The real travesty is that there's no room for Gary Sheffield, who's having one of his typical brilliant years. And granted, in the real deal, Mike Piazza will be elected in, and we'll have to push out Ben Davis, which won't be a tragedy. And you might notice that I chose only one reliever. No one in the NL really wowed me, so Shaw is the token reliever because he has the most saves. Anyone else would probably be just as good.
Second base is a problem.
There are about seven or eight second basemen who are hitting well, and none are hitting spectacularly. Probably the best hitters, by a hair, are Mark Grudzielanek and Todd Walker, but they're both also known for bad defense. The big winner was Seattle, represented by Boone, Ichiro, Martinez, Sele and Sasaki. Minnesota was second, with Mientkiewicz, Guzman, Radke and Mays. Paul Quantrill was thrown in because I needed another pitcher, and no one else really stood out.