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Dodgers: Will Smith Was One of the Most Egregious All-Star Snubs

The votes are in, and the Dodgers have 4 All-Stars selected to represent the National League this year. Clayton Kershaw and Tony Gonsolin were added in as pitchers after Mookie Betts and Trea Turner were named starters at their positions. It should be a really good time next week with superstars coming into town.

But with those All-Star nods also comes the misses. And boy did voters miss on a few big names this year. Dodgers fans obviously had a few names in mind that they would have liked to see, and even Dave Roberts felt he had 7 different All-Stars on his squad.



But ESPN’s Jeff Passan said what we were all thinking this week. One of the more egregious misses for the All-Star Game was catcher Will Smith. And the Dodgers have to be a little disappointed he did not get the selection this year.

Smith has been one of the best hitting catchers in baseball this season. His 128 wRC+ is the second-best in the National League for a qualified catcher. The top is Wilson Contreras, who came in as the top voting option this year. The Dodgers catcher didn’t even make it to phase 2 of voting.

His .799 OPS is second among catchers and he has driven in more runs than any catcher in baseball at 42. It also would have been the Dodgers’ catcher’s first All-Star nod of his carer. And he is long overdue for that honor.

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3 Comments

  1. Will Smith should have gotten the nod over Travis d’Arnaud. Coincidence that Snitker is the NL manager for the AS game. I think not.

  2. With all the talk about the Dodgers getting Castillo, who I think would be a nice addition to our pitching staff, I wonder what would happen if the Dodgers go into the ninth inning of game seven of the World Series with a one run lead, who Dave Roberts would choose to close out the game…. Craig Kimbrel? The Dodgers need to adjust their priorities.

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