MLB All-Star Game: Rosters with package deals on defense

Catcher & Pitcher: Washington Nationals

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The Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers have some pretty viable options here as well, but Max Scherzer and Wilson Ramos take the cake. Scherzer is living up to the expectations that come with his enormous new contract, while Ramos is delivering from behind home plate (0.8 dWAR) and within the batter’s box (0.9 oWAR). He’s hitting .265 with seven homers and 31 RBI.

Buster Posey leads all National League backstops with a 2.7 WAR, but Giants ace Madison Bumgarner (7-3. 3.16) is not pitching lights out the way Scherzer has been in 2015. Mad Bum’s WAR is 1.3, compared to Scherzer’s 3.6, which leads all NL arms. Though his winning percentage is not elite, he leads the NL in strikeouts with Clayton Kershaw at 113 apiece, but Kershaw has a game in hand on Scherzer.

The Nats’ ace ranks third in the NL with a 1.93 ERA, but it’s his outstanding FIP of 2.03 that really sets him apart. A number that low is as close as a starting pitcher will come to making defense nearly irrelevant in ball games. Cole ranks a distant second in the category with a mark of 2.37. The Rays’ Chris Archer leads the AL with a 2.08 FIP.

Runners-up: A.J. Burnett (2.8) or Gerrit Cole (2.5) and Francisco Cervelli (1.3)

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