All Star Rosters Shaping Up (Part 1 AL)

As we are now roughly a month away from the mid summer classic i would like to take time and look at the Current All Star Starters. In the American League here are the leaders

Catcher- Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins
1ST Base- Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees
2ND Base- Ian Kinsler, Texas Rangers
3RD Base- Evan Longoria, Tamp Bay Rays
ShortStop- Derek Jeter, New York Yankees
OF # 1- Jason Bay, Boston Red Sox
OF # 2- Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers
OF # 3- Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners

For the most part in the American League i agree with the majority of these selections, i just have two glaring problems one you see and one you dont. First the one you see Josh Hamilton being the # 2 Outfielder, first he hasnt played since May 31st due to injury and second his numbers are far from impressive hitting .240 with 6 HR and 24 RBI. My second problem is Ken Griffey is sixth in the voting and Adam Jones is 7th. Griffey is hitting .211 with 6 HR and 16 RBI while Adam Jones is hitting .324 with 12 HR and 41 RBI. Now you put these guys stats together no doubt you vote for Jones but Griffey is way more well known. But that is the problem with the All Star voting in Baseball, most fans vote simply on name recognition. The average fan doesnt look at stats and compare all they see is Griffey and Jones and 9 time out of 10 Griffey will get that vote. Its unfortunate that guys who arent well known dont get the voting mumbers they should. One good thing is that if Jones doesnt get voted in he will hopefully get a chance to be a reserve. So be sure to check out my next blog and ill go over the NL Starters.