NL All-Stars Announced for Sunday's Game; Statis-Pro Standings and Leaders

After announcing the AL All-Star starters, and tracking the Astros and Yankees moving to the top of the Statis-Pro AL standings, we turn our attention to the NL just three days before the Statis-Pro All-Star game in Salt Lake City.

First, we announce the NL All-Stars, and then we will update on the NL season going into the All-Star Break, and finally we close with end of season awards:

The Washington Nationals lead the way with seven selections. [4 players, 3 pitchers]

The Atlanta Braves are next with four named to the team.

The main controversy is the fans voting in Christian Yelich despite a sub-par first half. J

I think with reserves I have maybe 35-36 players on the roster.

Starters:

SP-Max Scherzer, Wsh

  C-Omar Narvaez, Mil

1B-Pete Alonso, NY

2B-Ketel Marte, Arz

SS-Trevor Story, Col

3B-Justin Turner, LA

OF-Juan Soto, Wsh

OF-Ronald Acuna Jr, Atl

OF-Christian Yelich, Mil

DH-Eugenio Suarez, Cin

Reserves:

  C-JT Realmuto, Phl

  C-Kurt Suzuki, Wsh

1B-Marcus Thames, Wsh

1B-Paul Goldschmidt, Stl

1B-Josh Bell, Pit

2B-Ozzie Albies, Atl

SS-Trea Turner, Wsh

3B-JD Davis, NY

3B-Nolan Arenado, Col

3B-Eduardo Escobar, Arz

OF-Bryce Harper, Phl

OF-Cody Bellinger, LA

OF-Mike Yastremski, SF

OF-Starling Marte, Arz

RP-Steven Strasburg, Wsh

RP-Madison Bumgarner, Arz

RP-Jack Flaherty, Stl

RP-Kyle Hendricks, Chi

RP-Mike Soroka, Atl

RP-Kenley Jansen, LA

RP-Josh Hader, Mil

RP-Kirby Yates, SD

RP-Scott Oberg, Col

RP-Jarlin Garcia, Mia

RP-Will Smith, Atl

RP-Will Harris, Wsh

RP-Hector Neris, Phl

As for the 10 NL teams which made the cut to compete for the playoffs:

Well, we anticipated a very competitive Statis-Pro NL race and we’ve got it heading into the All-Star break.

The streaky Nationals won six straight to start, then dropped six of eight, before winning three straight.

Meanwhile at the bottom, the Reds lost 7 of 9 to start and have gotten back in the race by winning 6 of their last 8.

Even the Mets have won 4 of 5 to keep their wildcard hopes alive.  A lot to be decided in the next nine games.

2020 Statis-Pro

National League Standings

NL “East”            W-L                      RS-RA

Washington       11-6                     96-76

Atlanta                  9-8                   103-82

Chicago                 7-9                     47-62

Philadelphia        7-10                   78-97

New York             6-11                   74-88

NL “West”          W-L                      RS-RA

Los Angeles        11-6                     86-60

Arizona                 9-7                     95-72

St. Louis                9-8                     78-76

Cincinnati             8-9                     76-79

Milwaukee           7-10                   75-98

Here are the cards for the leaders (available here, we bought them and had a local Fedex print them on card stock and cut them in black and white to save money), with details on their stats to date below.

Mid-Season Awards

Cy Young

Max Scherzer, Wsh  [5 starts, 4-0, 0.69, 39 IP, 3 ER, 2 CG sho]

MVP

Ronald Acuna, Jr  Atl  [17 games/ .353 avg, 6 HR, 16 RBI, 15 runs scored]

Team Stats:

Atlanta continues to lead the league in runs scored. (17 games/103 runs/6.1 avg)

Chicago remains the weakest offense. (16 games/47 runs/2.9 avg)

Los Angeles pitching stands out allowing the fewest runs. (17 games/60 runs allowed/3.5 avg)

The Dodgers also have the top run differential. (+26)

Individual Stats:

Batting

Justin Turner, LA             [25-69/.362]

Marcel Ozuna, Atl           [27-75/.360]

Ronald Acuna, Atl            [24-68/.353]

Starling Marte, Arz         [24-70/.343]

Home Runs

Juan Soto, Wsh                8

Eugenio Suarez, Cin        6

Bryce Harper, Phl            6

Runs Batted In

Ronald Acuna, Atl            16

Four tied at                      15

Runs Scored

Starling Marte, Arz         19

Five tied at                       15

Earned Run Average

Max Scherzer, Wsh                       4-0, 0.69   [39 IP, 3 ER]

Madison Bumgarner, Arz             3-0, 1.36

Walker Buehler, LA                       2-1, 1.86