An injury to Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts should open the door for New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor to make his way onto the 2024 National League All-Star team but the fact that he was not there initially is one of the more egregious snubs of MLB's Midsummer Classic selection process.
Batting .248 with a .759 OPS, 15 home runs, 26 doubles, and 16 stolen bases, Lindor is one of the premier offensive shortstops in the game. His fielding is also at the top of the majors with his outs above average (OAA) ranking in the 98th percentile, per Baseball Savant.
Put it all together and it makes him one of the most valuable players in baseball. His fWAR of 3.6 is tied for ninth-best in all of Major League Baseball. Yet he is the only one of the top 24 players on that fWAR list to not be named to the All-Star Game.
It is understandable that Lindor was not named a starter. The fans vote on that, making it nothing more than a popularity contest which, at least to this writer, takes a certain amount of shine away from the accomplishment. The process in which the reserves are selected, however, is supposed to be foolproof.
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