The votes are in, and to the surprise of…well, nobody, it’s A.L. East vs. N.L. East in the final matchup to determine the best All-Division team in baseball.
Click here to vote, and I’ll break down my vote after the jump.
I’m going to slightly change it up this time, as I had previously lumped the outfielders together, as long as the starting pitchers and relief pitchers. It’s 1v1 all the way through here.
No. 1 starter – Roy Halladay def. Cap’n Crunch Sabathia
No. 2 starter – Cliff Lee def. David Price
No. 3 starter – Jon Lester def. Roy Oswalt
No. 4 starter – Clay Buchholz def. Josh Johnson
No. 5 starter – Tommy Hanson def. Ricky Romero
Relief pitcher – Rafael Soriano def. Ryan Madson
Closer – Mariano Rivera def. anyone you put up against him
Catcher – Brian McCann def. Matt Wieters
First base – Adrian Gonzalez def. Ryan Howard
Second base – Robbie Cano def. Chase Gimpknee
Shortstop – Hanley Ramirez embarrasses Derek Jeter
Third base – Evan Longoria def. Ryan Zimmerman, who should be David Wright
OF 1 – Carl Crawford def. Mike Stanton
OF 2 – Jason Heyward def. Brett Gardner
OF 3 – Jayson Werth def. Jose Bautista, who isn’t even an outfielder
DH – Manny Ramirez runs uncontested. Just Manny being Manny!
Final tally – 9 for A.L. (including Manny), 7 for N.L.
I’m actually surprised by this result. I thought the N.L. East would have taken in down. I could disqualify the A.L. for having Bautista in the outfield (like I did in the A.L. vote), but if it came down to the divisions’ two best teams, I’d still take the Red Sox over the Phillies. A.L. East gets my vote.