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After the conclusion of each NBA season, the National Basketball Association forms three all-NBA teams recognizing the greatest players in the game that year. Major League Baseball decided to follow what the NBA did and announced its debut all-MLB team in 2019. Here is how the players on the all-MLB team did in 2019.
J.T. Realmuto- C
Realmuto slashed .275/.328/.493 with 25 HR and 83 RBIs. [image source: MLB- YouTube]
Pete Alonso- 1B
Alonso won the Rookie of the Year award by setting the rookie home run record with 53 HR, 120 RBIs while slashing .260/.358/.583. [image source: slgckgc- Flickr]
D.J. LeMahieu- 2B
LeMahieu had the best season of his career slashing .327/.375/.518 with 197 hits, 26 HR and 102 RBIs. [image source: MLB- YouTube]
Anthony Rendon- 3B
Rendon is currently a free agent but had a spectacular season with the Nationals. He slashed for .319/.412/.598 and had 34 HR and 126 RBIs. [image source: MLB- YouTube]
Xander Bogaerts- SS
In 2019, Bogaerts got 190 hits with a slash line of .309/.384/.555 with 33 HR, 117 RBIs and 52 doubles. [image source: Arturo Pardavilla III- Flickr]
Mike Trout- OF
The AL MVP had an absurd 2019 slashing .291/.438/.645 with 45 HR and 104 RBIs in 134 games. [image source: Ian D'Andrea- Flickr]
Cody Bellinger- OF
The NL MVP slashed .305/.406/.629 with 47 HR and 115 RBIs. [image source: TonyTheTiger- Wikimedia Commons]
Christian Yelich- OF
The runner up for NL MVP slashed .329/.429/.671 with 44 HR and 30 SB in 130 games. His season was cut short due to a knee injury. [image source: Ian D'Andrea- Flickr]
Nelson Cruz- DH
The 39-year-old slashed .311/.392/.639 with 41 HR and 108 RBIs. [image source: MLB- YouTube]
Gerrit Cole- SP
Cole had a phenomenal 2019 by going 20-5 with a 2.50 E.R.A. while striking out 326 batters and only giving up 142 hits for an opponent average of .186 in 212 1/3 innings pitched. [image source: MLB- YouTube]
Justin Verlander- SP
The AL Cy Young winner went 21-6 with a 2.58 E.R.A. with 300 strikeouts over 137 hits with a ridiculous opponent average of .172 in 223 innings and it all came at the age of 36. [image source: Keith Allison- Wikimedia Commons]
Jacob deGrom- SP
deGrom won his second consecutive Cy Young award. In 2019, he went 11-8 with a 2.43 E.R.A. while striking out 255 batters and posting an opponent average of .207. [image source: D. Benjamin Miller- Wikimedia Commons]
Stephen Strasburg- SP
In the regular season, the World Series MVP went 18-6 with a 3.32 E.R.A. while striking out 251 batters in a career-high 209 innings pitched. [image source: Lourie Shall- Flickr]
Max Scherzer- SP
Scherzer went 11-7 with a 2.92 E.R.A. while striking out 243 batters in 172 1/3 innings pitched. [image source: Arturo Pardavilla III- Wikimedia Commons]
Kirby Yates- RP
Yates was the best reliever in the game in 2019. He recorded 41 saves with an absurd E.R.A. of 1.19. He struck out 101 batters, gave up only 41 hits and posted an opponent average of .186. [image source: MLB- YouTube]
Josh Hader- RP
Hader saved 37 games, posted an E.R.A. of 2.62 while striking out 138 batters compared to 41 hits for an absolutely absurd opponent average of .155. [image source: D. Benjamin Miller- Wikimedia Commons]
