Filling Out All-Stars

Baseball has a random rule where every team must have a representative in the All-Star game.  This doesn't usually work out because several teams are horrible.  It also makes All-Star appearances mean much less.  Last year, Brian LaHair represented the Cubs and now less than a year later he is out of baseball.  Now I will endeavor to try and sift through the crap and find the most shiny poo on a few terrible teams.

Miami Marlins
Hopefuls:  Their best hitter is Justin Ruggiano.  You read that right.  He is leading the team in runs, home runs, and RBIs but he is not higher than 19th in the National League in any of those categories.  He is also hitting .214. Yikes. Rickey Nolasco is their best pitcher with 3-5 record and close to a 4.00 ERA.
Best Guess:  Giancarlo Stanton because of star power even though he will have barely played any games.

Houston Astros
Hopefuls:  The Astros pitching is a lot worse than the Marlins which is scary.  Their representative is going to be a hitter.  Chris Carter (who) is leading the team in RBIs with 23 and home runs with 9 but he is only hitting .232.  Jose Altuve is hitting a relatively empty .327.
Best Guess:  With lots of power usually going to the All Star game I think a coach chooses Altuve for some speed.

Minnesota Twins
Hopefuls:  They have two stars but the Twins are in here to highlight how bad they are after Mauer and Morneau.  After those two their next best starter is hitting .254 with 4 homers.  Five out of eight of their starters are hitting under .226.  The Twins best starter has a 3.90 ERA with only 22 strikeouts in 57 innings - that is really bad.  The other 4 starters all have ERAs of over 5.00!
Best Guess:  Mauer and/or Morneau are going to make it - but what a dump of the team everyone else is!

San DiegoPadres
Hopefuls:  Let me know if you have heard of any of the Padres best hitters: Batting average leader Chris Denorfia, home run leader Will Venable, and RBI leader Yonder Alonso.  His name is Yonder.  Not exactly star-studded. Jason Marquis is 6-2 with a 3.27 ERA but has a bad 1:1 walk to strikeout ratio. Everyone else is pretty dreadful.
Best Guess:  I think they go deep in the bullpen and send Luke Gregerson who has 10 holds and a 0.96 ERA.

"Lesson 1 - How to make the All-Star game creepy."