There is only Juan Uribe and he NEEDS to be an All-Star

Juan Uribe is having an excellent year and it is a crying shame that he has been left off the All-Star ballot. He is among the top 3 in the hitting catagories and is having possibly the best year of any National League shortstop.

There is the usual shenanigans going on with the ballot box stuffing going on in Philadelphia and guys getting votes based on what they did in the past instead of what they are doing right now.

The current top 5 (as of 6/15/2010) vote getters at shortstop are as follows:

1. Hanley Ramirez, Marlins 1,190,685

2. Jimmy Rollins, Phillies 992,887

3. Troy Tulowitzki Rockies 702, 165

4. Jose Reyes, Mets 493,913

5. Orlando Cabrera, Reds 487,680

Ramirez and Tulowitzki are having good seasons but the rest? Well they are here on name only and that is a shame. Maybe I am just getting on my high elitist blogger horse here but the unwashed baseball masses are making a some bad votes here with Rollins (hasn't played since May 21st and has only been in 12 games this season), Reyes and Cabrera.

Let's do my favorite thing and go to the stat board:

Player	Tm	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
Juan Uribe	SFG	63	245	218	33	63	11	1	11	42	1	23	37	.289	.355	.500	.855	122
Hanley Ramirez	FLA	64	277	242	35	69	14	2	10	36	12	31	33	.285	.368	.483	.852	124
Troy Tulowitzki	COL	61	261	233	45	71	17	0	9	33	7	24	40	.305	.369	.494	.863	120
Jimmy Rollins	PHI	12	52	41	11	14	4	1	2	7	2	10	6	.341	.462	.634	1.096	187
Orlando Cabrera	CIN	63	280	255	32	66	16	0	3	27	9	16	25	.259	.299	.357	.655	74
Jose Reyes	NYM	61	279	258	37	68	11	4	3	23	17	17	32	.264	.313	.372	.685	84

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/17/2010.

As I was saying 3 of the top 5 vote getter have no buisiness being anywhere and there is one guy who is deserving that is being left off.

Juan Uribe is second in OPS, OPS+ and AVG , he is first in home runs, RBIs and slugging. These shouldn't be going overlooked.

I hope that this mistake is rectified and is added to the roster by the players. If he still isn't added he better be on the last man added vote list and it would be a travisty if he didn't make it.

Vote Uribe!