All-Star Team
The LP3 All-Star team is comprised of the guys with the highest Yahoo-rank at each position. Hey now!
| 2014 LP3 All-Star Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Player | Yahoo Rank | Team |
| C | J Lucroy (mil) | 71 | Bay City Brawler |
| 1B | Goldy (ari) | 10 | Jax Sun |
| 2B | J Altuve (hou) | 15 | Lazy Robot |
| 3B | E5 (tor) | 13 | Lazy Robot |
| SS | Tulo (col) | 6 | Bayside Tiger |
| OF | Mike Trout (laa) | 1 | Plano Tiburon |
| OF | McCutch (pit) | 5 | Lazy Robot |
| OF | N Cruz (bal) | 8 | Lazy Robot |
| DH | M Brantley (cle) | 9 | Bay City Brawler |
| SP | King Felix (sea) | 2 | Lazy Robot |
| SP | A Wainwright (stl) | 3 | Bay City Brawler |
| RP | Koji Urethra (bos) | 41 | Plainfield Shutout |
| RP | D Betances (nyy) | 49 | Killer Maltese |
| P | Johnny Cueto (cin) | 4 | Vatican City Poap |
All-Star Blather
OK. Well. The 2014 All-Star team is a pretty motley crew (crue?).
But one thing went according to plan.
Congrats to Plano on his #1 pick of the draft being the #1 player at the break.
All-Star Break MVP
Mike Trout of Plano Tiburon
6 of the 14 All-Stars were drafted in the first 2 rounds. All-Star DH Michael Brantley was selected in the last (18th) round of the draft by Bay City. Nice. Catch. By The Brawler.
The weirdest All-Star is RP Dellin Betances, or as his friends and family call him, "Fred". Betances is the only un-drafted All-Star. He was grabbed off the scrap heap by the Killer Maltese in mid-May. He's a RP, but he's not even a closer. His 4 vulture wins and boffo peripheral numbers (84K, 1.46 era, 0.70 whip) are so good, that saves didn't matter.
That said, the All-Star team belongs to the Lazy Robot. 5 Bot stars appear on the first team.
...pause...
Now, think about that for a second. We have 14 teams in our league and 14 slots on the All-Star team. So, one team snarfing 5 of the top spots is some pretty nifty out-performance.
The Lazy Robot's first 4 draft picks are All-Stars. Of course, TY slowed down after that. In rounds 5-8 the Bot selected: J Donaldson, D Price, Aroldis, and Add Reed. Yow!
Interestingly, the Flying Penguin lead the league with 4 2nd team All-Stars. Speaking of...
Here's the LetsPlay3 All-Star 2nd Team:
- C - D Mesoraco (cin), Bayside Tiger
- 1B - Jose Abreu (sox), Jax Sun
- 2B - I Kinsler (det), Naperville Lunchbox
- 3B - T Frazier (cin), CRYOTED
- SS - Dee Gordon (lad), Flying Penguin
- OF - NotMike Stanton (mia), Naperville Lunchbox
- OF - C Blackmon (col), Flying Penguin
- OF - Car-Gomez (mil), The Hills
- DH - Miggy (det), Bay City Brawler
- SP - C Kershaw (lad), Bayside Tiger
- SP - Tanaka (nyy), Flying Penguin
- RP - K-Rod (mil), The Hills
- RP - C Kimbrel (atl), Flying Penguin
- P - S Kazmir (oak), Killer Maltese
Scott Kazmir is a tasty round 18 pick by the Killer Maltese. Undrafted stars on the 2nd team are: Mesoraco, Dee Gordon, C Blackmon, and K-Rod.
Two teams were shutout of the All-Star hoopla: KGG and The RBI. KGG's top player is B Moss (oak) at #43. The RBI are led by Sexy Lexy (sox) at #76. Of course, there's one big difference between the two teams. The KGG are currently a playoff team, and the RBI are in dead last.
On to the second half!
thanks... yow, bill
PS - I miss you, Jose Fernandez! He's an All-Star pitcher and personality. Sigh. Stupid Tommy John.
