My NL All-Star Team

Here are the players who I see as the most deserving to be playing in St. Louis in the summer classic. The back-ups are in parenthesis.

C - Brian McCann - Braves (Bengie Molina - Giants)
1st - Albert Pujols - Cardinals (Prince Fielder - Brewers)
2nd - Chase Utley - Phillies (Freddie Sanchez - Pirates)
SS - Hanley Ramirez - Marlins (Miguel Tejada - Astros)
3rd - David Wright - Mets (Mark Reynolds - Diamondbacks)
OF - Ryan Braun - Brewers (Brad Hawpe - Rockies)
OF - Raul Ibanez - Phillies (Matt Kemp - Dodgers)
OF - Justin Upton - Diamondbacks (Jason Werth - Phillies)

Here are the 10 pitchers who I see as most deserving to be on the team:

1. Tim Lincecum - Giants
2. Dan Haren - Diamondbacks
3. Josh Johnson - Marlins
4. Matt Cain - Giants
5. Yovani Gallardo - Brewers
6. Chad Billingsley - Dodgers
7. Jonathan Broxton - Dodgers
8. Heath Bell - Padres
9. Francisco Rodriguez - Mets
10. Huston Street - Rockies

That leaves 6 spots on the 32-man roster and I still need representatives from the Nationals, Reds and Cubs. Here's how I would fill out the final 6 spots:

1. Adrian Gonzalez - Padres
2. Ryan Zimmerman - Nationals
3. Pablo Sandoval - Giants
4. Johnny Cueto - Reds
5. Ted Lilly - Cubs
6. Ryan Howard - Phillies

You could pick just about any one of the following for that last spot but I picked Howard simply because I figure Charlie Manuel will end up adding Howard anyway. Toughest omissions (two of these players are likely to be picked since they expanded the roster to 33 and Ibanez is injured); Orlando Hudson - Dodgers, Troy Tulowitzki - Rockies, Jason Marquis - Rockies, Brandon Phillips - Reds, Javy Vazquez - Braves, Johan Santana - Mets, Chris Carpenter - Cardinals, Jair Jurrjens - Braves, Francisco Cordero - Reds and Chipper Jones - Braves