MLBDepthCharts.com's April All-Stars (NL)

The Nationals and Padres might have been the two biggest surprises in all of baseball in the month of April. While both teams still have many doubters, they are likely to stick around in their division races as long as their pitching holds up. Both teams have multiple relievers on MLBDepthCharts.com's April All-Star team, as well as two of the best young hitters in baseball, Ryan Zimmerman and Adrian Gonzalez, leading their respective offenses. While the Nats haven't gotten the terrific starting pitching that the Padres have gotten, they should have some help in the near future with baseball's top pitching prospect, Stephen Strasburg, expected to be in Washington in the very near future.


Starting Lineup
1 SS Rafael Furcal, LAD: .309 BA, 6 RBI, 5 2B, 2 3B, 8 SB, 9 BB
2 2B Kelly Johnson, ARI: .313 BA, 9 HR, 18 RBI, 8 2B, 13 BB (pictured, courtesy of Icon Sports Media, Inc.)
3 1B Albert Pujols, STL: .345 BA, 7 HR, 19 RBI, 6 2B, SB, 13 BB
4 LF Ryan Braun, MIL: .355 BA, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 6 2B, 6 SB, 12 BB
5 CF Colby Rasmus, STL: .323 BA, 6 HR, 12 RBI, 5 2B, 3B, 3 SB, 17 BB
6 3B Pablo Sandoval, SF: .368 BA, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 7 2B, 3B, 2 SB, 10 BB
7 RF Kosuke Fukudome, CHC: .344 BA, 5 HR, 16 RBI, 4 2B, SB, 13 BB
8 C Geovany Soto, CHC: .340 BA, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 2B, 17 BB

Bench
C Ivan Rodriguez, WAS: .413 BA, 9 RBI, 7 2B, SB, 4 BB
1B Adrian Gonzalez, SD: .288 BA, 6 HR, 16 RBI, 4 2B, 16 BB
2B Chase Utley, PHI: .275 BA, 6 HR, 15 RBI, 4 2B, SB, 20 BB
IF Martin Prado, ATL: .356 BA, HR, 4 RBI, 8 2B, 10 BB
OF Andre Ethier, LAD: .329 BA, 6 HR, 18 RBI, 2 2B, 10 BB

Starting Rotation
1 RHP Ubaldo Jimenez, COL: 5-0, 0.79 ERA; 34.1 IP, 22 H, 14 BB, 31 K (pictured, courtesy of Icon Sports Media, Inc.)
2 RHP Tim Lincecum, SF: 4-0, 1.27 ERA; 35.1 IP, 22 H, 7 BB, 43 K
3 RHP Roy Halladay, PHI: 4-1, 1.80 ERA; 40 IP, 36 H, 3 BB, 33 K
4 LHP Barry Zito, SF: 4-0, 1.53 ERA; 35.1 IP, 20 H, 11 BB, 24 K
5 RHP Mike Pelfrey, NYM: 4-0, 0.69 ERA; 26 IP, 18 H, 13 BB, 19 K, Sv

Bullpen
CL RHP Matt Capps, WAS: 0.68 ERA; 13.1 IP, 12 H, 6 BB, 15 K, 10 Sv in 10 chances
SU RHP Heath Bell, SD: 1-0, 1.80 ERA; 10 IP, 11 H, 3 BB, 16 K, 7 Sv in 7 chances
SU RHP Tyler Clippard, WAS: 3-0, 0.50 ERA; 18 IP, 7 H, 9 BB, 23 K, 6 holds
MID RHP Luke Gregerson, SD: 2.03 ERA; 13.1 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 14 K, 7 Holds
MID RHP Adam Wainwright, STL: 4-1, 2.13 ERA; 38 IP, 26 H, 8 BB, 30 K
MID RHP Livan Hernandez, WAS: 3-1, 0.87 ERA; 31 IP, 19 H, 8 BB, 10 K
LR LHP Jaime Garcia, STL: 2-1, 1.04 ERA; 26 IP, 16 H, 9 BB, 17 K


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