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By: David

David — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:27:23 +0000

look at mlb.com’s enhanced rosters

under AL reserves!

YES! VINDICATION FROM THE TIGER’S NATION!

By: David

David — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:26:46 +0000

INGE MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Ryan P.

Ryan P. — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:49:20 +0000

omg, inge is in 2nd behind kinsler, vote vote vote

By: amason

amason — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:46:22 +0000

I feel Lind deserves to be there waaay more than Grandrson but maybe not Inge (not enough anyways that I would vote Lind before Inge). I am probably going to vote twice for Inge,once for Lind … they both desreve this final spot IMO.

By: jb61973

jb61973 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:19:16 +0000

Jeez, nice research. THanks for taking the time.

By: jb61973

jb61973 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:17:30 +0000

Fair enough, I guess I meant defensively he doesn’t compare to inge and Longoria.

By: Mark in Chicago

Mark in Chicago — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:34:00 +0000

If anybody would have said a year ago at this time that Brandon Inge was in the conversation for an All-Star spot (which is overrated since it’s mostly a popularity contest, but I digress…), I would have said they were crazy. It’s impressive what Brandon has done the first half of the season, so he deserves to be considered. Hope he can keep it up.

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By: Coleman

Coleman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:17:16 +0000

Well now that’s ironic…

I got tired of hearing Inge was coasting on a big beginning of the season (as well as the old, and incorrect, bit about how he’s useless in clutch situations) so I looked up how big an effect that had…fairly big, I suppose–his OPS drops from .874 to .792 if you throw out April (which is hardly a terrible OPS).

But then out of curiosity I looked at Longoria–and his drops even more with his April taken out. In fact, he’s declined each month:

April: Longoria 1.134 Inge 1.114
May: Longoria .937 Inge .709
June: Longoria .752 Inge .908
July: Longoria .268 Inge .607

In fact over the last 5 weeks Longoria has a grand total of 9 RBI.

And then I looked at Inge’s various situational stats, and then compared to Longoria–Inge was better in every single one:

RISP:
Longoria: .896 Inge: .915

Game within 1 run:
Longoria .807 Inge: .967

High Leverage:
Longoria: .864 Inge: .976

Runner 3rd Less than 2 out:
Longoria: .891 Inge: 1.667
This last one really stood out–Longoria with 37 PA, 18 RBI (7K 4 GIDP), vs Inge with 18 PA, 14 RBI (1K 1 GIDP): Longoria has had twice as many opportunities as Inge at easy RBI.

Then when you add to that he’s in the lineup that scores the most in the league, and has the highest PPA in the league (with DET at the bottom), and that he bats in front of the league’s HR leader, you realize he probably gets more PAs than Inge against relief pitchers (yep, 111-100, not to mention tiring starters), more PAs vs LHP (yep, 96-84), and all of a sudden I don’t feel it’s quite so obvious that Longoria is the best at 3rd offensively right now after all.

By: Coleman

Coleman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:33:29 +0000

He stacks up fine against Figgins (not to mention Young), and to me looks like the 3rd best 3rd baseman after Longoria and Inge.

And as far as top hitters not being on the roster, besides Cabrera at 1st you’ve also got the league HR leader without a spot…it’s a rough year at 1st…

By: jb61973

jb61973 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:41:55 +0000

Depends on what you base the “Top Hitters” distinction. Cabrera just plays at a position where guys are having sick seasons so far. I’d have to look at Rolen more closely, but I would guess that his lack of power hurt him in comparison to other 3b in the league.

Rolen should probably be getting some consideration at third, but he doesn’t stack up defensively withthe rest of the guys being considered

By: rings

rings — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:58:06 +0000

I find it pretty amazing that two of the top three hitters in the AL are NOT on the All Star roster…

By: billfer

billfer — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:42:25 +0000

I don’t think it was Maddon trying to leave him off the squad and making it look like he was being considered. The players selected Young at 3rd. And when the fans voted for Pedroia it ended up bumping Kinsler (the players voted Hill 1 and Kinsler 2). Maddon picked Zobrist, and there is nothing wrong with that. Inge (and Kinsler) got squeezed in the process.

By: Coleman

Coleman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:30:37 +0000

Inge has a better fielding rating than Young at 3rd…and Catcher…and Left field…and Center Field…

By: Coleman

Coleman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:27:47 +0000

Leyland went out on a bit of a limb for Inge, and if Maddon wanted to leave Inge off the squad and yet make it seem like he was really considering him, he couldn’t have done a better job. There’s no way Inge does better than 4th in the voting; he only came out 5th in 3rd base voting, and behind Figgins who is in the last chance voting, along with the guy who should have won at 2nd and the AL HR leader.

The avg fan thinks of Inge as a guy who had a bunch of HRs in April, strikes out a lot, and doesn’t know/care about how good a fielder he is. His only chance was getting named, not voted.