Throughout this season, superlatives have come raining down upon Jose Reyes, perhaps the game's most exciting superstar. Yet throughout weeks of All-Star balloting, Reyes was never able to wrest the voting lead away from Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki.

Until the end, that is. Reyes overtook Tulowitzki in the final week of voting and on Johan Santana Jersey Sunday was named the National Orioles Derrek Lee Jersey League's starting shortstop Matt Joyce Jersey for the Midsummer Classic.

Outfielder Carlos Beltran was Orioles Adam Jones Jersey also named to Mets Johan Santana Jersey the team as a reserve.

Leading the NL in batting average, hits, triples and runs scored, and ranking in the top 10 in stolen bases, on-base percentage Denard Span Jersey and slugging percentage, Reyes is in the midst of one of the best half-seasons in Mets history. This is his fourth All-Star selection and his second start.

"Everybody dreams of that," Reyes said. "You want to be in the All-Star Game and starting the game. Just to be there with the other stars, it's something that I'm going to never forget."

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An MRI exam taken on Sunday revealed a Grade 1 Mets Ike Davis Jersey strain of the hamstring, and the Mets are optimistic that Reyes will be able to play Mets Carlos Beltran Jersey as soon as Tuesday. But they may not be willing to jeopardize his health in the All-Star Game.

"Everybody wants to be there, wants to play," Reyes said. "Injuries are part of the game, but there are still a few days off until the All-Star Game."

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"Nothing big," was how Reyes characterized the strain. "It's real good news."

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One of the Tigers' lowest moments might well have reflected why players and coaches think so highly of Victor Martinez.

Martinez was behind the plate Wednesday night at Comerica Park as one Tigers pitcher after another tried and failed to slow the Mets attack. He caught 207 pitches in all, the last five of them from utilityman Don Kelly as a desperation move to save Detroit's bullpen in a 16-9 loss to the Mets. While Tigers pitchers had to wear the damage, Martinez had to feel the wear and tear.

The next morning, as the prepared for a day game, Martinez was in the bullpen, catching more pitches. Rick Porcello had a side session to Rangers Michael Young Jersey throw, a pretty important one after the Mets had rocked Dustin Pedroia Jersey him a couple days earlier. One of the Tigers' bullpen catchers could've done it. Martinez volunteered.

"He went down there caught Porcello's side after catching two Authentic Brennan Boesch Jersey hundred and some thousand pitches the night before," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.

Leyland was stupefied. After wrapping up a six-game Interleague road trip without the designated hitter slot a week earlier, he was openly worried he Authentic Josh Beckett Jersey was catching Martinez too much.

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Martinez falls under that category. The Tigers knew the kind of player Martinez was when they signed him last fall. That's why they pursued him so heavily over Adam Dunn. They had heard Authentic Carlton Fisk Jersey about the teammate part, but never witnessed it Matt Wieters Jersey first-hand.

"I can't say enough about him," Leyland said. "He's one Authentic Kevin Youkilis Jersey of the best teammates I've ever been around on any team I've ever managed. It's unbelievable. He's positive every day, pumping everybody up every day."

Those aren't the kind of factors that make him an All-Star Final Vote candidate, where Martinez sits in second place at the halfway point in voting. They don't explain numbers like the .328 batting average that ranks fourth in the Majors Josh Hamilton Jersey entering play Tuesday, or the procession of hits he has produced after opposing pitchers have walked Miguel Cabrera in front of him. But they explain why so many players on so many different teams praise him.

"I think he's been a real godsend for our team overall, above and beyond hitting fifth," Leyland said a few weeks ago. "I think Red Sox Josh Beckett Jersey he's really been a real blessing for our Authentic Lan Kinsler Jersey team. We really haven't had that type of personality around here since I've been here. He's probably a little bit more gregarious than most people we've had around Authentic Matt Wieters Jersey here. I like that. He's a confident player who's not afraid to say something. I like him a lot. I think he's been really good for our team."

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Martinez is not gregarious in talking about himself, so it's up to Authentic Michael Young Jersey others to do it for him. His personality makes that easy to do.

"You know, all the stuff we heard with Cleveland, we found out in a Authentic Brandon Inge Jersey hurry that it was true," Terry Francona said before a Red Sox-Tigers matchup earlier this year. "He's a gentleman first of all. He's a good teammate, kind of a leader. That's the hardest thing to do."

Before Martinez became a Tiger last fall, he played with Carl Yastrzemski Jersey the Red Sox for just under a year and a half after coming over from Cleveland at the trade deadline in 2009.

"Guys come and go in this game," Francona said. "That's the business part of it. But that doesn't mean you're not crazy about them. Authentic Josh Hamilton Jersey He's just Red Sox Kevin Youkilis Jersey a terrific guy. That's the good part of this game."

It's the teammate aspect that led Martinez to talk with young Alex Avila about the mental aspects Red Sox Carlton Fisk Jersey of catching, leading a pitching staff. Never mind that the better Avila does, arguably costs Martinez games at catcher.

"He's been a great player for a long time," Avila said, "and that's one thing that's great about having him on the team. People are going to go to him because of that experience."

Martinez has had a hand in Avila's rise to All-Star catcher. Avila would like to see Martinez there with him.

"He's an extremely likable guy, easy to talk to," Avila said last month. "You mix that personality in with anybody, and you get along with him and it seems like you've known him forever. That's been great."

Martinez knew he could still catch when he was looking at teams this fall, and he knew the Tigers' plans for him when they recruited him. He knew it would be an adjustment when he signed, but he decided it was Brandon Inge Jersey worth it.

So far, the transition has looked easy.

"To be honest with you, I think Victor adjusting to the DH was a little bit different for him than it was for some other guys," Leyland said, "because Josh Beckett Jersey he's adjusting to DHing [while] hitting behind [Miguel] Cabrera."

The Tigers signed him specifically to hit behind Cabrera, to give opponents something to think about when they walk one of baseball's most dangerous hitters.

Cabrera has been intentionally walked 14 times this season. Five happened while Martinez was on the disabled list, and the ensuing hitters Lan Kinsler Jersey in those innings combined to go 0-for-7. Martinez followed Cabrera on the other nine; Rangers Lan Kinsler Jersey he's 3-for-9 with five RBIs in those situations. Not surprisingly, the intentional walk rate has dropped; Cabrera took just two in June.

That's being a good hitter, which gets you votes. The good teammate part is another kind of respect, the kind that will make a lot of players around the league happy if Martinez is voted in.

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Outfielder Adam Jones has always been one to express his emotions, known to Orioles fans as one of the team's most outspoken and energetic players. So when Sunday's All-Star rosters were named without Jones, who is one of five American League Final Authentic Brian Wilson Jersey Vote Brian Wilson Jersey candidates instead, the 25-year-old struggled to hide his disappointment.

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Baltimore's selection, catcher Matt Wieters, would love to have a member of the Oriole family join him in this year's game -- slated for July 12 at the D-backs' Chase Field -- particularly a guy with the experience and energy of Jones.

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