Yes, yes I know I said tomorrow, you know I met next week. These baseball articles take forever and only 2 people read them lol. Remember WAR = Wins Above Replacement; a typical All-Star is worth at least 4-5 Wins, Number stated is 2 year avg. Some adjustments made for missed playing time.

Anyway here is my AL Ballot, same reasonings and standards from the NL one.

Starters

C - Joe Mauer - Minnesota Twins : 7.05 WAR

1B - Kevin Youkilis - Boston Red Sox: 5.85 WAR

2B - Dustin Pedroia - Boston Red Sox : 5.9 WAR

SS - Derek Jeter - New York Yankees : 5.35 WAR

3B - Evan Longoria - Tampa Bay Rays : 6.8 WAR

OF - Grady Sizemore - Cleveland Indians : 6.05 WAR *07-08 (Missed 2 months)

OF - Ichiro Suzuki - Seattle Mariners : 5.45 WAR

OF - Nelson Cruz - Texas Rangers : 5.4 WAR *Rookie

Pitchers

SP - Roy Halladay - Toronto Blue Jays : 8 WAR *Starter

SP - Zach Greinke - Kansas City Royals : 7.65 WAR

SP - Cliff Lee - Cleveland Indians : 7.15 WAR

SP - CC Sabathia - New York Yankees : 6.75 WAR

SP - Josh Beckett - Boston Red Sox : 6.05 WAR

SP - Justin Verlander - Detroit Tigers : 5.95 WAR

SP - Jon Lester - Boston Red Sox : 5.95 WAR

SP - Felix Hernandez - Seattle Mariners : 5.7 WAR

SP - John Danks - Chicago White Sox : 4.8 WAR

RP - Mariano Rivera - New York Yankees

RP - Jonathan Papelbon - Boston Red Sox

RP - Andrew Bailey - Oakland Athletics

RP - Joe Nathan - Minnesota Twins

Reserves

C - Victor Martinez - Cleveland Indians : 4.75 WAR

1B  - Mark Teixeira - New York Yankees : 5.75 WAR

1B - Justin Morneau - Minnesota Twins : 4.75 WAR

2B - Ian Kinsler - Texas Rangers : 4.9 WAR

2B - Brian Roberts - Baltimore Orioles : 4.1 WAR

SS - Ben Zobrist - Tampa Bay Rays : 5.25 WAR (Almost entirely from this season)

SS - Marco Scutaro - Toronto Blue Jays : 4.95 WAR

3B - Alex Rodriguez - New York Yankees : 5.4 WAR

OF - Shin-Soo Choo - Cleveland Indians : 4.84 WAR

OF - Carl Crawford - Tampa Bay Rays : 4.45 WAR

OF - BJ Upton - Tampa Bay Rays : 4.25 WAR

OF - Torii Hunter - Los Angeles Angels : 4.15 WAR

Red Sox, Yankees - 5, Indians, Rays - 4, Twins - 3, Blue Jays, Mariners, Rangers - 2, Angels, Athletics, Royals, Orioles, Tigers, White Sox - 1

There you have it. Some surprises (Cruz, Choo, Bailey, Zobrist) mixed in with some future HOFers (Rivera, Rodriguez, Jeter, Halladay, Mauer). I really don’t understand how the NL loses every year, their team is much better.

Some time before Thursday night I’ll be posting the Half Way Update on the Season so keep checking back!