MLB is in dire need of a rules change for the All-Star Game, and as a representative of the fantasy baseball community, I implore you and your league mates to develop into keyboard warriors and email the Commissioner’s Office immediately.
Put the participation trophies away.
Not every kid must play an inning, and never every MLB team must be represented on the Midsummer Classic.
Those that play within the All-Star Game must be All-Stars, not only one of the best player on their lousy, last-place team.
The snubs we’ve seen this season are an atrocity, and fantasy managers of those players must be outraged.
Within the American League, we watched in horror as Joe Ryan, George Kirby and even Eric Fedde were left off the roster in favor of Angels starter Tyler Anderson.
Does the southpaw have a greater ERA than all three?
Yes, but he loses out to all of them in almost every other metric, including WAR — which will not be a fantasy category, but it surely definitely measures the general value of the player in relation to the remainder of his contemporaries.
But because we’ve got this inane rule that each team must be represented, so we don’t hurt the emotions of all of the baseball snowflakes on the market, we’re stuck with a lame-duck starter who will likely get pummeled during his one inning.
Within the National League, why am I seeing Ryan McMahon on this roster?
He isn’t even one of the best player on his team, yet there he’s while Christian Walker, Francisco Lindor and Willy Adames are all being sent home for the week.
All three have higher power totals without spending half their games in Coors Field, and Lindor also has more stolen bases.
Where does McMahon shine?
How about that 28.1-percent strikeout rate?
That’s shining right in the course of a spot where the sun doesn’t. It’s an absolute travesty, and I stay up for watching him strike out in what’s going to hopefully be only one plate appearance.
Why do we’d like representatives of the Angels, Marlins or Rockies on the All-Star Game?
All three teams are terrible, and nobody on their roster has done anything worthy of a spot.
Even the Athletics, who also stink, had someone worthy of an All-Star nod in Mason Miller.
These other three teams?
Nothing.
Hot trash.
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We want a change for the All-Star Game, and it starts with a grass-roots campaign from the fantasy community.
We all know more about what these players are doing than any casual fan, who casts a vote for his or her favorite player no matter performance, and it’s about time we’re recognized for our dedication to the game.
People already make fun of baseball enough.
We want to stop giving them fuel for his or her fire.
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