Shocking news: A star player for the San Francisco Giants is banned while facing a powerful match.
The San Francisco Giants’ supporters are among the many fan bases that the All-Star Game selection process cannot satisfy. Due to the way the process is set up, which allows each team to send at least one player, along with an unreliable voting method, there are players who are overlooked year after year.
This also applies to the Giants. Reliever Camilo Doval is their lone representative in the All-Star Game this year, despite the fact that they have been keeping up in the fierce NL West division. While Doval deserves the recognition, other Giants were also deserving of a spot in the All-Star Game but were denied it.
Here are four San Francisco Giants players in particular who ought to have been selected for the All-Star Game.
Thairo Estrada ought to have been a standout player.
It is obviously wrong—completely wrong—that Thairo Estrada was not made an All-Star. Since Luis Arraez is aiming for a season batting average of.400, it is acceptable for him to start, and he was always going to win the fan vote. But when you take defense and offense into consideration, Thairo leads all second basemen this season in fWAR (2.6). Not to take anything away from Ozzie Albies, who is an incredible player, but Thairo has just been more useful this year, particularly when his defense is taken into account. Regretfully, Ozzie’s 20 home runs and the fact that the Braves were playing well together likely clinched the deal.
Pitching in the All-Star Game is always difficult because here is usually when clubs gain their consolation slots. Logan Webb was deserving of this honor. Furthermore, there is an abundance of quality pitchers in the National League this season. Based solely on merit, Logan Webb ought to have been chosen because he ranks in the top 10 in the National League by fWAR and has a 3.43 ERA in 17 starts this season. He has been more important than Bryce Elder, who beat him out, and he was unquestionably superior to Josiah Gray, the Nationals’ lone representative. It’s just a shame.
LaMonte Wade Jr.’s season has been at the All-Star level.
Every year, first base is difficult because a select group of players—Freddie Freeman, Paul Goldschmidt, and Matt Olson—are always at the top of the game. This year, Goldy didn’t even make the squad; instead, Freeman and Olson received the honors, and it’s likely that their recent home run spree had something to do with it. It is unfortunate because LaMonte Wade Jr. has already produced a 2.0 fWAR season and has been a vital component of the Giants’ attack this year thanks to his exceptional ability to get on base. Regrettably, those attributes lack the allure of playing in Los Angeles or hitting home runs (although Freddie and Olson are both fantastic).
