Jackalope All-Star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt
Next week, the 20th DTBL All-Star Game will be played. Mike’s Moonshiners will be the host squad. The game is tentatively scheduled for late next Wednesday night. The American Divsion will be managed by Nick, on the strength of his championship last season. On the National side, the Kings and Mavericks tied for second place, therefore they also tied for the right to manage in the All-Star Game. The Kings “won” the tiebreaker (head-to-head category comparison), which led to the Mavericks picking in front of the Kings in this year’s draft. But it also means that I will be managing the National All-Stars. I decided to include Marc in the roster decision-making process though. Nick, Marc and I broke all voting ties for starter and reserve spots, and chose the 23rd player for each roster. Here are the 2013 DTBL All-Stars:
National Division
Starters:
- Pitcher – Max Scherzer, Kings
- Catcher – Buster Posey, Demigods
- First Base – Edwin Encarnacion, Mavericks
- Second Base – Robinson Cano, Kings
- Third Base – Evan Longoria, Demigods
- Shortstop – Ian Desmond, Kings
- Outfield – Carlos Gonzalez, Kings
- Outfield – Adam Jones, Mavericks
- Outfield – Mike Trout, Mavericks
Reserves:
- Catcher – Wilin Rosario, Kings
- First Base – David Ortiz, Demigods
- Second Base – Jason Kipnis, Cougars
- Outfield – Chris Davis, Cougars
- Outfield – Carlos Beltran, Kings
- Outfield – Jay Bruce, Kings
- Pitcher – Matt Harvey, Mavericks
- Pitcher – Clayton Kershaw, Mavericks
- Pitcher – Adam Wainwright, Cougars
- Pitcher – Yu Darvish, Demigods
- Relief Pitcher – Jason Grilli, Kings
- Relief Pitcher – Grant Balfour, Cougars
- Relief Pitcher – Sergio Romo, Darkhorses
- Relief Pitcher – Ernesto Frieri, Darkhorses
American Division
Starters:
- Pitcher – Cliff Lee, Jackalope
- Catcher – Yadier Molina, Choppers
- First Base – Paul Goldschmidt, Jackalope
- Second Base – Howie Kendrick, Gators
- Third Base – Miguel Cabrera, Naturals
- Shortstop – Troy Tulowitzki, Naturals
- Outfield – Jose Bautista, Choppers
- Outfield – Mark Trumbo, Choppers
- Outfield – Nelson Cruz, Gators
Reserves:
- Catcher – J.P. Arencibia, Moonshiners
- First Base – Joey Votto, Naturals
- Third Base – David Wright, Moonshiners
- Shortstop – Jean Segura, Gators
- Outfield – Michael Cuddyer, Gators
- Outfield – Andrew McCutchen, Naturals
- Pitcher – Felix Hernandez, Jackalope
- Pitcher – Hisashi Iwakuma, Gators
- Pitcher – Chris Sale, Choppers
- Pitcher – Jordan Zimmermann, Naturals
- Relief Pitcher – Joe Nathan, Moonshiners
- Relief Pitcher – Mariano Rivera, Choppers
- Relief Pitcher – Craig Kimbrel, Choppers
- Relief Pitcher – Aroldis Chapman, Jackalope
All-Stars per team:
- 8 – Kings
- 6 – Choppers
- 5 – Gators, Mavericks, Naturals
- 4 – Cougars, Demigods, Jackalope
- 3 – Moonshiners
- 2 – Darkhorses
For those of you wondering how in the world Chris Davis isn’t a starter, have no fear, he will be starting the game. Four National outfielders were unanimous choices (including Davis), so we decided to make Davis the designated hitter. Jay Bruce and Joey Votto were the 23rd players selected for each roster. On paper, the National Division roster looks much stronger. But history has shown that to mean very little when it comes to the actual game. As usual, we’ll be using OOTP to simulate the game and will probably be doing another live webcast, so stay tuned for that. Here are the full voting results.