Biggest move: at catcher, where Buster Posey has passed Yadier Molina. The results:
Catcher
Buster Posey: 1,713,839
Yadier Molina: 1,576,199
First Base
Joey Votto: 2,108,725
Lance Berkman:851,373
Second Base
Dan Uggla: 1,341,088
Brandon Phillips:885,250
Third Base
David Wright: 1,358,992
Pablo Sandoval:1,103,650
Shortstop
Troy Tulowitzki:1,200,256
Rafael Furcal: 1,183,096
Outfield
Matt Kemp: 2,589,464
Carlos Beltran: 1,782,831
Ryan Braun: 1,553,356
Minnesota’s Josh Donaldson managed to get ejected while hitting a home run.
Donaldson barked at plate umpire Dan Bellino for the second time in the sixth inning of a 4-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday.
With the score 2-2, Bellino called a strike when the 2015 AL MVP checked his swing on a 2-0 pitch from Reynaldo Lopez.
Manager Rocco Baldelli came out to speak with Bellino, and Donaldson homered down the left-field line on the next offering. After rounding the bases, Donaldson kicked dirt at home plate as he crossed it.
Bellino ejected him immediately, and Donaldson, realizing he had missed home plate, returned to the plate to touch it and then argued as he kicked more dirt on it.
Donaldson also had argued with Bellino on a 1-1 breaking ball in the first inning that appeared to be high but was called a strike, leading to a strikeout.
“We need Josh on the field, out there playing, and at third base,” Baldelli said. “That’s when we’re at our best. And so that’s really the end of it. I think we can move past it at his point, and go from here.”
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