The Philadelphia Flash send 3 representatives to this year's All-Star Game, up from one solitary honoree from a year ago. Each Flash All-Star is enjoying the honor for the first time in their career. It becomes the second consecutive year the Flash have sent no offensive players to the event.
First and foremost is SP Maximo Lemon, who had a Cy Young-caliber first half. Signed as a free agent from the Augusta Black Bears in the offseason, Lemon has really flourished in the senior circuit. At the break he is 10-3 with a 2.07 ERA, which leads the majors. He also touts an unheard of sub-1 WHIP at 0.99. That stat also leads the majors. It becomes obvious pretty quickly why he earned this nomination. At 35, Lemon could not be more excited to earn his first All-Star Game invitation.
Next up is RP Rafael Perez, the 24-year-old wunderkind the Flash managed to snag in last season's Rule 5 Draft. Last season, at the tender age of 23, he stole the closer's job away from Flash career saves leader, RP Duke Monroe, and has never surrendered it since. In this, his first full season as closer, Perez has successfully converted 20 of his 23 save opportunities. His 2.78 ERA is exactly where the Flash want it for a kid who can only get better as he matures.
Lastly, SP Willie Rodriguez has spun his best season in Philadelphia. Signed before Season 1 as a free agent and under the final year of that deal this season, Rodriguez's arm has suddenly come alive (perhaps because he is making a pitch for another lucrative contract). The 32-year-old has seen only 38 runners cross the plate on his ledger, good for a 10-4 record and a 2.72 ERA. If this is his final year in the red and gold, he is certainly giving the Philly fans something to remember him by.
Scoreboard
W - Donovan Leiter (10-5)----------L - John Fullmer (9-7)
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