Hypothetical Pitching All-Star Ballots: Results (and Relievers)
We’ve done the starters, now it’s time for the relievers!
Well, OK, first, let’s tally the starters. As of 8:30 pm ET or so Monday night, this was the top 10 in each league. First, the American League:
- Felix Hernandez – 2,020 votes, 18%
- Corey Kluber – 1,605, 14%
- Dallas Keuchel – 1,526, 14%
- Sonny Gray – 1,369, 12%
- Chris Archer – 1,254, 11%
- Chris Sale – 838, 7%
- Michael Pineda – 813, 7%
- David Price – 541, 5%
- Jake Odorizzi – 262, 2%
- Garrett Richards – 105, 1%
And the National League:
- Max Scherzer – 1,676, 16%
- Clayton Kershaw – 1,117, 10%
- Matt Harvey – 1,073, 10%
- Shelby Miller – 1,031, 10%
- Zack Greinke – 966, 9%
- Gerrit Cole – 965, 9%
- Madison Bumgarner – 840, 8%
- Michael Wacha – 492, 5%
- Jake Arrieta – 401, 4%
- A.J. Burnett – 345, 3%
Now that we have that out of the way, let’s do the relievers. As a reminder, just vote for three. Another reminder — I can’t stop you from voting for more than three people, so you’re on the honor system.
Guys left out: Luke Gregerson, Brad Brach, Neftali Feliz, Ryan Madson and Zach Duke. Sorry, I guess? Again, I used only qualified relievers.
And the NL:
Apologies to: Luis Avilan, Michael Blazek, Matt Belisle, Andrew Chafin, Juan Nicasio, Santiago Casilla, Jared Hughes, Mark Melancon and J.J. Hoover. I guess.
Rock the vote!
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Seriously, where am I?
From the piece:
“Again, I used only qualified relievers.”
So what defines a qualified reliever? I have 25.2 IP, and my RE24 is 50% better than anyone else’s… Meanwhile, Joe Smith only has 23 IP…