2012 ZiPS Projection: .298/.359/.486, 27 HR, 87 RBI, .364 wOBA 2012 Bill James Projection: .282/.372/.497, 32 HR, 102 RBI, .368 wOBA 2012 Actual Statistics: .298/.371/.486, 27 HR, 87 RBI, .369 wOBA Exhibit A is one of the better hitters in baseball, with consistent power from the right side of the plate and a calming force in a surprising contender’s lineup. Exhibit B is a hitter struggling to make consiste ...

The MLB All Star game is a joke. Not like a, "Oh man this is funny!" joke, but like a bad joke that renders a room silent and proverbial crickets are all that breaks up the embarrassing, awkward dumbness. The there are many punch lines when it comes to the All Star game, and they're all bad. And every single one of them is predicated upon the biggest joke of them all: that the winner decides who receives ho ...