Ready Or Not The MLB All-Star Starting Team Is Ready To Go

The Mid-Summer Classic is coming on Tuesday, July 12^th at Coors Field in Colorado. Without further delay, here are the NL starters.

C – Buster Posey – Giants

1B – Freddie Freeman – Braves

2B – Adam Frazier – Pirates

SS – Fernando Tatis Jr. – Padres

3B – Nolan Arenado – Cardinals

OF – Ronald Acuna Jr. – Braves

OF – Nick Castellanos – Reds

OF – Jesse Winker – Reds

Great American Ballparks dimensions (you can link my previous column mentioning that) helped those Reds players get in. All the rest make sense and it’s a decent group. The fact that Bryce Harper (6 %) and Juan Soto (6%) shows the dissatisfaction their fan bases have with their teams more than the players. Although there is some talk in Philadelphia that Harper may not be worth the contract. Phillies fans have until 2031 to continue to debate that topic.

The best pitcher in baseball is Jacob deGrom (7-2, .095 ERA, 136 Ks) and there’s a chance he could miss the game. The talk is it will depend on how the Mets set their rotation and then we will have a better idea. deGrom will be selected and that will be his fourth in eight seasons. If the Mets ace pitches the Sunday before the big game, he’s not going to pitch, and you can’t blame him. deGrom probably still goes to get announced though. That might still happen. I would think former deGrom teammate, and current Phillies ace, Zack Wheeler will be selected (6-4, 2.05 ERA, 4th in the NL, 139 Ks).

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Let’s Get Jim Gosger His Ring

Jim Gosger played in 10 games for the 1969 Mets and parts of two seasons with the Mets in 1973 and 1974. I have only fuzzy memories of him, but the Mets shouldn’t and the last time the Mets got the 1969 Mets together, for the 50^th anniversary, I was there, and they posted on the jumbotron that they remember Jim. That’s nice if they said it in the right context but unfortunately, they thought he was no longer on this earth and therefore not invited to the game.

Gosger has never been invited to any reunions. He was a September call-up in 1969 and never played in the postseason. But he was a Miracle Met. In 1969, the Mets gave all their employees rings and Gosger got a $100 check. Read more about that here: https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-jim-gosger-69-mets-interview-not-dead-20190701-7vvki2bgkrgv5jdj76mt2jmaui-story.html

In the end, Steven Cohen can make this right. Why not? He can right a wrong that’s been going on far too long and “Goose” would feel the joy. He was a part of their run, and he shouldn’t have to buy his own ring, which I get why he didn’t want to do that.

You can sign the petition here.