MLB Tournament of Champions: All Star and All Tournament Teams

After 1,422 games we were able to narrow down 30 teams, one representative from each franchise, to one. The 2016 Chicago Cubs are the Champion of Champions. But I wanted to wrap up the Tournament of Champions with one final post.

In prior Tournaments of Champions, I have named an All Tournament Team, or at least an MVP. I did the MVP's in the post for the title round, but I wanted to build a 25 man roster around said MVP.

I also decided that, because I have a problem, that wasn't enough. I also did a Consolation Bracket of all the teams that didn't make it to the postseason, and I wanted to make sure that they were all represented as well.

So based on the stats from consolation play, I built National League and American League All Star teams. They had to max out at 25 players, and every team had to be represented by at least one player. This made it a little tricky, but it was fairly easily doable.

More importantly though, I also had to run through the postseason, compiling all of the stats from there, and once again building a 25 man roster with at least one representative from each playoff team. This was also a hard decision between trying to figure out the starting lineup and making sure that I wasn't leaving anyone deserving out.

Let's take a look at the teams.



National League All Stars

C- Brad Ausmus ('05 HOU)
1B- Aubrey Huff ('10 SF)
2B- Luis Castillo ('03 FLA)
3B- Pablo Sandoval ('10 SF)
SS- Ian Desmond ('14 WAS)
OF- Luis Gonzalez ('01 ARZ)
OF- Jon Jay ('11 STL)
OF- Ryan Zimmerman ('14 WAS)
BN- Keith Hernandez ('86 NYM)
BN- Bob Robertson ('71 PIT)
BN- Wilson Ramos ('14 WAS)
BN- Jay Bell ('01 ARZ)
BN- Pedro Feliz ('08 PHI)
BN- Danny Espinosa ('14 WAS)
SP- Sandy Koufax ('65 LAD)
SP- Claude Osteen ('65 LAD)
SP- Andy Pettite ('05 HOU)
SP- Matt Cain ('10 SF)
SP- Mark Redman ('03 FLA)
SP- Jamie Moyer ('08 PHI)
SP/RP- Madison Bumgarner ('10 SF)
RP- Brian Wilson ('10 SF)
RP- Dave Giusti ('71 PIT)
RP- Ramon Ramirez ('10 SF)
CP- Rafael Soriano ('14 WAS)

American League All Stars

C- A.J. Pierzynski ('05 CHW)
1B- Tino Martinez ('98 NYY)
2B- Roberto Alomar ('93 TOR)
3B- Evan Longoria ('08 TB)
SS- Derek Jeter ('98 NYY)
OF- Tim Salmon ('02 ANA)
OF- Devon White ('93 TOR)
OF- Gorman Thomas ('82 MIL)
DH- Chili Davis ('91 MIN)
BN- Alan Trammell ('84 DET)
BN- Shane Mack ('91 MIN)
BN- Brian Harper ('91 MIN)
BN- Ed Sprague ('93 TOR)
BN- Jose Canseco ('89 OAK)
SP- David Cone ('98 NYY)
SP- James Shields ('08 TB)
SP- Jarrod Washburn ('02 ANA)
SP- Juan Berenguer ('84 DET)
SP- Jack Morris ('93 TOR)
RP- Duane Ward ('93 TOR)
RP- Kelvin Herrera ('15 KC)
RP- Mike Stanton ('98 NYY)
RP- Mark Guthrie ('91 MIN)
RP- Jerry Augustine ('82 MIL)
CP- Mariano Rivera ('98 NYY)

All Tournament Team

C- Mike Napoli ('11 TEX)
1B- Anthony Rizzo ('16 CHC)
2B- Mark Lemke ('95 ATL)
SS- Troy Tulowitzki ('07 COL)
3B- Kris Bryant ('16 CHC)
OF- Nelson Cruz ('11 TEX)
OF- Ryan Klesko ('95 ATL)
OF- Dexter Fowler ('16 CHC)
BN- Pete Rose ('75 CIN)
BN- Orlando Cabrera ('04 BOS)
BN- Paul Blair ('70 BAL)
BN- Omar Vizquel ('95 CLE)
BN- Jason Varitek ('04 BOS)
BN- Albert Belle ('95 CLE)
SP- Jake Arrieta ('16 CHC)
SP- Greg Maddux ('95 ATL)
SP- Kevin Brown ('98 SD)
SP- Kyle Hendricks ('16 CHC)
SP- John Smoltz ('95 ATL)
RP- Julian Tavarez ('95 CLE)
RP- Eric Plunk ('95 CLE)
RP- Arthur Rhodes ('01 SEA)
RP- Darren Oliver ('11 TEX)
RP- Yoshinori Tateyama ('11 TEX)
CP- Jose Mesa ('95 CLE)