Chiefs, 'Nuts have most All-Star starters

It only makes sense that the Lansing Lugnuts and Burlington Bees, who enter the weekend atop of their respective divisions, are well-represented on the rosters for the Midwest League All-Star Game, which were announced Friday.

The Bees will send five players to the midseason showcase, set for June 21 at Quad Cities' Modern Woodmen Park. Although the Lugnuts have only four representatives, three were named starters on the Eastern Division squad.

The third-place Peoria Chiefs landed three starters on the Western Division roster, as well as two reserve players and a pitcher. Their total of six representatives matches the South Bend Silver Hawks, on the Eastern side, for tops in the league.

The Clinton LumberKings, who send hurler James Paxton, are the only club with fewer than three representatives.

League strikeout leader Josh Smith, who's fanned 76 for the Dayton Dragons, headlines an Eastern pitching staff that also includes Lansing's Steve Turnbull, who leads the loop with 13 saves.

The Western hurlers are also a formidable group. In addition to Paxton, Wisconsin's Tyler Thornburg, who's 4-0 and ranks second in the league with a 1.31 ERA, and Beloit's Adrian Salcedo are among those charged with shutting down the Eastern offense.

That's no easy task. The East squad includes South Bend's Yazy Arbelo, who leads the league with 14 homers and 43 RBIs, and Lake County's Anthony Gallas, who has a Midwest-best .350 batting average.

Peoria teammates Matthew Szczur and Pierre LePage join Beloit's Daniel Ortiz on the West's impressive offense.

The Eastern team will be managed by Lake County's Ted Kubiak, while Quad Cities' Johnny Rodriguez is the West skipper.

2010 Midwest League All-Star Teams
Eastern Division All-Star Team				Western Division All-Star Team
Starting Position Players
PLAYER	POS	TEAM		PLAYER	POS	TEAM
Rob Brantly	C	West Michigan		Cody Stanley	C	Quad Cities
Yazy Arbelo	1B	South Bend		Michael Gonzales	1B	Beloit
Hernan Perez	2B	West Michigan		Pierre LePage	2B	Peoria
Jake Blackwood	3B	Fort Wayne		Greg Rohan	3B	Peoria
Derek Dietrich	SS	Bowling Green		Yordy Cabrera	SS	Burlington
Ender Inciarte*	OF	South Bend		Daniel Ortiz	OF	Beloit
Marcus Knecht	OF	Lansing		Travis Witherspoon	OF	Cedar Rapids
Jake Marisnick	OF	Lansing		Matt Szczur	OF	Peoria
Michael Crouse	DH	Lansing		Chris Dennis	DH	Wisconsin
Reserve Position Players
PLAYER	POS	TEAM		PLAYER	POS	TEAM
Alex Monsalve	C	Lake County		Micah Gibbs	C	Peoria
Phil Wunderlich	INF	Bowling Green		Richard Jones	INF	Peoria
Dominic D'Anna	INF	Dayton		Nino Leyja	INF	Burlington
Argenis Martinez	INF	Lake County		Mike Walker	INF	Wisconsin
Matt Helm	INF	South Bend		Elliot Soto*	INF	Peoria
Zach Walters	INF	South Bend		Starlin Rodriguez	INF	Quad Cities
Rymer Liriano*	OF	Fort Wayne		Douglas Landaeta	OF	Burlington
Pitchers
PLAYER	POS	TEAM		PLAYER	POS	TEAM
C.J. Riefenhauser	LHP	Bowling Green		Adrian Salcedo	RHP	Beloit
Eliazer Suero	RHP	Bowling Green		Blake Hassebrock	RHP	Burlington
Josh Smith	RHP	Dayton		Daniel Tenholder	RHP	Burlington
Daniel Corcino	RHP	Dayton		Zach Thornton	RHP	Burlington
Keyvius Sampson	RHP	Fort Wayne		Dakota Robinson	LHP	Cedar Rapids
Matt Jackson	RHP	Fort Wayne		Max Russell	LHP	Cedar Rapids
Red Patterson	RHP	Great Lakes		James Paxton	LHP	Clinton
Garrett Gould	RHP	Great Lakes		Greg Billo	RHP	Kane County
Ryan Christenson	LHP	Great Lakes		Chase Boruff*	RHP	Kane County
Mike Rayl	LHP	Lake County		Leonel Santiago	RHP	Kane County
Mike Goodnight	RHP	Lake County		Austin Kirk	LHP	Peoria
Clayton Ehlert	RHP	Lake County		Anthony Ferrara	LHP	Quad Cities
Steve Turnbull	RHP	Lansing		Justin Wright	LHP	Quad Cities
Tyler Green	RHP	South Bend		Trevor Rosenthal	RHP	Quad Cities
David Holmberg	LHP	South Bend		Austin Ross	RHP	Wisconsin
Bruce Rondon	RHP	West Michigan		Tyler Thornburg	RHP	Wisconsin
Coaches
NAME	POS	TEAM		NAME	POS	TEAM
Ted Kubiak	Mgr.	Lake County		Johnny Rodriguez	Mgr.	Quad Cities
Jeff Harris	Pitching	Lake County		Tim Leveque	Pitching	Quad Cities
Jim Rickon	Batting	Lake County		Joe Kruzel	Batting	Quad Cities
				Eric Bauer	Trainer	Quad Cities

* On June 14, the Midwest League announced that South Bend's Ender Inciarte will replace Lake County's Anthony Gallas in the Eastern Division starting lineup. Fort Wayne's Rymer Liriano replaces Gallas on the Eastern Division roster. Gallas is unable to play due to promotion. Peoria's Elliot Soto and Quad Cities' Starlin Rodriguez will replace Kane County's Gerard Hall and Quad Cities' Greg Garcia on the Western Division roster. Both Hall and Garcia were promoted.

On June 17, the Midwest League announced that Kane County pitcher Sugar Ray Marinon has been placed on the disabled list. Therefore, teammate Chase Boruff will replace him on the Western Division roster.