Vote Mark Reynolds Into The 2009 MLB All Star Game

Mark Reynolds is one of the FInal Vote candidates for the MLB All Star Game, to be held in St. Louis on July 14th.

I like his hard style of play, and his accountability to the team's successes and (numerous) failures. Plus, he has 24 HR. Pretty good year for the guy.

Give him a vote or 25.. I think he has earned it.

over 2 years ago Cory Williams 8 comments 1 recs |

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way cool!

Thanks for supporting the home team!

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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 7, 2009 6:36 AM MST reply actions

I thought this was an ASU blog…

by DenverDevil on Jul 7, 2009 1:18 PM MST reply actions

There isn’t that much to talk about regarding ASU.

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by Cory Williams on Jul 7, 2009 2:11 PM MST up reply actions

Mark Reynolds is a beer league softball player. If he is an all-star it speaks sadly to how far the talent pool has been diluted via expansion. The guy can’t play defense and he has a huge hole in his bat.

by sundevils on Jul 7, 2009 6:20 PM MST reply actions

Unfortunately, I have been watching a lot of Diamondbacks baseball lately, and I disagree with this statement. His defense was pretty bad last year, but it looks like he has put in the effort, and has improved markedly at 3B. Not to mention that now, he also plays 1B quite adequately.

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by Cory Williams on Jul 7, 2009 11:16 PM MST up reply actions

That just is not true. Look at the stats.

His UZR this year is -1.0. Certainly he is no defensive whiz but that is barely below average.

Offensively, yeah, he strikes out but his wOBA is .390~! That is fantastic. He has been worth two and half wins above replacement and has been huge for the D-Backs.

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by ASUBoyd on Jul 8, 2009 3:49 PM MST up reply actions