You want Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt to be the National League's starting All-Star first baseman, don't you? Sure, you do. If you don't admire America's First Baseman, you haven't been paying close enough attention.
When Commissioner Rob Manfred talks about this generation of players representing Major League Baseball as well as it has ever been represented, he might as well be saying, "That means you, Goldy."
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Goldschmidt might very well be the NL Most Valuable Player Award winner if the season ended today. He's leading the NL in Wins Above Replacement and is tops among NL first basemen in on-base percentage, RBIs and stolen bases.

Goldschmidt is also exemplary in community work, engaging fans and being a good teammate. He prides himself on that part of his professional responsibility, as well.
There's just one teensy issue, and it's not that Goldy is third in the latest NL Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot update, trailing Washington's Ryan Zimmerman and Chicago's Anthony Rizzo.
That issue is that the NL is so deep at first base that there might be no more than an eyelash of difference among four or five players.
Who could argue against Zimmerman? He's second in the NL with a .349 batting average, and his OPS is No. 1 among NL first basemen, slightly better than Goldschmidt's 1.038.
If it were just the two of them, that would be enough of a tough decision. There's also a reasonable case to be made for Cincinnati's Joey Votto, Milwaukee's Eric Thames and Rizzo.
That's where you come in by filling out your Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot as we draw closer to the MLB All-Star Game presented by MasterCard on July 11 at Marlins Park.
THIRD BASE
You'll make the call there, too. Better you than me. There's so little difference between the top guys that we could debate into the night.
Colorado's Nolan Arenado leads in WAR (2.7), but Jake Lamb of the D-backs is first in OPS (.932), home runs (16) and RBIs (59). Kristopher Bryant of the Cubs leads in the latest voting with 1.6 million votes to Arenado's 1.3 million, and they are statistically close.

WAR
Arenado 2.7, Anthony Rendon 2.6, Bryant 2.4
OPS
Lamb .932, Arenado .925, Bryant .919
Home runs
Lamb 16, Arenado 15, Bryant 15
RBIs
Lamb 59, Arenado 55, Travis Shaw 47
CATCHER
Buster Posey of the Giants has a huge lead in the balloting, and he deserves to be there. After him is where it gets interesting. Willson Contreras of the Cubs and Yadier Molina of the Cardinals are second and third.
Here's who should be in those two spots: J.T. Realmuto of the Marlins and Yasmani Grandal of the Dodgers. They're right behind Posey in WAR and OPS. Molina has been a franchise player for so long that he should be in Miami simply because of his stature in the game. But he probably should not take a spot away from Realmuto or Grandal, either.

OUTFIELD
Marcell Ozuna is running fifth behind Bryce Harper, Charlie Blackmon, Jason Heyward and Benjamin Zobrist. He deserves better because he trails only Harper in NL WAR in the outfield.