2011 All-Star Picks

I'm taking a break from predicting the MVP to doing what everyone else is currently doing...predicting the All-Star game rosters. I like the challenge of attempting to find players from every team, along with removing the obvious East Coast bias in picking the starting lineups. I feel as though the voting bias takes place primarily from Yankee and Red Sox fans, but since the AL has lost only once (2010) in the last 14 years....bias away. These predictions are based on my personal opinions, not on how fans are currently voting with only days remaining in the polls. There are 34 players on each roster, and this year's game is played at Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ, so no DH will be used in the lineup.

AL starting lineup & batting order:

2B R. Cano NYY

3B A. Rodriguez NYY

1B A. Gonzalez BOS

RF J. Bautista TOR

CF C. Granderson NYY

LF A. Jones BAL

SS A. Cabrera CLE

C A. Avila DET

SP J. Verlander DET

Bench:

C A.J. Pierzynski CWS

C M. Wieters BAL

1B M. Cabrera DET

1B P. Konerko CWS

1B M. Teixeira NYY

2B H. Hendrick LAA

3B K. Youkilis BOS

SS J. Peralta DET

OF M. Joyce TB

OF A. Gordon KC

OF M. Cuddyer MIN

OF C. Quentin CWS

UTL M. Young TEX

Pitchers:

SP J. Shields TB

SP J. Tomlin CLE

SP M. Pineda SEA

SP J. Weaver LAA

SP C.C. Sabathia NYY

SP F. Hernandez SEA

SP J. Beckett BOS

RP M. Rivera NYY

RP K. Farnsworth TB

RP J. Valverde DET

RP D. Robertson NYY

RP G. Balfour OAK

NL starting lineup & batting order:

SS J. Reyes NYM

2B R. Weeks MIL

CF M. Kemp LAD

1B P. Fielder MIL

LF R. Braun MIL

RF L. Berkman STL

3B A. Ramirez CHC

C B. McCann ATL

SP R. Halliday, PHI

Bench:

1B M. Morse WAS

1B R. Howard PHI

1B G. Sanchez FLA

1B J. Votto CIN

2B B. Phillips CIN

3B P. Polanco PHI

SS S. Castro CHC

SS T. Tulowitzki COL

OF A. McCutchen PIT

OF J. Bruce CIN

OF H. Pence HOU

OF J. Upton ARI

OF C. Gonzalez COL

Pitchers:

SP T. Lincecum SF

SP I. Kennedy ARI

SP C. Kershaw LAD

SP J. Jurrjens ATL

SP T. Hanson ATL

SP C. Hamels PHI

SP C. Lee PHI

RP J. Hanrahan WAS

RP B. Wilson SF

RP H. Bell SD

RP T. Clippard WAS

RP H. Street COL