Troy Tulowitzki may not be performing up to his standards with a .277 average. However, that hasn't stopped the nation from voting him as the starting shortstop of the National League All-Star team.
According to the latest totals released by Major League Baseball, Jose Reyes has the second-most votes among shortstops with nearly 586,000 votes, yet he is playing far better than Tulo right now.
With 13 home runs and 45 runs batted in, Tulo is clearly playing up to the standards of his fans in Colorado and the fans of the rest of the nation.
Even though Reyes has a far better batting average .346 and 22 stolen bases, it appears that power and run production carries more weight than contact and speed.
Having Tulowitzki over Reyes in the popular vote shows how much the Rockies have risen as a Colorado team and how much the Mets have fallen as a New York team. Even though they play in a market that is seen as superior to all others, the Mets have just shown so much futility over the years that it may have brought down Reyes' chances to be the top vote getter.
It also helps Tulo's cause that there aren't that many top shortstops in the National League anymore. Hanley Ramirez of the Florida Marlins is going through a major down year and no one else matches the power numbers of Troy Tulowitzki.
Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/735777-troy-tulowitzki-top-all-star-vote-getter-among-shortstops
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