So there it is, the picks are in. One of the big debates about the All-Star game player selection was breakout superstar Yasiel Puig, Dodgers right fielder. He has only been in the Majors for about a month, but he has been lighting up the baseball world since he was recalled from AAA. His debut has been said to be better than that of Joe DiMaggio. Many would love to see Puig in the All-Star Game, and think Puig's super start is enough to get him there. Others, however, feel quite the opposite. They say that Puig's little time in the Majors makes him undeserving of a spot in the game that would take away from a veteran that has been playing all year. Phillies closing pitcher Jonathon Papelbon called it "a joke" if Puig goes to the All-Star Game because he has not had enough time in the league. If you ask me, that's not Papelbon's place to be running his mouth. It would have did him better to have simply not commented on the subject. I hope at one point this season Puig hits a walk-off home run off Papelbon. But personally, I do not see anything wrong with Puig being named an all-star, but I do see where Papelbon and others are coming from, and if it were up to me, I would handle it one of two ways; one option would be to make a deadline. Any player called up to the Majors after that deadline would be ineligible to be named an All-Star. I'd put that deadline around the May 25 area. On the other hand, you could make a "rising star" roster spot on each league's All Star team. Only players called up during the season before the All-Star break would be eligible for the rising star roster spot. Whatever works. But this situation will probably happen again within the next five years, so it needs to be addressed somehow. I'm not a big fan (at all) of the way Major League Baseball is handling the Puig All-Star situation. They're just acting like it's no big deal and doing whatever with him. The issue needs to be addressed.
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