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Originally Posted by Runscott
It depends on how popular they are. That's what the all-star vote is - a popularity contest. If Mickey Mantle could be placed on today's ballot, he'd get in as a skeleton.
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Very true. The all-star game/voting is a joke and for the most part, no one should ever reference an all-star as actually being worthy...because it's plain and simple a popularity contest.
Strasburg is a monster, but I think the problem is that he had way too much hype around him to actually reach that projected goal. There should never be too many expectations for anyone in their first year or two...just way too much to learn and adapt to. I think he could really quiet his skeptics this year and I hope he does!