Post subject: Your Pre-Season picks for "All MLB" going into 2010
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:35 am
Ghostasauros
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I know it is early... but as a die hard MLB fan, I can't wait for the 2010 season to begin. I know an "All MLB" team doesn't really exist; but if it did, who would you pick?
FIRST TEAM SP...Felix Hernandez, SEA RP...Joe Nathan, MIN C...Joe Mauer, MIN 1B...Albert Pujols, STL 2B...Chase Utley, PHI 3B...Evan Longoria, TB SS...Hanley Ramirez, FLA LF...Ryan Braun, MIL CF...Matt Kemp, LAD RF...Nick Markakis, BAL DH...David Ortiz, BOS
SECOND TEAM SP...T.Lincecum, SF RP...M.Rivera, NYY C...B.McCann, ATL 1B...R.Howard, PHI 2B...R.Cano, NYY 3B...P.Sandoval, SF SS...T.Tulowitzki, COL LF...M.Holliday,STL CF...T.Hunter, LAA RF...A.Ethier, LAD DH...J.Kubel, MIN
THIRD TEAM SP...Z.Greinke, KC RP...J.Papelbon, BOS C...M.Wieters, BAL 1B...J.Morneau, MIN 2B...I.Kinsler, TEX 3B...M.Reynolds, ARI SS...D.Jeter, NYY LF...C.Lee, HOU CF...D.Span, MIN RF...M.Cuddyer, MIN DH...A.Lind, TOR
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Post subject: Re: Your Pre-Season picks for "All MLB" going into 2010
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:01 am
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PHATJ wrote:
I know it is early... but as a die hard MLB fan, I can't wait for the 2010 season to begin. I know an "All MLB" team doesn't really exist; but if it did, who would you pick?
FIRST TEAM SP...Felix Hernandez, SEA RP...Joe Nathan, MIN C...Joe Mauer, MIN 1B...Albert Pujols, STL 2B...Chase Utley, PHI 3B...Evan Longoria, TB SS...Hanley Ramirez, FLA LF...Ryan Braun, MIL CF...Matt Kemp, LAD RF...Nick Markakis, BAL DH...David Ortiz, BOS
SECOND TEAM SP...T.Lincecum, SF RP...M.Rivera, NYY C...B.McCann, ATL 1B...R.Howard, PHI 2B...R.Cano, NYY 3B...P.Sandoval, SF SS...T.Tulowitzki, COL LF...M.Holliday,STL CF...T.Hunter, LAA RF...A.Ethier, LAD DH...J.Kubel, MIN
THIRD TEAM SP...Z.Greinke, KC RP...J.Papelbon, BOS C...M.Wieters, BAL 1B...J.Morneau, MIN 2B...I.Kinsler, TEX 3B...M.Reynolds, ARI SS...D.Jeter, NYY LF...C.Lee, HOU CF...D.Span, MIN RF...M.Cuddyer, MIN DH...A.Lind, TOR
Put Greinke on the first team and King Felix on the third. Put Mo on the first and Nathan on the second. Put Broxton on the third. Replace Wieters with V-Mart. Get rid of Morneau. I'd go with Prince and A-Gone for second and third, but after Pujols all the first basemen are pretty much the same anyway. Replace Cano with Pedroia. Shortstops look fine. Get rid of Reynolds. Move Sandoval to the third team and replace him with Ryan Zimmerman. The right fielders are all wrong. Start with Ichiro and then pick two of Shin-Soo Choo, Nancy Drew, Jayson Werth, and Justin Upton. Replace Hunter with Franklin Gutierrez, and maybe swap him and Kemp. Also consider replacing Span with Mike Cameron or Michael Bourn. Swap Holliday and Braun. Get rid of Lee and replace him with Carl Crawford. Get rid of Papi, move Lind to the first team and put Godzilla on the third team. Otherwise, it looks okay.
Post subject: Re: Your Pre-Season picks for "All MLB" going into 2010
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:02 am
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I like your list. I'm a big Dodgers fan so it's hard not to be biased, but I think Kemp is an awesome pick. That guy is a few seasons away from being one of the best players in baseball. Same thing goes for Clayton Kershaw.
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Post subject: Re: Your Pre-Season picks for "All MLB" going into 2010
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:29 pm
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Zero wrote:
Get rid of Papi, move Lind to the first team and put Godzilla on the third team.
That's the one that stands out the most to me. Ortiz was pretty bad last year (the power was there in the 2nd half, but he was still bad) and Lind was far and away the best DH.
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Post subject: Re: Your Pre-Season picks for "All MLB" going into 2010
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:03 pm
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PhilPritchard wrote:
Zero wrote:
Get rid of Papi, move Lind to the first team and put Godzilla on the third team.
That's the one that stands out the most to me. Ortiz was pretty bad last year (the power was there in the 2nd half, but he was still bad) and Lind was far and away the best DH.
Yeah papi has no business being on these lists.
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Post subject: Re: Your Pre-Season picks for "All MLB" going into 2010
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:55 am
Ghostasauros
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
PhilPritchard wrote:
Zero wrote:
Get rid of Papi, move Lind to the first team and put Godzilla on the third team.
That's the one that stands out the most to me. Ortiz was pretty bad last year (the power was there in the 2nd half, but he was still bad) and Lind was far and away the best DH.
Yeah papi has no business being on these lists.
Papi did finish the 2009 season with 28 HR and 99 RBI, and virtually all of that damage was done in the second half of the season. As far as Lind goes, he definitely had a great season last year, but I don't fully trust him yet. Remember, this is a projection of players production in 2010, it isn't directly based exclusively on 2009 stats.
Post subject: Re: Your Pre-Season picks for "All MLB" going into 2010
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:34 am
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PHATJ wrote:
As far as Lind goes, he definitely had a great season last year, but I don't fully trust him yet. Remember, this is a projection of players production in 2010, it isn't directly based exclusively on 2009 stats.
And it was pure bullshit that he won the cy young last year over Carpenter and Wainwright, so your list just balances out the hype. Fuck the Giants, by the way.
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Post subject: Re: Your Pre-Season picks for "All MLB" going into 2010
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:25 pm
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Here's your AL All Star team. Book it.
FIRST TEAM SP...Felix Hernandez RP...David Aardsma C...Rob Johnson 1B...Casey Kotchman (or Russell Branyan - it's a toss up) 2B...Jose Lopez 3B...Chone Figgins SS...Jack Wilson LF...Milton Bradley CF...Franklin Gutierrez RF...Ichiro Suzuki DH...Ken Griffey, Jr.
Post subject: Re: Your Pre-Season picks for "All MLB" going into 2010
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:29 pm
Supersonic
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BadRadio16 wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
As far as Lind goes, he definitely had a great season last year, but I don't fully trust him yet. Remember, this is a projection of players production in 2010, it isn't directly based exclusively on 2009 stats.
And it was pure bullshit that he won the cy young last year over Carpenter and Wainwright, so your list just balances out the hype. Fuck the Giants, by the way.
Yep. First DH to win the NL Cy Young Award.
Based on Ortiz's regression last year, Lind being only 25 years old, and Lind being far better last season, I don't see much reason to expect Ortiz to be the better of the two in 2010. We'll see.
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