A.J. Over Liriano?
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by user AWeiner18
Do you people honestly think A.J. Pierzynski, a 29-year-old catcher who is putting up solid but not spectacular numbers, deserves to go to the All-Star game instead of rookie Francisco Liriano?
I think Liriano should be placed over A.J. First, Liriano has amazing statistics (9-1, 1.99 era, .207 vs. left handed hitters, .202 vs. right handed hitters). This proves how unstopable he has been this season. What makes his case stronger is he is a rookie with really only one season under his belt. Second, there was a comment that there is too many pitchers already. True, but there was enough pitchers in Milwaukee and since the teams used all of them up, the game was declared a tie. You can never have too many pitchers, especially when you have a guy like Mark Redman on your staff. Now A.J does present a strong case because 1. he is a catcher and 2. his stats are decent. But A.J. has been in the league for a long time. The more deserving player is Franscisco because of how much he has accomplished with no experience.
Date
Fri 07/07/06, 7:58 am EST
