THROWING A CHANGE-UP: TIGER NICHOLAS CASTELLANOS DESERVES OUR VOTE TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM

Friday, June 8th, 2018

TIME FOR FANS TO VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITE PLAYERS TO TAKE THE FIELD FOR BADEBALL’S CLASSIC

ALL STAR GAME

Nicholas Castellanos  

AND THIS A SHOUT-OUT TO DETROIT AND BASEBALL FANS EVERYWHERE TO SPEND A FEW MOMENTS TO VOTE FORRIGHT FIELDER NICK CASTELLANOS

Should the true, die hard baseball fans fail to vote Nicholas Castellanos as starter to this year’s All-Star game it will serve as an injustice for him, the Detroit Tiger organization and to the best traditions in our game. It is not so much as the game itself, but the individual honor to the player. (A list of facts / stats will follow at the end).

For many, this is ho-hum and a non-event during the "dog days of summer" where once again not much rides on the outcome. The winner's advantage for World Series home field advantage I believe was an act of possible "collusion" among National League team owners as a long losing streak shortened odds and revenue.

Now that the NHL Washington Capitols won their first Stanley Cup in 44 years over a spectacular first year Vegas Golden Knights. The American pastime is now in full swing as we turn our attention to life on the baseball diamond. The "Boys of Summer" are back taking front and center in the daily news cycle, at least in sports. 

ALL-STAR VOTING IS OFTEN SEEN A POPULARITY CONTEST

Since Major League Baseball and the team owners devised the marketing tool of allowing fans to vote for the position players they succeeded in generating more enthusiasm for the sport.

However, a definitive downside surfaced when fans of one city begin to stuff the ballot box (vote online) for their team to show-up the competition. Such was the case a few seasons ago, where Kansas City fans acted in "collusion" in casting votes only for Royals. They came close to succeeding although it did not demand a "Special Counsel" to be named such as Robert Mueller to sort out the mess. 

COLLECTION OF BASEBALL STATS IS THE EPITOME OF WHAT AMERICA CAN RELY AS FACT AS IT APPEARS IN THE PRESS. IT IS TRUTH OVER PROPAGANDA WE HEAR ELSEWHERE

For over one-hundred years, Americans have taken comfort and placed their trust in the collection of baseball stats, facts, analytics, standings and the recollections of masterful storytellers such as Ernie Harwell or Vince Sculley whenever they relayed an accurate and vivid depiction of the game from memory.

Baseball has long been an "institution" in this country. We see the standings and the stats right there on the sports page each day. The baseball statisticians and the press do not put a spin or misconstrue facts such as crowd size, who has a bigger bat or that this umpire should step down or recuse himself. 

No matter what we hear from the White House, there is no witch hunt, fake news, frame-up or collusion when take refuge in following the daily news cycle of baseball. As for decades, there exists a healthy debate among players and fans as to who is the best. There is discussion and always room to argue but in the end, respect opposing views and agree to disagree. 

 Nicholas Castellanos - 2018 Stats

 American League Current Rankings among all Individual Players

Batting Average	4Th	.331	7Th MLB overall
Hits	3rd	82
OPS	12Th	.883	8Th  Outfielders
OBP	13Th	.371	4Th  Outfielders
TXBH	11Th	30	6Th  Outfielders
FIELDING PCT	3	.992	4Th (tie) in MLB

The most remarkable stat is Nick's improvement in his outfield play. It is somewhat amazing when you consider Castellanos volunteered to move from his 3B position to RF this season. This unselfish action proves his dedication to the game and his team.

 

On June 8^th, the MLB website posted a piece, "The top ten most improved hitters in the game."  The criterion focuses on the newer analytics such as most hard hit balls, percentage, loft angle, etc. 

But they seem to downplay the oldest and time tested stat of batting average. Thus far, Castellanos is batting a remarkable .330 

2017 season batting average:  .273

Castellanos Career average is: .272

The fact Nick is batting .330 is  58 points higher than last year and 59 points above his career average. 

https://www.mlb.com/  or https://www.mlb.com/all-star/ballot

It takes only a matter of a few minutes of your time to sign up to vote. You can return to the site and vote 5 times total.

If you like vote for just all Tigers or Nick Castellanos as any vote you cast for say M Betts, Aaron. Judge, Mike Trout and even J.D. Martinez will only decrease his chances by offsetting your Castellanos vote. Don’t waste a vote on those guys as they will garner enough votes from larger cities and fan base.

VOTE TIGERS!

VOTE NICHOLAS CASTELLANOS!

Revised/re-formatted 6/9/18

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