PH4H All Star Ballot

What you see here, my friends, is my PH4H All Star Ballot. At first, I was going to just choose who I thought was most deserving, but I decided it would be better to just base it on the actual points leaders in the league. So here's what I did.

I looked at total points for each player in the league, and took the top players at each position in each league. But there are some caveats.

I only let players be eligible for the position for which they appear on the ballot. The Colorado Rockies' Luis Gonzalez is one of the top players in the league, and is eligible at a number of positions. But he's on the ballot as a second baseman, and Rickie Weeks beat him out for the spot.

Juan Castro is the fourth best offensive player in the league, but he was recently traded from the American League to the National League, so he is ineligible.

I did allow write-ins, but since the ballot has only two spots for write-ins, I limited myself to the top two. Congratulations to the Phillies' Sal Fasano and Abraham Nunez for grabbing the spots.

And I feel a little proud, because I have the best offensive player in the league, Adrian Beltre, on my team.

And congrats to Chris Duffy for making the team, even though he's been in the minors for a decent stretch now.

For ease of reading, here are the AL and NL rosters.

American League

1B Travis Lee, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2B Mark Ellis, Oakland A's
SS Angel Berroa, Kansas City Royals
3B Adrian Beltre, Seattle Mariners
C Jose Molina, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
OF Brian Anderson, Chicago White Sox
OF Darrin Erstad, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
OF Rondell White, Minnesota Twins

National League

1B Adrian Gonzalez, San Diego Padres
2B Rickie Weeks, Milwaukee Brewers
SS Ronny Cedeno, Chicago Cubs
3B Abraham Nunez, Philadelphia Phillies
C Sal Fasano, Philadelphia Phillies
OF Reggie Abercrombie, Florida Marlins
OF Chris Duffy, Pittsburgh Pirates
OF Geoff Jenkins, Milwaukee Brewers

While All Star voters don't vote for pitchers, no PH4H list would be complete without the real MVPs of PH4H. So here are the top pitchers from each league... 5 starters, 1 middle reliever and 1 closer for each.

AL Pitchers

P Rodrigo Lopez, Baltimore Orioles
P Scott Elarton, Kansas City Royals
P Carlos Silva, Minnesota Twins
P Seth McClung, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
P Jeff Weaver, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
RP Andrew Sisco, Kansas City Royals
CL Ambiorix Burgos, Kansas City Royals

NL Pitchers

P Oliver Perez, Pittsburgh Pirates
P Solomon Torres, Pittsburgh Pirates
P Jorge Sosa, Atlanta Braves
P Livan Hernandez, Washington Nationals
P Dontrelle Willis, Florida Marlins
RP Mike Stanton, Washington Nationals
CL Chris Reitsma, Atlanta Braves