Pre-Season All-Stars

Well with the 2011 Season set to get under way this week and a ton of down time, why not hand out some pre-season awards. Like College Basketball has their Pre-Season All Americans, why not have Pre-Season All Stars. So without further ado, here are the Pre-Season All-Stars from each division.

NL East All-Stars:

C: Joe Mauer (NYM)
1B: Joey Votto (CIN)
2B: Chase Utley (PHI)
SS: Elvis Andrus (CIN)
3B: Evan Longoria (CIN)
OF: Josh Hamilton (PHI), Jason Heyward (ATL), Andrew McCutchen (CIN)

Starting Rotation:
Roy Halladay (ATL)
Cliff Lee (ATL)
Tim Lincecum (CIN)
Justin Verlander (CIN)
Cole Hamels (PHI)

Closer: Joakim Soria (NYM)

NL West All-Stars:

C: Buster Posey (SF)
1B: Prince Fielder (COL)
2B: Dan Uggla (COL)
SS: Jose Reyes (SF)
3B: Casey McGehee (SF)
OF: Carlos Gonzalez (LAD), Jay Bruce (LAD), Justin Upton (ARI)

Starting Rotation:
CC Sabathia (SF)
Ubaldo Jimenez (LAD)
Clayton Kershaw (COL)
Jered Weaver (LAD)
Clay Buchholz (ARI)

Closer: Mariano Rivera (COL)

AL East All-Stars:

C: Mike Napoli (BOS)
1B: Miguel Cabrera (TB)
2B: Robinson Cano (NYY)
SS: Troy Tulowitzki (NYY)
3B: Alex Rodriguez (NYY)
OF: Ryan Braun (BOS), Carl Crawford (TB), Shin-Soo Choo (BOS)
DH: Mark Teixeira (BOS)


Starting Rotation:
Josh Johnson (TB)
David Price (TB)
Jon Lester (BOS)
Francisco Liriano (CHW)
Max Scherzer (BOS)

Closer: Jonathan Papelbon (BOS)

AL West All-Stars:

C: Victor Martinez (DET)
1B: Albert Pujols (DET)
2B: Gordon Beckham (LAA)
SS: Hanley Ramirez (DET)
3B: Ryan Zimmerman (LAA)
OF: Nelson Cruz (TEX), Matt Holliday (TEX), Delmon Young (LAA)
DH: Andre Ethier (DET)


Starting Rotation:
Felix Hernandez (DET)
Mat Latos (LAA)
Dan Hudson (TEX)
Chris Carpenter (DET)
Jhoulys Chacin (KC)

Closer: Neftali Feliz (TEX)


Well, there are my thoughts on who are the best of the best at their positions from each of the four divisions in the ADBL. Vote in the poll on who you think has the best Roster of the four All-Star teams. Honestly, all four are really good, but some are straight up stacked.