AL All-Star Roster UPDATE

Update 9:07 PM: Perhaps the one of the biggest surprises to the baseball world was that Yankees' LHP Andy Pettitte was not named to the AL All-Star Team. Pettitte, who is 10-2 with a 2.82 ERA, is arguably the Yankees' best pitcher right now, leading many to believe it as a snub. Many analysts were shocked to see that Girardi had picked CC Sabathia over Pettite. Sabathia is 10-3 with a 3.33 ERA. However, Joe Girardi has a plan to make Pettitte's All-Star dream, as well as chance to start, a reality.

From ESPN:

"Under baseball's rules, no pitcher who starts on Sunday, July 11 -- the last day of play before the All-Star break -- is allowed to pitch in the All-Star Game on July 13. Girardi's plan is to substitute Pettitte for Sabathia on the All-Star roster.

"That's pretty much right on,'' Girardi said. "I thought CC was well-deserving and Andy is well-deserving. And I hate the fact that one guy wouldn't make it. So in this case, we could have two left-handers in Anaheim.''

Pressed to admit that Pettitte was as good as a member of his All-Star squad right now, Girardi would only say, "That's a move that could possibly be made by the end of the week.''

Then he added, "As soon as one pitch is thrown on Sunday.''

In the likely event that Pettitte is added to the All-Star team, he might even get the starting assignment, since his next start is scheduled for Thursday in Seattle. After that, his next day to start would be on Tuesday, July 13 -- the day of the All-Star Game.

"Who the starter would be is something we still have to think about and discuss,'' Girardi said. "But as I said, Andy is well-deserving.''

So no worries Yankees fans, Andy Pettitte was not snubbed, and will be an All-Star. It'd be extremely cool to see Andy as the AL's starting pitcher. Think about it this way: If Pettitte is named an All-Star and Nick Swisher makes the Final Vote, the Yankees will have eight all-stars. Crazy.