The latest All-Star vote totals are out and despite Jason Heyward, Brian McCann and Martin Prado solidly in second place for their positions, Troy Glaus is getting shafted. Glaus is in fourth place at first base behind Albert Pujols, Ryan Howard, and Prince Fielder.
Now I know Glaus only turned it on starting in May, but he’s been absolutely ON FIRE since then. But then again, All-Star voting is a popularity contest and popularity is rarely based on pure stats. Chipper Jones is a prime example this – he’s third in third base voting behind Placido Palanco and David Wright, and we know that Chipper doesn’t deserve to be considered the third best third baseman in the league this year. The numbers just aren’t there.
Unfortunately for Glaus, he’s on the shafted end of the popularity contest.
Here’s some data to consider. To this point in the season, the top 4 vote-getters have amassed the following stats:
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
H
R
HR
RBI
Pujols
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