Originally Posted by CoMoChief (Post 11549095)

Rios, Morales, Infante, dont deserve to even sniff an ASG appearance.

Moose and Hosmer don't deserve it over Donaldson and Cabrera.

However Gordon, Cain, Perez, Escobar are all players who are the best at their position. Who said that allstar selections were only warranted if you had the leagues best offensive numbers? There's no other LF or CF I'd rather have in the game playing defense than Gordon or Cain. Same goes w/ Escobar at SS or Perez behind the plate. Those guys are legit.

Davis and Holland are also deserving. That's 6 players who are deserving. I'm not sure what the Royals are supposed to do...hate the voting process not the players who are in it. If people don't like it get out and vote against them I guess. I'm sure they'll change the rules after this season.

I like to look at it as, the Royals get to play for their HFA in the World Series.

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 11549049)

Utterly idiotic.

Donaldson is 62% better than league average and creates 30% more runs than Moustakas. He has twice the isolated power, and is hitting for the same average despite a BABIP that is 15 points lower than Moustakas' unsustainable .344 (and it's unsustainable due to the increase in his GB rate).

The offensive difference between Donaldson and Moustakas is equivalent to the offensive difference between Moustakas and Brett Lawrie.

Originally Posted by cosmo20002 (Post 11549031)

OK...this is a weird post.

Originally Posted by ChiTown (Post 11548955)

J GUTS FTMFW!ROFL

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 11549170)

Because he's been, at best, the 4th best DH in the AL this year, behind Cruz, Bautista, and A-Rod.

Originally Posted by thurman merman (Post 11549285)

A) That's debatable. Cruz is the only one who has definitively been better than Morales throughout the season.
B) No one likes A-Rod.
C) Even if Morales is, in your opinion, only the fourth best DH in the league with a month until the All-Star Game, why does that mean he doesn't even deserve a "sniff," as the author of the previous post declared? Should only the top 3 choices of Hamas Jenkins and CoMoChief deserve to sniff the delicious scent of All-Star glory?

Originally Posted by Why Not? (Post 11549265)

All of which has shit to do with the point I was making

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 11549288)

It's not debatable at all. They have all been significantly more productive than Morales, as has Prince Fielder.

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 11549292)

It has everything to do with it; you just aren't smart enough to understand the argument.

Sale, Kluber, and Price have a combined five games against the Royals. That must be why Moustakas' season's offensive numbers are 30 percent worse than Donaldson.

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 11549288)

It's not debatable at all. They have all been significantly more productive than Morales, as has Prince Fielder.

Originally Posted by thurman merman (Post 11549330)

It absolutely is debatable. The difference between Rodriguez, Bautista, and Morales this year isn't as significant as you seem to think it is.

Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin (Post 11549338)

Since Hamas and others seem to think ARoid and Bautista are 'significantly better' then Morales this year, here's the numbers:

1. Bautista - 57 games, 11 HR, 38 RBI, .246 avg, .871 OPS

2. ARoid - 59 games, 12 HR, 32 RBI, .268 avg, .873 OPS

3. Morales- 59 games, 7 HR, 41 RBI, .281 avg, .809 OPS


So now everyone is aware just how much 'better' Bautista and ARoid are than Morales.