ERIC SEIDMAN says Pat Burrell belonged on the All-Star team right from the get-go. Automatic, no-doubt-about-it, mortal lock.
Never mind the 23 homers and the 57 RBI and hitting .327 in "late-close situations," Burrell belonged because he ranked second in WPA. That's "Win Probability Added" and measures the added probability of a player to his team's chances of winning a game.
