2012 All-Star Ballot: OCP Selections

All-Star balloting ends tonight - if you haven't submitted your ballot yet, you should do that (#voteforchooch).  Looking at the ballot, I was surprised at how weak a few key positions were this year.  In the AL, there really weren't many catchers out there worth voting for and starting pitching wasn't a strong point for the AL roster.  In the NL, shortstop was a weak spot as well as 2B.  With the exit of Prince Fielder to the AL and with Ryan Howard on the DL, there really weren't any legitimate selections after Joey Votto.  For that reason, I decided to go with Buster Posey as the third catcher (he's playing some first base so it works).  The AL squad will be much deeper but the NL seems to have a very formidable starting lineup.  The All-Star game should be very competitive this year.


AL
1B - Paul Konerko
2B - Robinson Cano
SS - Alcides Escobar
3B - Miguel Cabrera
OF - Josh Hamilton
OF - Jose Bautista
OF - Adam Jones
C - Joe Mauer
SP - Justin Verlander

Reserves
IF - Brett Lawrie
IF - Mark Trumbo
IF - Ian Kinsler
IF - Jason Kipnis
IF - Prince Fielder
C - Matt Wieters

Relievers (4 starters, 1 reliever)
Jered Weaver
Chris Sale
David Price
Jake Peavy
Jim Johnson


NL

1B - Joey Votto
2B - Brandon Phillips
SS - Starlin Castro
3B - David Wright
OF - Ryan Braun
OF - Carlos Beltran
OF - Andrew McCutchen
C - Carlos Ruiz
SP - R.A. Dickey

Reserves
IF - Rafael Furcal
IF - Aramis Ramirez
IF - Hanley Ramirez
IF - Dan Uggla
C - Yadier Molina
C - Buster Posey

Relievers
Matt Cain
Stephen Strasburg
James McDonald
Zack Greinke
Craig Kimbrel