Salvy is in!

No Whit.

It was at rookie ball. But hey, at least he’s on the field.

Deserved it more than Salvy.

Don’t agree that Harper should be in. He’s been playing replacement level.

baby steps. 4 years later. need to build on that.

Maybe. There aren't many great hitting catchers. Even then Salvy has at least hit for some pop, and he's having a very good season defensively. He's basically 3rd in defensive WAR among catchers even though he's played less games than a lot of his competitors. He's also throwing out 43% of runners which is excellent and among the best in baseball.

The rule that every team must have a player is kind of embarrassing.

When the game "mattered" it was probably an issue, now that it's just a big exhibition again I don't think it's a big deal. Every team's fans should have a reason to watch since it's an exhibition. Probably helps keep it from being just Yankees and Red Sox players.

Being that Whit may not be on the team come the All-Star Game, I don’t mind the face of our franchise getting the nod.

Salvy, huh?

Should have been Moose or Whit (probably Whit). But the players voted for Salvy for the bench. He’s a popular guy. Popularity usually wins out over deserving in an All-Star game.


At least we know we’ll see a Royal in the AS game this way . . . . .

I'm sure his name recognition helps a ton, but honestly I was looking over the list of catchers in the AL and I'm not sure who deserves it over him. Gary Sanchez is hurt. Martin Maldonado maybe? Yan Gomes? Robinson Chirinos? None of these guys are really lighting the world on fire. Zunino is on a good team in the Mariners, and he's hitting homers but he's also hitting .189.

I think it's simply that you need a backup catcher, there aren't any real great candidates and Salvy is at least having a good defensive season. Plus there's no way Whit was going to be the backup 2B over Gleyber Torres.

Whit has had a better overall season than Torres (who is injured and may not even play in it). That being said, the real snub at 2B was Jed Lowrie. He should have been in right behind Altuve.

Its kind of weird the AL went with so many pitchers and so few bench players (only 2 catchers, 2 1B, 2 2B, 2 3B). I guess that will mean a lot of playing time in the ASG for those thin positions. Since they only went with 2 3B, I get why Moose wasn’t picked. Ramirez was always going to be the starter and Bregman is having a better year than Moose.

So for those reasons, I see why they went with Salvy, even if he didn’t deserve it as much as the aforementioned other two . . . . .

Eric Hosmer has 2 hits so far in the entire month of July.

He got his 2nd in a 1-8 outing today.

I understand why Salvy got it but Whit deserved it more.