Who Deserves To Be An All-Star: 2011 MLB, Part III

You can view Part I, Starting Lineup Edition here
You can view Part II, Pitchers Edition here

Reserves Edition

The first part of this post is who I believe deserves to be an All-Star, independent of team. The second portion will be who I will have to replace because of the archaic notion that every team HAS to be represented in the All-Star game. No other sport has this silly rule and chances are if you are a team like the Baltimore Orioles who are so bad, chances are you do not have an All-Star on your team- that is why your team is doing so bad.

I also believe actually playing the game out is an antiquated notion because we have guys like Omar Infante in 2010 become an All-Star for the main reason that he can play multiple positions defensively and not because he actually deserved to be an All-Star.

AL

C- Carlos Santana (CLE)
1B- Mark Teixeira (NYY)
1B- Miguel Cabrera (DET)
1B- Paul Konerko (CWS)
2B- Ben Zobrist (TAM)
SS- Asdrubal Cabrera (CLE)
3B- Adrian Beltre (TEX)
OF- Jacoby Ellsbury (BOS)
OF- Carlos Quentin (CWS)
OF- Matt Joyce (TAM)
OF- Brett Gardner (NYY)

NL

C- Miguel Montero (ARI)
1B- Prince Fielder (MIL)
1B- Gaby Sanchez (FLO)
2B- Danny Espinosa (WAS)
2B- Brandon Phillips (CIN)
SS- Troy Tulowitzki (COL)
3B- Aramis Ramirez (CHC)
OF- Shane Victorino (PHI)
OF- Michael Bourne (HOU)
OF- Carlos Beltran (NYM)
OF- Jay Bruce (CIN)
DH/1B/OF- Lance Berkman (STL)

Unrepresented AL Teams:
- Minnesota Twins
- Baltimore Orioles
- Oakland Athletics

- Replace SP Scott Baker (MIN) with RP Sergio Santos (CWS)
- Replace C Matt Wieters (BAL) with C Carlos Santana (CLE)
- Replace SP Gio Gonzalez (OAK) with SP Josh Beckett (BOS)

Unrepresented NL Teams:
None.

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