With the Wild Card Games and division series fading in the rearview and the American and National League Championship Series churning toward completion, we've reached roughly the halfway point of the 2015 MLB playoffs.
Let's take this opportunity to pause, exhale and appreciate the best personal performances we've witnessed thus far—specifically by creating a mid-postseason All-Star team.
We'll draw players from both leagues—one per position, including a designated hitter, plus a starting rotation and a bullpen. To qualify, a player needs to have made at least two starts at the position in question, or one start in the case of pitchers.
To be clear: We're concerned only with playoff stats, and the impact those stats have had. Meaning, for example, all postseason home runs count, but game-tipping home runs count for extra credit.
Finally, while players from all 10 playoff qualifiers are eligible, guys whose clubs have survived longer enjoy an obvious advantage.
With more ALCS and NLCS action still to come and the Fall Classic looming, there's time for new heroes (and goats, with apologies to the Chicago Cubs) to emerge. This is the season of the small sample, when a single moment can change everything.
Entering play Wednesday, though, here are the men who've left the biggest October mark.
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