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Outfielder Eddie Rosario, who leads the Twins in nearly every offensive statistical category, failed to win the Final Vote for the last spot on the American League roster for the 2018 MLB All-Star game. Rosario lost out to the Mariners’ Jean Segura, along with the Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton, the Red Sox’s Andrew Benintendi, and the Angels’ Andrelton Simmons. Apparently Segura received 13,646,439 total votes (in under three days), which is cray cray.
Rosario currently has 3.3 fWAR on the season, which is the 19th best among all MLB hitters. His fWAR also ranks 6th among AL outfielders, a position that is pretty stacked with guys like Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, and Aaron Judge.
The Twins made a big The Bachelor/rose themed campaign to try and get fans to vote Rosario, however, and it was admirable. Probably better than anything I would have come up with, which would probably have been very “Ed”-centric.
Here’s a little sampling of the Twins’ campaign:
Help us get @EddieRosario09 into the All-Star Game! #AcceptThisRosie
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 8, 2018
Final Vote: https://t.co/McLFYGIjfT pic.twitter.com/AGojl3ogE4
Can we steal ya for a sec??!
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 10, 2018
Our players have an important message for you! #AcceptThisRosie https://t.co/BK7V6UDZUe pic.twitter.com/3NgaJTQNNf
.@thebkoof has accepted our Rosie. You should too!
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 10, 2018
Vote: https://t.co/McLFYGZU7r #TheBachelorette @EddieRosario09 pic.twitter.com/1zfXP1MxZU
Meet the Men supporting Rosie on his journey to find votes for the All-Star Game!
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 11, 2018
Joe, 35, First Baseman, St. Paul, MNhttps://t.co/McLFYGIjfT #AcceptThisRosie pic.twitter.com/mp572kgGF1
Meet the Men supporting Rosie on his journey to find votes for the All-Star Game!
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 11, 2018
Max, 25, Right Fielder, Berlin, Germanyhttps://t.co/McLFYGIjfT #AcceptThisRosie pic.twitter.com/aM2Qgi46IN
Meet the Men supporting Rosie on his journey to find votes for the All-Star Game!
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 11, 2018
Logan, 30, Designated Hitter, Kansas City, MOhttps://t.co/McLFYGZU7r #AcceptThisRosie pic.twitter.com/Tyr8Jd4MQ0
So it looks like Jose Berrios will be the Twins’ lone representative at this season’s All-Star Game, which is a deserving and fine choice. There is still a chance Eddie Rosario could be selected as an alternate if a player gets injured, but let’s hope that doesn’t happen.
Hey, a few days off to rest might do Rosario some good anyway... right?