Final Player In MLB All Star Game

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  1. Legacy

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    Who are your two choices and why?
     
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    Reno Mahe
     
  3. panthersare#1

    panthersare#1 The GM

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    Without Bias
    Brandon Inge- #3 in AL Wins Above Replacement, 12.3 with his bat, 8.3 fielding
    Matt Kemp- On the value scale his bat is worth 12.9 and fielding worth 10.1, so a little less offensive performance than sandoval but much better defense being played.

    With Bias
    Carlos Pena- leads the AL in HR, and I like the Rays, not repeating his gold glove performance last year. 15.7 bat -1.9 fielding
    Pablo Sandoval- high avg, dont like the dodgers, defense is below avg, 18.7 batting -1.3 fielding

    If you take out the bias and focus on a baseball players whole game just not all offensively it would be Kemp and Inge, but if the final vote guy is just in there for a pinch hitter I would go with Pena, Sandoval
     
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    Mark Reynolds for the NL. Just look at his stats.
     
  5. Legacy

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    He plays three positions on defense.
     
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    panthersare#1 The GM

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    He still doesnt play any position great on defense. At 3B, 52 Games Started, he has a UZR of -1.4 which is #9 defensive 3B with min 400 Innings in the NL out of 12 3B. At 1B he is a little better with a very small sample size of 17 Games Started at a UZR of .1 which put him as the #5 NL starting defensive 1B behind Ryan Howard. Whereas Matt Kemp is #2 OF in UZR of OF who played over 650 Innings, losing out to Jay Bruce by .1 UZR point.

    UZR (ultimate zone rating): The number of runs above or below average a fielder is in both range runs and error runs combined.

    Ben Zobrist has played 6 positions this year, but he has is better defensive at certain positions like 2B (7 UZR), and RF (4.4 UZR) but has struggled with LF (-1.0) and SS (.1 UZR). Its more important how many positions you can play defense at a high level than how many you can play total.
     
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    Inge- Becouse im a Tigger fan
    Guzzman- Becouse he is on my Fantasy Team,
     

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