Verlander is working on his mechanics as he loses velocity with age. Some would say he’s struggling but he’s actually getting more strikeouts compared to his old pitch to contact style. I was glad to see that Leyland didn’t feel the obligation to put him on the mound.
I just feel like the all star game is too much about getting players from every team which forces a manager to get everybody into play at some point. I’d rather see it played as a regular game and I would have sent Scherzer and Cabrera with Fielder and Hunter as reserves who may or may not play.
Yeah they want everyone to watch so they want every team to be there.
That often means less deserving players are selected just cause they’re team has to have 1 representative. I don’t like it.