Author Topic: Nationals All-Stars (2026) (Read 388 times)

imref · « **on:** June 15, 2026, 09:59:54 am »

My guesses:

Starters: Wood

Reserves: Abrams, Ruiz

I'd imagine De La Cruz beats out Abrams in the vote.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 15, 2026, 10:19:12 am »

It sure would be nice to see Ruiz in an All Star uniform.

Slateman · « **Reply #2 on:** June 15, 2026, 10:35:00 am »

Quote from: imref on June 15, 2026, 09:59:54 am

I'd imagine De La Cruz beats out Abrams in the vote.

Will he be back from the IL?

imref · « **Reply #3 on:** June 15, 2026, 11:18:48 am »

Quote from: Slateman on June 15, 2026, 10:35:00 am

Will he be back from the IL?

report over the weekend was that he was 90% healed and they were going to decide on next steps, sounded like he'd be ready for a rehab assignment soon.

Slateman · « **Reply #4 on:** June 15, 2026, 11:29:23 am »

Psh, sub .900 OPS should ride the pine

imref · « **Reply #5 on:** June 15, 2026, 03:48:03 pm »

First round of voting is out, and it has some surprises:
Abrams is in 1st place among shortstops.
Wood is in 7th among OF'rs, behind Pages, Acuna Jr., Marsh, Harris II, Teoscar Hernandez, and Jordan Walker (but ahead of Carroll and Soto)
Ruiz doesn't crack the catching top-10
No other Nats in the top 10 of their respective positions

Dodgers and Braves are dominating voting

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #6 on:** June 15, 2026, 06:44:27 pm »

Quote from: imref on June 15, 2026, 03:48:03 pm

First round of voting is out, and it has some surprises:
Abrams is in 1st place among shortstops.
Wood is in 7th among OF'rs, behind Pages, Acuna Jr., Marsh, Harris II, Teoscar Hernandez, and Jordan Walker (but ahead of Carroll and Soto)
Ruiz doesn't crack the catching top-10
No other Nats in the top 10 of their respective positions

Dodgers and Braves are dominating voting

how many OFs get voted on? Just 3?

varoadking · « **Reply #7 on:** June 15, 2026, 07:45:53 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on June 15, 2026, 06:44:27 pm

how many OFs get voted on? Just 3?

6

imref · « **Reply #8 on:** June 23, 2026, 05:10:59 pm »

Wood still 30k votes behind Soto for 6th.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #9 on:** June 23, 2026, 05:19:26 pm »

Quote from: imref on June 23, 2026, 05:10:59 pm

Wood still 30k votes behind Soto for 6th.

I mean it doesn’t matter. He’s not going to get elected in and will be selected as a backup based on his great season so far. Same for CJ.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #10 on:** June 23, 2026, 05:22:34 pm »

Quote from: varoadking on June 15, 2026, 07:45:53 pm

6

I think he means how many get voted directly into the team. Which is 3. This is just to advance to the second round. They’ve made it way more complicated than it needs to be.

imref · « **Reply #11 on:** June 25, 2026, 06:38:15 pm »

Phase 1 voting is done. Abrams still leads Betts. Wood misses the cut.

aspenbubba · « **Reply #12 on:** June 25, 2026, 07:29:14 pm »

Quote from: imref on June 25, 2026, 06:38:15 pm

Phase 1 voting is done. Abrams still leads Betts. Wood misses the cut.

Wood is 5 for his last 36

EDIT ; 5 for 40

KV · « **Reply #13 on:** June 25, 2026, 08:57:38 pm »

Cavalli counting the days until he hits free agency.

imref · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2026, 05:31:20 pm »

nats.talk notes they've hung a James Wood all-star banner in Philly as they set up for the game.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #15 on:** July 04, 2026, 09:52:04 pm »

CJ starting, Wood selected by the players.
https://www.mlb.com/news/cj-abrams-and-james-wood-named-national-league-all-stars.html

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #16 on:** July 05, 2026, 08:32:50 am »

With Griffin pitching Wednesday, he may be a replacement

imref · « **Reply #17 on:** July 08, 2026, 11:35:34 am »

Griffin snubbed again as Braxton Ashcraft, Jesús Luzardo and Riley O’Brien are named to replace Jacob Misiorowski, Max Meyer and Paul Skenes

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2026, 12:00:51 pm »

Ashcraft has been better than Skenes and on the same team. Easy decision.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #19 on:** July 08, 2026, 01:41:59 pm »

Quote from: imref on July 08, 2026, 11:35:34 am

Griffin snubbed again as Braxton Ashcraft, Jesús Luzardo and Riley O’Brien are named to replace Jacob Misiorowski, Max Meyer and Paul Skenes

The guy who really got snubbed was Zack Wheeler. He’s scheduled to start Sunday so ineligible. He said he told them he could pitch an again but it didn’t matter.

Of course Luzardo missed out last year and now included.

Eventually they make it up to guys.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #20 on:** July 08, 2026, 02:09:30 pm »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on July 08, 2026, 01:41:59 pm

Of course Luzardo missed out last year and now included.

Eventually they make it up to guys.

Both Griffin and Luzardo had good cases so this does feel more like a lifetime achievement award than a reward for a nice surprise.

Oddly, they have the same number of innings this year. Depending on the flavor of WAR you like, RA/9 based bWAR or FIP based fWAR, they each come out on top by a decent margin.

Riley O'Brien is a reliever getting rewarded for saves. I don't like replacing a starter with a reliever but the reliever is likely to be more useful in an inning stint.

I have a feeling Griffin still is on the short list if another guy is out.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #21 on:** July 11, 2026, 08:27:47 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on July 08, 2026, 02:09:30 pm

Both Griffin and Luzardo had good cases so this does feel more like a lifetime achievement award than a reward for a nice surprise.

Oddly, they have the same number of innings this year. Depending on the flavor of WAR you like, RA/9 based bWAR or FIP based fWAR, they each come out on top by a decent margin.

Riley O'Brien is a reliever getting rewarded for saves. I don't like replacing a starter with a reliever but the reliever is likely to be more useful in an inning stint.

I have a feeling Griffin still is on the short list if another guy is out.

https://www.mlb.com/news/foster-griffin-named-to-2026-nl-all-star-team

imref · « **Reply #22 on:** July 13, 2026, 03:39:47 pm »

CJ batting 4th.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #23 on:** July 13, 2026, 04:52:34 pm »

Quote from: imref on July 13, 2026, 03:39:47 pm

CJ batting 4th.

top RBI guy at the game, batting in his usual spot in the lineup.