Blake Snell is he first pitcher in 17 years to lead the AL in ERA and not be voted as an All-Star starter, and players have been sounding off about it on Twitter.
As you’ll see below, the players aren’t absolving themselves of blame – Archer explains that the selections for pitchers in the MLB are chosen by the players. While the votes are chosen by the players, that’s not where the blame stopped, because as Justin Verlander pointed out, the players aren’t put in a position to make a good choice.
It will be interesting to see if the MLB changes this in years to come, because it does feel a little odd for Snell to be missing the game. Although, one MLB writer did have a possible explanation.
