Post by New York Mets on Jul 9, 2019 16:16:08 GMT -5
Dear fellow fantasy baseball addicts,
it is time to announce the 2019 Moneyball All Star Teams.
Same as in 2017 my methodology is fairly simple. The players who scored the most points at their position until the ASB have been awarded with a place in their respective All Star team. If a player is eligible for multiple positions he is only considered for the position where he played the most games so far (e.g. Kris Bryant qulifies at 3B - not OF). As in real life there is no distinction between the three different outfield spots – otherwise Christian Yelich would have been left out of the starting lineupr in favor of Alex Verdugo what I found a little weird.
Rosters are adapted to the original All Star roster sizes with total points scored being the deciding factor for every position. 34 players per team with representatives of every organization. You can read more about the official All Star roster rules on (of course) Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game
Without further ado here are the 2019 Moneyball All Stars:
AMERICAN League Starting lineup:
> Catcher
Yasmani Grandal (Boston Red Sox)
> First Base
Pete Alonso (Baltimore Orioles)
> Second Base
DJ LeMahieu (Chicago White Sox)
> Third Base
Alex Bregman (Los Angeles Angels)
> Shortstop
Marcus Semien (Boston Red Sox)
> Outfield
Mike Trout (Oakland Athletics)
Rhys Hoskins (Toronto Blue Jays)
Ronaldo Acuna Jr. (Toronto Blue Jays)
> Designated Hitter
Trevor Story (New York Yankees)
> Starting Pitcher
Justin Verlander (Los Angeles Angels)
NATIONAL League Starting lineup:
> Catcher
Willson Contreras (Chicago Cubs)
> First Base
Josh Bell (Colorado Rockies)
> Second Base
Ketel Marte (Atlanta Braves)
> Third Base
Nolan Arenado (Colorado Rockies)
> Shortstop
Xander Bogaerts (Chicago Cubs)
> Outfield
Cody Bellinger (Los Angeles Dodgers)
Christian Yelich (Colorado Rockies)
Mookie Betts (Philadelphia Phillies)
> Starting Pitcher
Max Scherzer (Los Angeles Dodgers)
AMERICAN League Reserves
C - Christian Vazquez (Baltimore Orioles)
1B - Yuli Gurriel (New York Yankees)
2B - Cesar Hernandez (Baltimore Orioles)
3B - Matt Chapman (Oakland Athletics)
SS - Dansby Swanson (Seattle Mariners)
OF - Michael Brantley (Baltimore Orioles)
OF - Max Kepler (Baltimore Orioles)
OF - J.D. Martinez (Boston Red Sox)
SP - Patrick Corbin (Cleveland Indians)
SP - Lance Lynn (Boston Red Sox)
SP - Mike Minor (Chicago White Sox)
SP - Jose Berrios (Los Angeles Angels)
RP - Brad Hand (Chicago White Sox)
RP - Liam Hendriks (Texas Rangers)
RP - Ariel Jurado (Seattle Mariners)
NATIONAL League Reserves
C - J.T. Realmuto (St. Louis Cardinals)
1B - Freddie Freeman(Cincinnati Reds)
2B - Ozzie Albies (San Diego Padres)
3B - Anthony Rendon (Chicago Cubs)
SS - Jorge Polanco (Atlanta Braves)
OF - Juan Soto (Colorado Rockies)
OF - Eddie Rosario (Atlanta Braves)
OF - Nick Markakis (Arizona Diamondbacks)
SP - Gerrit Cole (Los Angeles Dodgers)
SP - Hyun-Jin Riu (Philadelphia Phillies)
SP - Zack Greinke (St. Louis Cardinals)
SP - Charlie Morton (Cincinnati Reds)
RP - Josh Hader (New York Mets)
RP - Kirby Yates (Chicago Cubs)
RP - Antonio Senzatela (Washington Nationals)
AMERICAN League Fill-ins
3B - Kris Bryant (Toronto Blue Jays)
SP - Walker Buehler (Oakland Athletics)
SP - Luis Castillo (Cleveland Indians)
SS - Paul DeJong (Houston Astros)
SP - Mike Soroka (Minnesota Twins)
2B - Adam Frazier (Detroit Tigers)
SP - Marcus Stroman (Tampa Bay Rays)
1B - Christian Walker (Kansas City Royals)
OF - Joc Pederson (Texas Rangers)
NATIONAL League Fill-ins
SP - Shane Bieber (Arizona Diamondbacks)
3B - Rafael Devers (Atlanta Braves)
1B - Anthony Rizzo (Chicago Cubs)
SP - Trevor Bauer (New York Mets)
1B - Carlos Santana (Los Angeles Dodgers)
2B - Whit Merrifield (Milwaukee Brewers)
SP - Lucas Giolito (Washington Nationals)
1B - Trey Mancini (Miami Marlins)
SP - Zach Eflin (Pittsburgh Pirates)
SP - Trevor Richards (San Francisco Giants)
Some random notes:
> The Chicago Cubs send the most players to our fake All Star game with five young men from their championship team. No surprise here - but wait - the Cubbies are not alone with the Baltimore Orioles sending five representatives to Cleveland as well. I must confess that I heavily underrated the Orioles roster before I checked all the numbers. This is a great team. Cubs and Orioles are followed by the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies and the Boston Red Sox with each having four All Stars on their clubs. Of this bunch the Braves clearly stand out since their season has been underwhelming so far. But with an offense carried by 2019 All Stars Marte, Polanco, Rosario and Devers the future should be bright.
> When turning your attention from teams to players some names clearly exceed preseason expectations: Yasmani Grandal, Pete Alonso, Marcus Semien, Josh Bell, Ketel Marte and Cody Bellinger are suprises in their respective league´s starting lineup. Checking the long list of reserve players I initially stumbled upon Lance Lynn and Mike Minor. These starters provide exceptional value as well. I mean...Lance Lynn...come on!
> First Half Awards go to the following players:
NL MVP: Cody Bellinger
AL MVP: Mike Trout
NL CY Young: Max Scherzer
AL CY Young: Justin Verlander
NL ROY: Alex Verdugo
AL ROY: Pete Alonso
> The winner of this year´s Moneyball All Star Game is the National League squad with a score of 6:5 (I coded a special algorithm which led to this result...it´s super complex and I don´t want to bother you with the details). Congratulations!
That´s it for 2019´s All Star Game. I apologize for my German English and look forward to the second half of the season.
it is time to announce the 2019 Moneyball All Star Teams.
Same as in 2017 my methodology is fairly simple. The players who scored the most points at their position until the ASB have been awarded with a place in their respective All Star team. If a player is eligible for multiple positions he is only considered for the position where he played the most games so far (e.g. Kris Bryant qulifies at 3B - not OF). As in real life there is no distinction between the three different outfield spots – otherwise Christian Yelich would have been left out of the starting lineupr in favor of Alex Verdugo what I found a little weird.
Rosters are adapted to the original All Star roster sizes with total points scored being the deciding factor for every position. 34 players per team with representatives of every organization. You can read more about the official All Star roster rules on (of course) Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game
Without further ado here are the 2019 Moneyball All Stars:
AMERICAN League Starting lineup:
> Catcher
Yasmani Grandal (Boston Red Sox)
> First Base
Pete Alonso (Baltimore Orioles)
> Second Base
DJ LeMahieu (Chicago White Sox)
> Third Base
Alex Bregman (Los Angeles Angels)
> Shortstop
Marcus Semien (Boston Red Sox)
> Outfield
Mike Trout (Oakland Athletics)
Rhys Hoskins (Toronto Blue Jays)
Ronaldo Acuna Jr. (Toronto Blue Jays)
> Designated Hitter
Trevor Story (New York Yankees)
> Starting Pitcher
Justin Verlander (Los Angeles Angels)
NATIONAL League Starting lineup:
> Catcher
Willson Contreras (Chicago Cubs)
> First Base
Josh Bell (Colorado Rockies)
> Second Base
Ketel Marte (Atlanta Braves)
> Third Base
Nolan Arenado (Colorado Rockies)
> Shortstop
Xander Bogaerts (Chicago Cubs)
> Outfield
Cody Bellinger (Los Angeles Dodgers)
Christian Yelich (Colorado Rockies)
Mookie Betts (Philadelphia Phillies)
> Starting Pitcher
Max Scherzer (Los Angeles Dodgers)
AMERICAN League Reserves
C - Christian Vazquez (Baltimore Orioles)
1B - Yuli Gurriel (New York Yankees)
2B - Cesar Hernandez (Baltimore Orioles)
3B - Matt Chapman (Oakland Athletics)
SS - Dansby Swanson (Seattle Mariners)
OF - Michael Brantley (Baltimore Orioles)
OF - Max Kepler (Baltimore Orioles)
OF - J.D. Martinez (Boston Red Sox)
SP - Patrick Corbin (Cleveland Indians)
SP - Lance Lynn (Boston Red Sox)
SP - Mike Minor (Chicago White Sox)
SP - Jose Berrios (Los Angeles Angels)
RP - Brad Hand (Chicago White Sox)
RP - Liam Hendriks (Texas Rangers)
RP - Ariel Jurado (Seattle Mariners)
NATIONAL League Reserves
C - J.T. Realmuto (St. Louis Cardinals)
1B - Freddie Freeman(Cincinnati Reds)
2B - Ozzie Albies (San Diego Padres)
3B - Anthony Rendon (Chicago Cubs)
SS - Jorge Polanco (Atlanta Braves)
OF - Juan Soto (Colorado Rockies)
OF - Eddie Rosario (Atlanta Braves)
OF - Nick Markakis (Arizona Diamondbacks)
SP - Gerrit Cole (Los Angeles Dodgers)
SP - Hyun-Jin Riu (Philadelphia Phillies)
SP - Zack Greinke (St. Louis Cardinals)
SP - Charlie Morton (Cincinnati Reds)
RP - Josh Hader (New York Mets)
RP - Kirby Yates (Chicago Cubs)
RP - Antonio Senzatela (Washington Nationals)
AMERICAN League Fill-ins
3B - Kris Bryant (Toronto Blue Jays)
SP - Walker Buehler (Oakland Athletics)
SP - Luis Castillo (Cleveland Indians)
SS - Paul DeJong (Houston Astros)
SP - Mike Soroka (Minnesota Twins)
2B - Adam Frazier (Detroit Tigers)
SP - Marcus Stroman (Tampa Bay Rays)
1B - Christian Walker (Kansas City Royals)
OF - Joc Pederson (Texas Rangers)
NATIONAL League Fill-ins
SP - Shane Bieber (Arizona Diamondbacks)
3B - Rafael Devers (Atlanta Braves)
1B - Anthony Rizzo (Chicago Cubs)
SP - Trevor Bauer (New York Mets)
1B - Carlos Santana (Los Angeles Dodgers)
2B - Whit Merrifield (Milwaukee Brewers)
SP - Lucas Giolito (Washington Nationals)
1B - Trey Mancini (Miami Marlins)
SP - Zach Eflin (Pittsburgh Pirates)
SP - Trevor Richards (San Francisco Giants)
Some random notes:
> The Chicago Cubs send the most players to our fake All Star game with five young men from their championship team. No surprise here - but wait - the Cubbies are not alone with the Baltimore Orioles sending five representatives to Cleveland as well. I must confess that I heavily underrated the Orioles roster before I checked all the numbers. This is a great team. Cubs and Orioles are followed by the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies and the Boston Red Sox with each having four All Stars on their clubs. Of this bunch the Braves clearly stand out since their season has been underwhelming so far. But with an offense carried by 2019 All Stars Marte, Polanco, Rosario and Devers the future should be bright.
> When turning your attention from teams to players some names clearly exceed preseason expectations: Yasmani Grandal, Pete Alonso, Marcus Semien, Josh Bell, Ketel Marte and Cody Bellinger are suprises in their respective league´s starting lineup. Checking the long list of reserve players I initially stumbled upon Lance Lynn and Mike Minor. These starters provide exceptional value as well. I mean...Lance Lynn...come on!
> First Half Awards go to the following players:
NL MVP: Cody Bellinger
AL MVP: Mike Trout
NL CY Young: Max Scherzer
AL CY Young: Justin Verlander
NL ROY: Alex Verdugo
AL ROY: Pete Alonso
> The winner of this year´s Moneyball All Star Game is the National League squad with a score of 6:5 (I coded a special algorithm which led to this result...it´s super complex and I don´t want to bother you with the details). Congratulations!
That´s it for 2019´s All Star Game. I apologize for my German English and look forward to the second half of the season.
