic logic.
Yeah, WAR is completely and utterly overrated.
People focus on the status trade, but the White Sox trade for The Shark looks worse every year.
The AL will have two representatives traded away in that deal, Semien and Bassitt. For every solid Hahn deal, there is another that went terrible sideways.
and people still wanna disrespect Beane
Oakland athletics have no present no future no hope !
Because beans is an idiot.
He is nothing more than Charley O.
Only cheaper. (Which is hard to be…than Charley O).
Who ruined this game? Beans.
Where is his team? Oakland.
Where is Oakland. Near San Fran.
Nuff said.
He was great but there’s a handful of young executives doing what he does better then he currently does ! I question if he’s halfway wanting to do something else bigger then baseball! He’s definitely long resigned himself to the fact the athletics are never gonna win another World Series
I’m not an A’s fan but if only 6 teams make the playoffs every year and they are continually 1 of those teams, how could you say someone is doing better at the approach that beane takes? It isn’t just that they are good ever year, they do it with quite few changes every offseason.
how many playoff series wins the last 10 years?
Absolutely none unless you want to count that farce of a 3 game series mlb had last year , it still didn’t even get them to the league championship series , credit where credit is due somebody should give bean and the Athletics a cookie for constantly making the playoffs just to end up some bodies whipping boys
They disrespect Beane because he is #666 to baseball.
He and his Sabercrap? Have RUINED this game.
How many WS he got since he was “oh so innovating”
Answer is ZERO.
HE alone has made the A’s a joke.
Very much akin to the Pirates. (Only the Pirates are more pi$$poorly run than the A’s).
Team needs to be in San Jose. Period.
Oakland. Lol.
Who in charge there? Nancy Pelosi still?
Next case
Giants own the territory rights there and have no reason to give them up unless they just want to be really nice lol
Athletics frankly don’t deserve a new stadium! The current one is perfectly fitting for them ! They should play there forever or until it is deemed unsafe
Meh. That’s a few iterations ago. Are you not supposed to make a deal for fear of a future all star game 8 yrs from now?
If it’s a one-year rental that costs you three solid prospects.
Btw, now add Narvaez to the list. He was traded for a closer when the team was still bad. And then they ended up paying 54 mil to replace that closer.
So Trout is still playing?
Don’t they need a replacement for Trout?
When they announced the initial rosters, they already knew Trout would be out, and Joey Gallo got a roster spot
They do need to announce who’ll start in place of trout though. I’d imagine that’ll be Mullins
Yep. Mike Carp or Kevin Bass. (Even Randy Bass will do).
Maybe Tim Salmon or Sid Bream.
Any way it is sliced? Bird gotta fly. Fish gotta fry.
And the All Star Game still sucks.
Trout should sit it out.
(His team needs him more than some dumb freak show of B Caliber crud).
Trout is one of the last TRUE ballplayers left out there.
(He is too good for a dog n pony show)
you forgot catfish hunter.
DeSclafani should make the team.
why??
Couldn’t agree more
Absolutely. I’m sure the other replacement pitchers are just as deserving but it seems odd that the giants wouldn’t get the nod there with Gausman unable to go considering they will go into the break with the major’s best record. DeSclafani is a very deserving choice
so who’s starting for Trout
Trout i dont think was on the ballot since he has been injured or they didnt include him in the counts since he was obviously be unavailable.
Trout was selected as a starter
NEW YORK — Angels superstars Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout on Thursday were named as starters for the 2021 All-Star Game at Colorado’s Coors Field on July 13, although Trout won’t be able to play in the game because of a right calf strain.
No love for DeSclafini?
No. No love for DeScalpollini
Average player. At best.
Not an All Star. At all.
In honesty? Over HALF of those “elected” (or was it “erected”?) Aren’t.
These aren’t “all stars”.
They are sabermetric gobbledygook idols.
#allstargame. Lol
(Can’t wait to miss it)
If you don’t like sabermetrics then perhaps you would appreciate a pitcher being 10-3 with a 2.68 era for the team with the best record in the majors. He also has two complete game shutouts. Seems like a good old school star pitcher stat line. Hmm..wonder where we might a pitcher with those exact numbers
I agree 100%. Desclafini has been excellent all season long. Hopefully he can continue at this level as it is what everyone saw flashes of when he was younger.
COWARDS
Astros pissed you off today, big time! I love it! Lmao
@texas
You forgot the “e” on the end. Ahahahaha!
I’m sure the Astros players reasons are legit. Yuli Gurriel was snubbed big time. He should’ve been selected as well.
Tim Anderson over JP! What a corrupt fraud MLB is
Yeah it was a great to read to start my day off. Oh well. It’s just going to add fuel to the fire for JP to continue raking
The Astros are only perpetuating the situation with their relentless hiding and disputing. Facing it like a man is the only way it will truly pass.
what are you even talking about it?
He means the Astros all made an excuse because they knew they would be booed unmercifully at the all star game. Them not coming is best news yet
reply fail
I wish Braves players would boycott it.
@BraveJason: That would have been interesting, but Freddie wouldn’t do that to his son.
For fans who want to see them, it’s a good thing they’re not crybabies, then.
I’m sure the majority of Braves fans would have liked to see them play IN ATLANTA!!
ya take what you can get sometimes…
BraveJason
Me too sir
Well said.
Atlanta was the All Star Game this season.
Baseball “Wussied out in its ESPN fashion” (shocker!) And took a knee (like flamer football does).
What’s next? Hockey players now gotta wear pink?
Sports (and this thing called “baseball” nowadays) is a wussbag game.
Please. Go on strike. For a YEAR.
World was better off without em.
Overpaid kowtowers is all they are.
Change Wendle to JP Crawford.
I think Altuve and Correa stayed home because it would be embarrassing to be booed at the All-Star game. Can’t say that I blame them for that.
Whoopie de doo!
Am I the only one left on Earth that could not care less about a dumb All Star Game?
Should have been in Atlanta.
Coaches should decide the players.
And the Home Run Derby is stupid.
Nuff said.
Like “interleague play and the DH?” The All Star Game is a pile of pomp and circumstance that is a waste of time.
Next case.
HA..Nude said. That’s a good one.
@dude.
Nude…only for you;)
If you don’t care about it, why do you have so many opinions about it?
@rct.
Because “being right” still needs said.
Nexxxxt
Rct.
Because it is America
“Am I the only one left on Earth that could not care less about a dumb All Star Game?”
Yes.
One “Whoopie de doo” from me as well. When the AS game & HR Derby run on TV, I will be playing my “Taxi” dvds, rooting for Louie DePalma.
@baldphoenix
It’s just an exhibition game for the fans and a mid season break for most of the players.
It is dumb Dr. Dan.
Sorry. But it is.
“Mid season break”
As if these lame-os need that.
Can’t play 162? Then quit.
They are babies.
And always shall be.
Overpaid babies.
Can’t wait til they go on strike again.
Have the kids been on your lawn again?
Calling a bunch of professional athletes babies behind an anonymous screen. We have reach peak masculine energy, boys.
@Baldy the game would be 1000% better if there was an all-defensive team, and all hitters were DH’s. Get rid of the catcher and umpire and do it all by laser guided strike zones. Baseball 2025 is going to be the best its ever been. Highlight reel plays every play. No more managers on the field either, no more unwritten rules, guys doing backflips and setting off fireworks after doinking a bloop to left field, celebration era baseball is whats next.
The game you watched wass trash all along. Bunch of “athletes” who would be mailmen today. You overrated every single aspect of your life and you deserve everything to change significantly in front of you. Now you cry like a baby online into the abyss that will never change a single thing no matter how much you type. I know this, you do not, so you lose, baldy.
Game sucks w the DH.
Makes it more like a Playstation Game.
The game…hasn’t been “a game” since the early 1970s.
That’s why it is dying.
Let it die.
You look like a great candidate for the mute button. You come on to a baseball website to talk about how much you hate baseball.
Agreed. Stupid rules. Hate the automatic walk and you can’t take out the second baseman on double plays and the catcher can’t block the plate. The DH takes a lot of strategy out of the game that most people today didn’t even know existed. Now the three batter rule for pitchers to face. It’s all nonsense and hurts the game. Take me back to real baseball. Exciting baseball. The game today is not the way it was meant to be played at all.
A’s Fan UK.
Nexxxt case.
You can have your As and keep your UK.
Both?
Lousy products.
Keep trying
I didn’t think the UK was a “product”. What’s the retail on something like that? I’m mildly interested, if I can make 3 easy payments.
And in other news, it’s an All-Star game; like why the disdain, Phoenix? If you’re not into it, cool. Don’t watch. Players have families though, and most probably enjoy the break.
Oh, and technically all Phoenix are bald, as they would have feathers instead of hair. Just saying.
OK Boomer
embarrassing Giants had a bullpen game yesterday instead of Sunday. Gausman should be starting the all star game in his home town. The excuse they are in a tight race is BS, so if they were back 3 games he would pitch? If they were back 10 games he likely wouldn’t have made the team….
Kap over optimizing here, 2 innings on Tuesday does not affect his ability to pitch in the second half.
It’s going to be so hilarious watching this clearly-playing-over-their-heads team collapse in the second half, happens every time.
Youd think giants fans would understand the game enough, but they are too busy eating sushi and being on their laptops at games. Sigh. You will see….
Every time? Like in 2010, 2012, and 2014? Not a Giants fan but this comment was kinda dumb.
Is an Oakland athletics fan he or she would know about untalented teams playing over their heads In the regular season and getting exposed in the playoffs ! They also play in a rat infested stadium ! No future no present no hope for the athletics
isnt the same team as those years…
Omar Narvaez got snubbed twice, what a shame.
Rest easy young Jedi.
Plunko (aka: Gregory Polanco got snubbed too).
But his “exit velocity” and every other made up stat looks great. The 1 in 18 times Plunko actually hits a baseball.
#gameisgarbagethesedays
@Baldy: I’m surprised you’re even posting here, considering how much you hate the all-star game, and how little you care about it.
I should care…about an All Star Game?
Lol.
My oh my do “today’s idol worshippers forget their history”.
Learn the game.
Was a whole lot better. A whole lot more compelling before Marvin Miller. (Who I am certain you worship, yet no nothing about).
But have it your way.
“Declination of standards and expected goals = ruin”.
Pining for the past is pointless, as is b*tching about the present. Those days are gone. Let it go.
They aren’t gone.
When this house of cards collapses (and it will)…you’ll be begging for “the good old times”, you will.
Not a shred of doubt in mind.
Muting now. No offense.
Thank you bhambrave.
Like a badge of honor, I shall wear your mute button.
Nexxxxt
Why do you hit enter after every sentence? Just hit space bar and start another one. Also, why do you put so many x’s in your next? It reads like a 14 year old California valley girl.
@ TheBaldPhoenix70
Why is it that everywhere I go online I see statements just like yours? “It’s not over! Any day now everything is going to change back to the way it was and you will all be sorry!!!”
It doesn’t happen. Life doesn’t go backwards, only forwards. What you are hoping for is already dead and buried. You sound like you are about there yourself.
Those who don’t evolve with the times tend to die off BaldPhoenix.
@Baldloser70yearsoldwashedup go watch something else then, if you hate baseball so much GO AWAY FROM HERE
Say hi to The Queen A’s fan from the UK.
Ya got nothing.
Next case
I wonder if moving forward, they could play the game on Wednesday. I know the game is meaningless but if it should still have the best players in it. The nl w no Degrom, Woodruff and Gausman isn’t the best players this year. Either way, all players should have to attend the game or get a very significant fine.
I also still love how this game was the biggest game of the year in the regular season or how they used to have 2 all star games in one year.
The Astros don’t love you back and Astros fans are behind them. All Stars game without the best players. Shove your trash cans. Love it!
Ho is jp Crawford not in the all star.game….what a joke.
Criminal JP Crawford isn’t in. Dudes going to win another gold glove, he’s been the best hitter at lead off for over a month and hitting .280.
Christ, do you are mariners fans want your whole starting lineup in? Your team is trash and has no stars – this is the ALL STAR GAME. Go fly in Ichrio if you want someone all fans actually want to watch play.
JP Crawford isnt even in the top 5 AL shortstops, let alone the top 2. I’d rather watch Wander Franco strike out 4 times than any JP Crawford AB.
To bad you aren’t willing to use facts. JP Crawford has a higher WAR than Wendell, Anderson, and Merrifield per Baseball Reference.
@A’sfaininUK – M’s have one All-Star and JP is the best defensive SS in the AL, who over the last 30 days sports a .317/.384/.455 slash line. How is he not deserving of at least a replacement spot?
Crawford last 30 games:
317/384/455
Fletcher last 30 games:
381/402/492
Lead off hitters Crawford and Fletcher have been killing it lately. And are squaring off the next 5 games before and after the break.
Fletcher should be in, but he’ll get his due someday. he’ll be in the game for a long time with his skillset.
Take the vote away from the fans!
Finally some Joey Wendle Love! Can we get a check on who’s the last person to get voted as an All-Star who didn’t wear batting gloves??
Was it Moises Alou? Lol
John Hart said “there isn’t a manager in MLB that wouldn’t want Joey Wendle on his roster”…..Easy to see, if you watch the Rays at all….plays several positions, all well (rare for “utility” types) takes solid at bats, and never, ever does anything stupid. Doesn’t have much on the back of his baseball card, but he’s a “bawlllplaya”.
yeah, Wendle’s the type of guy who wolnt soon outstay his welcome in the game. gritty utility guy with .300 ability…what’s not to like?
Wil Myers 2016
If A’s weren’t so cheap, they’d have a middle infield of Semien and Wendle right now. Ironically, Semien would be SS, Wendle 2B
Don’t forget being utterly clueless on how to develop Max Muncy
A’s (and Astros) have loaded so many other teams up over the last 5 years.
Most insane trend Ive noticed in this thread: some fans want ALL the players on ONE team, the team they support, to make the all-star team?!?!? It doesnt work like that and never did.
Then…how DOES it work, UK boy?
Please. Do tell us how “Manchester United Baseball Team works”.
I am dying to hear this one.
I think you may need a louder megaphone to yell at the clouds.
Good for Taijuan Walker. I thought he deserved to make the team in the first place, let alone as a reserve.
Can’t wait until MLB decides to end the Yadi Molina all star game charity appearance.
Maybe if your teams catcher were better it wouldn’t happen.
My team’s catcher is Will Smith so he is better. And so is Omar Narvaez. It’s not even debatable.
Wilson.Contreras is as good or better then will smith ! Neither where snubbed ! Omar narvaez was the one true snub
If you compare the stats this year, not sure how you claim it’s not debatable. Will Smith stats are actually very comparable to Yadi’s. And Yadi is 39 years old.
.305 vs .354 …. That’s comparing Yadi’s OBP to Smith’s. Compare THOSE stats and you see who’s clearly better. Also, check out OPS+. Of course, that doesn’t account for defense or leadership qualities.
Yep. One or 2 numbers means a player is better. You win.
Based on my agreeing with you on that the rest of their stats are very similar and OBP being an important stat. OBP is where they differ. So all those numbers together. I guess I wasn’t clear.
I guess the Astros are afraid of getting booed. Insert best Kelly face here.
Jean Segura is a big omission IMO. Any other standout omissions in your opinions?
JP Crawford
I agree on Crawford.
Narvaez or Smith should be starting, probably IKF somewhere on the infield for the AL, maybe even an Akil Baddoo. oh, and anyone but Chapman.
Segura has missed about 25 games, doesn’t hit for power and isn’t a patient hitter.. He’s also had some difficulties fielding.
Look at his numbers. The fact that he missed time makes them even more impressive IMO. But I do think the time missed is why he didn’t get picked.
Which of his stats are you looking at, to say they’re impressive due to time missed? His 14 doubles are fairly good, but nothing jumps out.
He’s slugging .445 which is decent but far from great. Slugging percentage and batting average aren’t impacted by games missed.
Compare Segura’s stats to the 2B who made the NL roster.
Segura: 2.7 WAR, .322 BA, 129 OPS+
Albies: 2.1 WAR, .262 BA, 112 OPS+
Cronenworth: 3.5 WAR, .276 BA, 127 OPS+
Adam Frazier: 2.6 WAR, .330 BA, 137 OPS+.
I have no problem with the starters, but Segura has better stats than Albies in every category and should have made it over him, as a reserve.
Ozzie has better counting stats, partly from having 100+ more at bats, having more power, and batting 3rd or cleanup. Plus, he led round one of the popular vote and was second in round two.
I’m not saying all of that proves he deserved to be chosen over Segura, just that that’s why he was.
Congrats to TA, who has been a hit machine and positive team leader these past 3 seasons!
Exactly!
Go TA#7!!!
Don’t know why Kyle Hendricks wasn’t an qll star I andrew chafin, javy baez and Willson Contreras
Good for Wendle mans been a rock for the past 4 seasons and gets some all star love. Good for him!
Been an hour since I read this.
Yard looks great.
Still don’t care about the All Star Game.
It is still dumb.
Oh well. UK A’s fan (lol. A’s Fan. And here I thought we Pirate Fans were standing alone. At least there is always…the A’s left to say “Hey…Pittsburgh ownership ain’t so bad”…when compared to the A’s. Who seem to have a budding metropolis of fans…in BRITAIN. Vwaaaahooo! Move there Oakland.
And take Beaney Boy with ya. Good riddance). But I digress.
#allstargameisdumb
what is your goal in this comment section crusade of yours?
@dark.side
To make you READ
GOAL…attained.
Nexxxt
Your dad definitely should have left you on your mom’s back instead.
So, Manny Machado and his 3.5 WAR were not deserving and Justin Turner and his 2.6 WAR was?
Didn’t Dave Roberts choose the reserves? That would also explain the Mookie Betts selection.
That would make a ton of sense. What doesnt make sense is a manager chosing reserves, because he’s pretty much compromised. It wouldn’t look good in the clubhouse if he chose Machado.
I don’t like cheating, either. But the Astros have played 89 games already. If they’re afraid of being booed, I think it would have passed by now.
Besides, they didn’t cheat Colorado, so why would Denver fans boo them any more than any other AL team?
Some people around here just want more reason to vilify the Astros.
Four players? All from the Astros? All declining to play?and only Pressley has a reason? Too much of a coincidence not to be related to the cheating issues.
6 NL All Star replacements and we still couldn’t get a second Colorado Rockies player for the home fans?
Good thing the game was moved to Colorado, maybe we should add more Atlanta players to make up for the snafu?
Not the Rockies fault that they were chosen. If anything blame Georgia politicians.
Blame Manfred for politicizing the A-S game. Georgia’s law isn’t any more restrictive than a lot of Blue State laws.
Fine if you want to blame Manfred, that is equally as good. But it’s not the Rockies fault that way either.
Never said it was.
Never said it wasn’t either.
I didn’t think I needed to. I don’t see anyone arguing with you about it.
This is Molina’s 3rd All Star as a replacement.
My mistake. 2nd time Molina has been named as a replacement (2018 and 2021) and 3rd time he hasn’t played after being selected.
Adding Wainright would have been a classy move. Legacy choice so to speak
Wow, am I nuts to see a huge amount of posts have been censored?
Welcome to MLBTR. These guys censor everything.
Yikes looks like Acuna is gonna have to be replaced as well. Hate to see it.
He’s so good but so injury prone
If the Braves lose Acuna, turn out the lights the party’s over
If it’s as bad as it looked his season may be over
It’s just funny that people excuse Trout for never making the playoffs because one guy does not make a team, but as soon as a star goes down to injury people think they can’t win without him.
Acuna’s injury happened before the trade deadline, trade for Kris Bryant or some other soon to be free agent OF and keep chasing the Mets. Next. Man. Up.
MLB should just announce 40 for each side and then the 26 left standing the day of the game actually get (have) to play.
Feels like MLBTR posters, including myself, collectively have a little too much time on our hands today… posts got salty in a hurry.
I remember when I cared about the All Star game. I dunno….just doesn’t mean as much as it did when I was a kid.
My feelings exactly
It use to be a day of celebration. If your player was selected, it gave you some bragging rights. There were 39 guys chosen for the AL in 2019, and 36 in the NL. It is just not that special anymore.
And, of course, they had to politicize the game, so I won’t be watching on Tuesday.
They didn’t politicize the game, they just took an action. The action was political, but the game remains exactly the same. Now if they start banning players from playing based on their political beliefs, THEN you can claim the ASG is politicized.
But for now, just watch the game and forget about the real world for 3 hours. It is what everyone needs.
If your take is that taking a political action in regard to the game is not politicizing the game, then we will have to agree to disagree.
In any case, I am not going to contribute to the MLB, only to have them use my money to try to impact local politics. Local politics is up to the local voters, not Corporate America.
The All-Star celebration was politicized. Georgia was punished by MLB for political reasons. Shame on MLB.
Amen, Joe, amen.
Is Trout still out?
LOL
He came back today. He went 5-7 with 4 HRs, 11 RBI, 6 runs scored, and 4 stolen bases. Also threw out 4 guys trying to score. Sadly, the Angels still lost 22-14, as their pitching staff screwed things up for the 197th game in a row.
where is the lie?
If he’s out, who replaced him? I’m no inside member, so I don’t have access to the relevant information… I just get the bs this site dishes out to the swine.
No doubt in my mind, J.P. Should have been the replacement for Correa, over Anderson. He’s a nightly highlight reel and killing it from the leadoff spot.
Molina is not going to the AS game.
MLB announces Acuna’s replacement before the doctors even sew him back up.
Keep it classy MLB…..
He didn’t die or anything. He is an injured player and they named an injury replacement. What is the point in waiting?
Don’t worry, Jesus was the replacement. No wait, it was The Jesus. Or maybe it was Manny Machado. I can never keep straight of such things. Wonder what people will say when the Braves do better without Acuna than with?
Acuna is out, and instead of replacing him with another OF, they replace him with Machado. They should replace him with O’Neill from the Cardinals. O’Neill is having a similar season as Machado. Is it that Machado is making 9 digits and O’Neill is not a house hold name?
Similar? Maybe. According to all the metrics, Machado is having a superior season both offensively and defensively. O’Neil is having a fine year, but Machado is having a better one. He deserved to make it during the first two rounds and now that “injustice” has been righted.
Superior? I don’t know about that. He should be putting up better numbers then that with the amount of money he’s being paid.
Lets see, O’Neill have a .879 OPS. Machado has a .843 OPS. O’Neill have a 144 OPS+. Machado has a 136 OPS+. Even though O’Neill missed a few games on the IL, the two have the same number of homers at 15. O’Neill has no triples but has 2 more doubles then Machado. So Machado is not as Superior then what you thought he is.
@Begone Spenglerd (parody) Why do you change your username and have conversations with yourself Tipsy McStagger aka trillaryhump16 aka AustinKearnsIsNotGod?
Anthony DeSclafani is 10-3 with a 2.68 ERA. Come on Dave!!
The All Star game means less now to MLB players than it ever has. They should just allow MiLB players to play now.
The only issue is that many players opt out for various reasons. Just give them several days off. It’s not like the old days. The home run hitting contest is a freak show. An excuse to suck more revenue out of the folks.
Altuve for the tasty tasty W, and now gets some serious and much needed R&R. Y’all enjoy the All Star game!