Congratulations

David Wright has been named to the National League All-Star Team as a replacement for Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano.

Just by the way, the fact that Soriano was selected to start the All-Star Game is an embarrassment. It's clearly an example of ballot-stuffing. His .283-15-40 is far from worthy of starting the All-Star-Game. All of the outfield reserves on the team (especially no-longer-reserve Matt Holliday) have numbers that are clearly better than his.

Even numerous players who did not make the team at all (think Jason Bay and Xavier Nady) had better numbers than him. That makes him worse than the entire Pittsburgh Pirates outfield. Others like Rick Ankiel and Carlos Beltran have similar offensive numbers but are much better defensively, and should also have been given the honor in his stead.

In terms of the rightful position-holder of reserve shortstop, see the final paragraph of this.

Upcoming Series: Tonight, the Mets will take on the Colorado Rockies (defending NL Champions) in the first of three games. Tonight, Oliver Perez will (possibly) show whether he is a good pitcher or a true enigma.