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  • RaychelSnr
    Executive Editor
    • Jan 2007
    • 4845

    #1

    Unsung All-Stars: Best Players Who Don't Get Their Due



    If you haven't noticed, it's All-Star week around here at OS. So to go along with that theme, and also because I'm a few articles short (hello, dear editors) as the soccer games haven't picked up steam yet, here's your cursory All-Star article.

    Now, it'd be easy to do an All-Star team of the best players in The Show, but that wouldn't be much fun, would it? All you have to do is rank players by attributes and voila, the best guys rise to the top. It's so easy that anybody—like, say, a soccer writer-- can do it. Instead, how about those players that aren't at the superstar level, but oftentimes play above what their attributes indicate? Now that's a better basis for an article. And it's more fun because ten different people may pick ten different players to be on this team -- everybody's got their own surprising overachievers.

    So here we are, a team of unsung all stars who can quietly go about their business and still contribute immensely in The Show. Two things first: One, I use Knight165's OSFM rosters; and two, to reiterate, in this team are guys who are just a notch below the all-star level, but for whatever reason I find suit my playing style and outperform expectations -- so no Verlanders, Hamiltons or Vottos here.

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  • Flithy
    Rookie
    • Sep 2011
    • 31

    #2
    Great article
    No system...waiting for that PS4...

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    • BGPurples3
      Rookie
      • Dec 2009
      • 82

      #3
      Re: Unsung All-Stars: Best Players Who Don't Get Their Due

      Amazing Article, giving some key guys some props for being good and consistent without being All-Stars.

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      • Knight165
        *ll St*r
        • Feb 2003
        • 24964

        #4
        Re: Unsung All-Stars: Best Players Who Don't Get Their Due

        Excellent.

        This should be a "go-to" guide, in your franchise, if you're looking for a player with experience to upgrade your team.

        For me....it's Suzuki and Jennings.
        ...and now I'll have to look at Anderson and Crain as possibilities as well.

        Nicely done.

        M.K.
        Knight165
        All gave some. Some gave all. 343

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        • IK720
          Pro
          • Jan 2011
          • 854

          #5
          Re: Unsung All-Stars: Best Players Who Don't Get Their Due

          Very nice article
          --

          Houston We Have A Problem - My Houston Astros Franchise

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          • beerdujour
            Rookie
            • Jul 2011
            • 27

            #6
            traded Mark Melancon for Yuniel Escobar and he came in 3rd for batting title, major upgrade over Punto.

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            • dbacks_Nation
              Pro
              • Jan 2012
              • 705

              #7
              Re: Unsung All-Stars: Best Players Who Don't Get Their Due

              Add Geoff Blum to that list, he's been absolutely fabulous in my Franchise. It's hard for me to keep him on my bench, he keeps fighting his way into my starting lineup.
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              • Gosens6
                All Star
                • Oct 2007
                • 6095

                #8
                Re: Unsung All-Stars: Best Players Who Don't Get Their Due

                Once again, James McDonald gets no love.

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                • seeuatthemovies
                  Rookie
                  • Nov 2007
                  • 20

                  #9
                  Great write up, I'd love to see another come football season. Kurt Suzuki always plays well in my A's lineup, but Anderson is rather hit or miss. I wish I could afford Desmond Jennings for my squad, but alas, we're broke.

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                  • MJHSpanda57
                    MVP
                    • Jun 2009
                    • 1071

                    #10
                    I watched Desmond Jennings play football in high school so many times. I was in elementary/middle school then and forgot about him until I saw him playing for the Rays, he's definitely a go to guy for me in the show haha Great article mam.

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                    • Majingir
                      Moderator
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 47405

                      #11
                      Re: Unsung All-Stars: Best Players Who Don't Get Their Due

                      Adam Lind an Unsung all star? He did have great seasons, but hasn't been great in past little while.

                      If I were to have a Jays 1B on that list, it'd be Encarnación. Dating back to 2011, he's had 40 home runs,113 RBIS and is batting .281(in 217 combined games). This year alone with 23HR,58RBI and .295 batting average.

                      Trade value would have been real low for him in the game,and he only costs 3.5M(to think, him at 3.5M is producing 9HR,8RBI and .027 better than a certain guy named Pujols earning 12M this season)

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                      • clevelandsfinest
                        Rookie
                        • Dec 2008
                        • 120

                        #12
                        No Kipnis? Leads AL with RISP Avg.


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                        • RunningTheNight
                          Rookie
                          • Apr 2012
                          • 170

                          #13
                          No Figgins?
                          Mariners - Cubs: 2012 World Series
                          M's in 5


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                          • MaHong5
                            Banned
                            • Jul 2012
                            • 11

                            #14
                            Re: Unsung All-Stars: Best Players Who Don't Get Their Due

                            gollegeoolgllsa

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                            • AGG_JD
                              Rookie
                              • Aug 2011
                              • 27

                              #15
                              Great article! I'm not even a baseball fan, but if I were, I'd be looking for these players in my franchises!
                              @AGG_JD #TeamAGG Bwahahahahaha

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