Roster Spots For The All Star Game

So the rosters for the all star game came out earlier and there was quite a bit of discussion as to who should be elected to the final spots in the AL and NL rosters respectively and who should have made it and who shouldn't have. So first off I'll go over the rosters and who if any I believe should have been on instead of others, etc.

Starters:
AL:
-C: Joe Mauer (Not much to say here I thought he was the man for the job and thankfully he got it)
-1B: Chris Davis (Same as above, no complaints on that)
-2B: Robinson Cano (Nothing here either)
-SS: J.J. Hardy: Ok so theres not many who are going to talk about this but I think I will, so like I said in my previous post my vote was for Jose Reyes. Now while that may have been partially done because he's a Blue Jay it is also because it adds an element that there isn't much of in the AL starting roster, and thats speed. Reyes is like lightning on the base path and if we look at the other players who were potentials for the All Star Game, there are none that have any speed to at least make things exciting when their on base like Reyes can. Now I'm not saying that Peralta or Hardy don't deserve a spot but I think that Reyes would have been a smarter choice as if he was uninjured up until now his numbers would be better than the other two, in terms of overall value.
-3B: Miguel Cabrera: Now I have no complaints about inclusion about Cabrera although I have seen some people talking about Longoria and I agree that he should have been included because he's been having an amazing time so far this year and hasn't been majorly sidelined by injury like he usually is. However you can't dethrone the best hitter in the league for him, and Manny Machado (who got the call in the reserves) is much better than Longoria defensively and to be honest he's a close match offensively as, despite not having the same level of power, he is still able to put up Mike Trout-esque numbers and if you were to look at both players on the ESPN Player Rater for all hitters you'd notice that Longo and Machado are right next to each other.
-OF: Mike Trout, Jose Bautista and Adam Jones (Nothing to say here)
-DH: David Ortiz: Now I was VERY disappointed with this choice on the side of the fans, David Ortiz isn't a bad player or anything but Edwin Encarnacion has been MUCH better, even being still in the top 3 of home run leaders and is more versatile at different positions than Ortiz (who has only played DH for a few years now).

NL:
-C: Yadier Molina: No complaints here, I voted for Posey but it isn't a huge difference
-1B: Joey Votto: No complaints here, though plenty of people are saying that Paul Goldschmidt should have gotten the spot, now while he has been putting up numbers similar to Votto he has been a bit anxious at the plate as you can see his On Base Percentage is not that much higher than his average which tells me that he might drop under the pressure, and Votto is much better at the plate in terms of getting on base and has shown more consistency that Goldschmidt. Now I do believe that he should have made the reserves instead of some.
-2B: Brandon Phillips: Nothing Here
-SS: Troy Tulowitzki: Nothing to say
-3B: David Wright: Nothing to say
-OF: Bryce Harper, Carlos Gonzalez and Carlos Beltran: Now all of these fit in my mind except Beltran because just like Ortiz he is putting up half decent numbers but players like Andrew McCutchen are MUCH better than him, hell there are even players on his team that deserve a spot for the Cardinals more than him (no Shelby Miller? WTF).

Reserves:
AL:
C: Jason Castro, Astros (expected as he's the best performing Astro at the moment, though I would have picked Jose Altuve)
C: Salvador Perez, Royals (Same as above, though he hasn't been as good as he was expected to be so far)
1B: Prince Fielder, Tigers (No real complaint here)
2B: Jason Kipnis, Indians (For both Kipnis and Pedroia the pick fits as they are both dominating the 2nd base position)
2B: Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox
2B: Ben Zobrist, Rays (this one doesn't make as much sense since Zobrist, despite his versatility has been rather lacklustre and like I said before Longoria would have been more deserving of the position that Zobrist)
SS: Jhonny Peralta: Tigers (Like I said before I think that the hitting numbers are clouding what Peralta is and like previously stated Reyes would have been a better fit as his numbers (outside of power stuff) would be more in line with Peralta had he not been injured for so long.
3B: Manny Machado, Orioles: Got no gripes here
OF: Nelson Cruz, Rangers: Got no complaints about Cruz, but Gordon and Hunter have hardly been amazing this year, their reserve outfield positions would have been better suited to better performing players like Jacoby Ellsbury, Nate McClouth or Alex Rios as all three of them are playing MUCH better than Gordon and Hunter and can easily fit into the positions in the batting order you would expect Gordon and Hunter to take.

OF: Alex Gordon, Royals
OF: Torii Hunter, Tigers
DH: Edwin Encarnacion, Blue Jays: No complaints here though again I think Ortiz and Encarnacion should be switched

NL:

C: Buster Posey, Giants: Good
1B: Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs: Good
1B: Allen Craig, Cardinals: No Complaints
2B: Matt Carpenter, Cardinals: No Complaints
2B: Marco Scutaro, Giants: Scutaro? Really? There are plenty of better players that could have taken his place and again he's aged to the point that he's nothing more than a batter who hits for average with little to no power and fairly little speed.
SS: Everth Cabrera, Padres: Good on both short stops and Alvarez
SS: Jean Segura, Brewers
3B: Pedro Alvarez, Pirates
OF: Domonic Brown, Phillies: Good on all accounts for outfielders as well
OF: Michael Cuddyer, Rockies
OF: Carlos Gomez, Brewers
OF: Andrew McCutchen, Pirates

Pitchers:

AL:

RHP: Clay Buchholz *, Red Sox: Got no problems though he's injured and was replaced with Colon, and don't have any issue with that considering Colon's ridiculous strikeout to walk ratio
LHP: Brett Cecil, Blue Jays: Great idea as he nearly pitched a combined perfect game and it was only interrupted by a couple intentional walks.
RHP: Bartolo Colon @, A's
RHP: Jesse Crain *, White Sox: Has been pitching really well and is known to have versatility as having been a reliever and starter with a fair amount of success at both spots. Though he's injured and has been replaced with Perkins, again I have no problem with him as he's done a better than average job as the Twins closer.
RHP: Yu Darvish, Rangers: No complaints he's been dominating this year.
RHP: Felix Hernandez, Mariners: No complaints with him or Iwakuma as both of them have been dominant
RHP: Hisashi Iwakuma, Mariners
RHP: Justin Masterson, Indians: I don't have any complaints now, but if you asked me a couple months back I would have laughed my ass off due to Mastersons ridiculous inconsistency (he was great in 2011, then terrible in 2012 and was so so in 2010)
RHP: Joe Nathan, Rangers: No problem here or with Rivera 
LHP: Glen Perkins @, Twins
RHP: Mariano Rivera, Yankees
LHP: Chris Sale, White Sox: He sits nicely in the top 15 of pitchers and deserves this spot as he's been consistently good and with a rather lacklustre team in the White Sox
RHP: Max Scherzer, Tigers: Nothing to say here, Scherzer has been even more dominant that Darvish with a current record of 13-0
RHP: Justin Verlander, Tigers: Now this just seems like favouritism on the part of Leyland because there are many pitchers who are playing a lot better than Verlander is this year, now I don't know if it's the reduced velocity that's causing it but pitchers like Ervin Santana and Hiroki Kuroda have been worlds better than him so far this year (despite that Verlander is on a MUCH better team than the two of them).

NL: No surprisingly I have no gripes with any of the decisions that were made about the pitchers for the NL, mainly due to the fact that in cases of Travis Wood or Jose Fernandez, they were the only ones chosen from their team and thankfully they really are the best players on their teams. Now on the other hand I would have liked to see them work in Shelby Miller as he's been just as good as some of the NL's top pitchers.

LHP: Madison Bumgarner, Giants
LHP: Aroldis Chapman, Reds
LHP: Patrick Corbin, D-backs
RHP: Jose Fernandez, Marlins
RHP: Jason Grilli, Pirates
RHP: Matt Harvey, Mets
LHP: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers
RHP: Craig Kimbrel, Braves
LHP: Cliff Lee, Phillies
LHP: Jeff Locke, Pirates
RHP: Adam Wainwright, Cardinals
LHP: Travis Wood, Cubs
RHP: Jordan Zimmermann, Nationals

Tomorrow I'll be going over the final roster spot guys.

-Eric