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2013 MLB All-Star Roster: Players Who Don't Deserve to Be on the Team

Contrary to popular opinion, the fan-voting portion of filling out MLB All-Star rosters isn't the only part of the process that falls victim to popularity contests and the numbers a player has put up in the past.

Sometimes, even those players selected by their peers and each All-Star team's respective manager raise an eyebrow or two.

It happens each and every year, and 2013 is no different, though I must admit that there are very few selections I'd consider to be egregious errors.

Here's a look at those few players who simply haven't performed well enough to take part in this year's Midsummer Classic at Citi Field on July 16—but will.

 

*Unless otherwise noted, all statistics courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com and are current through games of July 5.

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