American League All-Star picks

C - Ivan Rodriguez -Detroit - The man I have a secret love affair with. He is batting .358 with 45 RBI, to go along with gold glove defense.

Backup - Victor Martinez - Cleveland - In fantasy baseball I picked him 1 year too soon, and then forget about him this year. Leads AL catchers in HR and RBI with 10 and 47 and is batting .311.

1B - Paul Konereko - Whitesox - Suffered through a miserable season last year to bounce back and lead AL 1st basemen in HR's with 14 and #2 in RBI with 39.

Backup - Ken Harvey - Kansas City - When your batting .358 you deserve consideration.

2B - Mark Bellhorn - Boston - Huh? Yeah thats right Bellhorn. Leads all AL 2nd basemen in Runs, RBI, BB, and #4 in HR's.

Backup - Alfonso Soriano - Texas - Showing good power with 8 HR's and 34 RBI. SB's are missing but still having a solid season after a post season where the book was supposedly written on how to get him out.

SS - Carlos Guillen - Detroit - No Nomar, A-rod, Jeter, Tejada? Yep. Currently hitting .325 with 40 RBI and 47 Runs scored.

Backup - Miguel Tejada - Baltimore - You still have to give props to Tejada who leads AL short stops with 49 RBI. But still Guillen is having a better all around season to date.

Michael Young of Texas deserves consideration also

3B - Melvin Mora - Baltimore - Batting .359 with 41 RBI and a MLB leading 57 runs scored.

Backup - Alex Rodriguez - NYY - I wanted to take Hank Blaylock but A-rod is having the better over all season.

OF - Vladimir Guerrero - Angels - Your looking at the AL MVP as of right now. Hitting .349 with 15 HR's and 56 RBI.

OF - Manny Ramirez - Boston - Just another year for Manny as he is hitting .349 with 17 HR's and 46 RBI.

OF - Ichiro Suzuki - Seattle - In the midst of all the power hitters, Ichiro continues to carve out his niche in baseball. Hitting .333 with 35 Runs scored and 15 SB's. Still the best OFer in the AL.

Backup - Carl Crawford - Tampa Bay - 27 SB's leads the AL, and is batting .293.

Backup - Jose Guillen - Angels - Hitting .300 with 46 RBI.

SP - Curt Schilling, Mark Mulder, and Kenny Rogers - Schilling and Mulder are having their usual stellar seasons, but I have to vote for Kenny Rogers of Texas also. He is 9-2 with a 3.76 ERA.

RP - Francisco Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera, Eddie Guardado - Rivera has 26 saves and a 1.01 ERA. Eddie has a 0.92 ERA with 11 saves and Francisco Rodriguez is probably the best bullpen arm in the majors with 56 SO's in 36 IP with a 1.25 ERA.