Which Jay hurler is most likely to be an All-Star in 2006?
| A.J. Burnett |  6 (2.78%) |
| Gustavo Chacin | 0 (0.00%) |
| Roy Halladay | 190 (87.96%) |
| Ted Lilly | 1 (0.46%) |
| B.J. Ryan | 14 (6.48%) |
| Josh Towers | 5 (2.31%) |
216 votes | 4 featured comments
You know, I voted for Doc, but B.J. has an excellent chance. Once a closer is first named to the All-Star team, simply approximating the previous year's performance is usually good enough to keep garnering invites.
Towers has more votes than Chacin *AND* Burnett... combined...
I actually like Ryan's chances more than Halladay's. I'd say that they're both probably going to end up appearing, but Ryan seens to be like more of a sure thing than Halladay. Fluke or not, Halladay is still returning from an injury, so you have to take that into account. Maybe his 2004 problems will make a reappearance. Who knows? But Halladay definitely has more of an injury history than BJ does.
Also, I'm under the impression that closers perform more consistently than starters do, although I have nothing to back that up. But I'd think Ryan would have more of a chance of reproducing his '05 performance than Halladay does.
Also, I'm under the impression that closers perform more consistently than starters do, although I have nothing to back that up. But I'd think Ryan would have more of a chance of reproducing his '05 performance than Halladay does.
To me, a vote for BJ is a vote for the Blue Jays. Closers seem to selected almost solely on save totals. Since I don't think they'll be winning an extraordinary number of blowouts, the more games the Jays win, the more saves BJ is likely to have...
That said, I picked Doc.
That said, I picked Doc.