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It is going to be a shame and a disservice to a more-deserving player to get left off the ASG roster to make room for an Oriole representative this year.  Who, from this year's team, deserves to be called an "All Star"?  Castillo?  -- does he have enough at bats?  I realize there is still a month and a half of ball to be played, but nobody is getting any fan votes now.  I think the league releases the ballots way to soon.  When I look at the dearth of Orioles players in the Top-50 of offense and pitching stats, I can't figure out how they have the record they do.

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3 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Dylan Bundy leads the team in WAR at present.

Fun fact:  

Wellington Castillo leads all of our offensive players in WAR, despite only appearing in 24 of our 45 team games so far.

He arranged his slump to coincide with his trip to the DL.  Smart move.

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Davis is essentially on par with his career OPS numbers I guess technically.  Maybe I did expect him to do a bit better, and that's on me.

Trumbo is performing below his career numbers, so yea I do think he should be better than a .700 OPS type guy.  I didn't expect him to hit 47 HR again, but I wasn't necessarily expecting that to be cut by more than half either.

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7 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Davis is essentially on par with his career OPS numbers I guess technically.  Maybe I did expect him to do a bit better, and that's on me.

Trumbo is performing below his career numbers, so yea I do think he should be better than a .700 OPS type guy.  I didn't expect him to hit 47 HR again, but I wasn't necessarily expecting that to be cut by more than half either.

You are right, looking at the numbers I would have expected Trumbo to be around a 105 OPS+ not a 95.

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Bundy would be a very deserving all star at the moment.    However, it's premature to worry about this. The picture could look completely different a month from now.    Just for example, last June Chris Davis had a 1.020 OPS, Schoop 1.009, Machado .996 and Jones .982.    Its unusual to have four guys that hot in the same month, but it certainly wouldn't be unusual for 1-2 guys to be that hot.    

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If Wellington Castillo is still our best position player come June I think we will be in pretty big trouble.   I mean, I'd love it if he becomes a mini Joe Mauer......but I don't think that's incredibly likely.

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On 5/25/2017 at 1:50 PM, Frobby said:

 

Bundy would be a very deserving all star at the moment. However, it's premature to worry about this. The picture could look completely different a month from now. Just for example, last June Chris Davis had a 1.020 OPS, Schoop had a 1.009, Machado had a .996, and Jones had a .982. It's unusual to have four guys that hot in the same month, but it certainly wouldn't be unusual for 1-2 guys to be that hot.    

 

o

 

You were right.

This thread was started on May 24th.

More than a month later (July 2nd), Jonathan Schoop was named to the AL All-Star team ........ and he deserved it.
 

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