Let's begin.
Second Base:
1. Howie Kendrick- injured for some of the season, still having a great season. Averaged WAR: 2.55. .322/.388/.520/.397.
2. Ben Zobrist- he should probably be on the all-star team as a super-sub just kind of filling in everywhere. Averaged WAR: 2. .246/.325/.473/.350.
3. Ian Kinsler- apparently transferred out of Arizona State because he lost the second base job to Dustin Pedroia, according to Michael Schur, aka Ken Tremendous from FireJoeMorgan fame. Averaged WAR: 1.75. .233/.351/.413/.351.
4. Dustin Pedroia- We are the same size. Pedroia is about 983098493084 times the baseball player I ever was, if we were walking on the street, we might get confused. If we were facing a 90 MPH fastball, nobody would get us confused. Averaged WAR: 1.65. .245/.353/.335/.323.
5. Robinson Cano- don't really have a comment here. It feels like it's going to be a battle between Pedroia and Cano for the starting 2B spot on the American League All-Star team for the next several years. Averaged WAR: 1.5. .284/.324/.514/.364.
Shortstop:
1. Alexei Ramirez- I like to watch Alexei play shortstop. Most Cuban players (I'm stereotyping here) seem to be really fun to watch. I can't really think of one that is not. Averaged WAR: 2.3. .297/.357/.455/.355.
2. Asdrubal Cabrera- I forgot to put him in my last all-star voting update, because his average WAR just dissappeared from my sight from my spreadsheet. Averaged WAR: 2.05. .299/.352/.522/.387
3.Jhonny Peralta-I haven't watched him play much this year but according to at least one Fangraphs commenter, his range has really diminished. Averaged WAR: 2.05. .314/.373/.535/.386.
4. Yunel Escobar- traded for Alex Gonzalez last year, everything A.A. does turns to magic. Anything that my AA group does turns to drinking. That's not funny or clever. Averaged WAR: 1.9. .296/.377/.443/.360.
5. Erick Aybar-The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of California of the United States of North America of the Western Hemisphere of Planet Earth...have a lot of players who seem to be similar, Izturis, Aybar, Kendrick, Callaspo, etc. if only they still had Brandon Wood. Averaged WAR: 1.75. .315/.356/.444/.365.
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