AAA All-Star Voting

It doesn’t jump out at you (or at least me) on just how to get to the ballot. On the Durham Bulls home page at the upper left it cycles through various stories. In the teaser paragraph about All-Star voting there’s a “vote” link that takes you to the ballot.

Durham Bulls on the ballot (you weren’t going to vote for anyone else, were you?):

Starting Pitchers(vote for 2)

• Carlos Hernandez
• Mitch Talbot
• Wade Davis

Relief Pitchers (vote for 2)

• Winston Abreu
• Dale Thayer
• Julio DePaula

Catcher

• John Jaso

First Base

• Chris Richard
  

Second Base

• Ray Olmedo

Shortstop

• Reid Brignac

Third Base

• Chris Novak

Outfield (vote for up to 3)

• Justin Ruggiano
• Matt Joyce
• Ray Sadler

Designated Hitter

• Jon Weber

Far be it from me to suggest how you should vote, but here’s my choices, including write-ins. Note that you can vote up to 25 times and that fan votes only count for one-third of the votes. See here for more details.

Starting pitchers:

• Carlos Hernandez and Wade Davis

Relievers:

• Winston Abreu and Dale Thayer

Catcher:

• No vote. John’s OK, but not All-Star caliber yet and I just couldn’t bring myself to vote for someone on another team.

First Base:

• Chris Richard, of course
  

Second Base:

• Ray Olmedo (realize that he’s played almost as much third base and second, but Ray’s meant a lot to our team this year wherever he’s played)

Shortstop:

• No vote (see write-in below). Reid hasn’t been with us for a couple of weeks. Don’t know when he’ll be back. And, to be honest, I’m not sure he’s the best in the IL.

Third Base:

• No vote. I like Chris Nowak a lot, but is he really a third baseman? Or just learning how to be a hitter who’ll end up playing first base sometime, someplace.

Outfield:

• Ray Sadler and Justin Ruggiano. Don’t see the point in voting for Matt Joyce, don’t think he’s coming back. See write-ins below.

Designated hitter:

• Jon Weber, of course.

Write ins:

• Jon Weber, outfield
• Brandon Chaves, shortstop

It’s kind of tedious to make 25 votes, but probably worth it to our guys. Also, if you’re a fan of any players in the Pacific Coast League, you can vote for them as well.