All-Star Team Contest

[Dodgers47]

First Team
2B Dustin Pedroia
RF Yasiel Puig
3B Miguel Cabrera
1B Chris Davis
LF Mike Trout
CF Matt Kemp
SS Manny Machado
DH David Ortiz
C Buster Posey
P Clayton Kershaw

Second Team
2B Jose Altuve
SS Hanley Ramirez
RF Giancarlo Stanton
CF Andrew McCutchen
3B David Wright
1B Joey Votto
LF Bryce Harper
DH Mike Napoli
C Yadier Molina
P Matt Harvey

[just28]

First team:
Trout LF
Cano 2B
Cutch CF
Miggy 3B
Davis 1B
Stanton RF
Ortiz DH
Posey C
Tulo SS
Kershaw P

Second Team:
Choo RF
Pedroia 2B
Votto 1B
Beltre 3B
Cargo LF
Goldy DH
Harper CF
Molina C
Andrus SS
Darvish P

[tim28]

Jan 11, 2014 23:37:57 GMT -5 PhilliesPhan28 said:

Jan 11, 2014 23:07:30 GMT -5 tim28 said:

First Team
CF TROUT
2B PHILLIPS
1B VOTTO
3B MIGGY
SS SEGURA
LF HARPER
RF BRUCE
C POSEY
DH ORTIZ
P SCHERZER

Second Team
CF CHOO
2B PEDROIA
1B DAVIS
RF TORII HUNTER
LF CRAWFORD
3B HANLEY
DH NAPOLI
SS HARDY
C MARTINEZ VICTOR
P KERSHAW

Well Tim you seem very baseball educated and I love debating about the sport so I'm going to tear your list apart just for fun, not relating to the contest  and I'd love to hear your responses to what I have to say (and feel free to criticize my list!)

1. No McCutchen on either list?!?!? He was the NL MVP man, and pretty heavily favored for that too. Now myself I love Choo which is why I shifted him to RF on my list just to include him but I still would rank McCutchen way ahead of him.

2. Even though I'm not a fan of Robby Cano he's a pretty good 2nd Baseman, although your two picks are respectable.

3. I agree with your 1st Base picks even though that's not what I went with, it's a very deep position

4. I like Bruce and think he's a top tier player, however I think Stanton deserves to at least be in the top 2.

5. Would've put Gonzalez instead of Crawford, never liked Crawford and how he played but I guess I just have northeast bias

6. I agree with your picks at 3rd base

7. Not going to complain with your DH too, maybe Fielder instead of Napoli but still good picks.

8. Awww man how could you not include Tulo! I think he's pretty unanimous for best shortstop, I'd also include a healthy Reyes over the two you picked; maybe even Desmond, Andrus, and at a long shot Simmons are better than Segura and Hardy but they're still high quality players.

9. No Yadier upsets me too! Victor's good but his defense doesn't come close to Yadi and that alone should boost him up in your rankings.

10. No problem with your pitchers, I'd probably swap them but they were definitely the best two pitchers in each league this year.

I was tired when I did mine. You are right. I should have added some of those

[ppatton17]

First Team:
LF: Bryce Harper
RF: Carlos Gonzolez
CF: Mike Trout
1B: Miguel Cabrera (He's making the switch this year.)
SS: Troy Tulowitski
DH: David Ortiz
3B: Adrian Beltre
2B: Robinson Cano
C: Yadier Molina
SP: Clayton Kershaw

Second Team:
SS: Hanley Ramirez
C: Buster Posey
1B: Joey Votto
RF: Giancarlo Stanton
CF: Andrew McCutchen
LF: Torii Hunter
3B: David Wright
DH: Edwin Encarcion
2B: Dustin Pedroia
SP: Justin Verlander

[tim28]

Jan 12, 2014 10:10:24 GMT -5 ppatton17 said:

First Team:
LF: Bryce Harper
RF: Carlos Gonzolez
CF: Mike Trout
1B: Miguel Cabrera (He's making the switch this year.)
SS: Troy Tulowitski
DH: David Ortiz
3B: Adrian Beltre
2B: Robinson Cano
C: Yadier Molina
SP: Clayton Kershaw

Second Team:
SS: Hanley Ramirez
C: Buster Posey
1B: Joey Votto
RF: Giancarlo Stanton
CF: Andrew McCutchen
LF: Torii Hunter
3B: David Wright
DH: Edwin Encarcion
2B: Dustin Pedroia
SP: Justin Verlander

wow no scherEr?

[ppatton17]

Jan 12, 2014 10:22:21 GMT -5 tim28 said:

Jan 12, 2014 10:10:24 GMT -5 ppatton17 said:

First Team:
LF: Bryce Harper
RF: Carlos Gonzolez
CF: Mike Trout
1B: Miguel Cabrera (He's making the switch this year.)
SS: Troy Tulowitski
DH: David Ortiz
3B: Adrian Beltre
2B: Robinson Cano
C: Yadier Molina
SP: Clayton Kershaw

Second Team:
SS: Hanley Ramirez
C: Buster Posey
1B: Joey Votto
RF: Giancarlo Stanton
CF: Andrew McCutchen
LF: Torii Hunter
3B: David Wright
DH: Edwin Encarcion
2B: Dustin Pedroia
SP: Justin Verlander

wow no scherEr?

Even as a Tigers fan I admit Scherzer had ridiculous run support last season. I'd rather take a player that has had multiple good seasons.

[oliver]

First
Trout LF (he's played left before and this is the only way I could include cutch
Mccutchen CF
Miggy 3B
Davis 1B
Ortiz DH
Cano 2B
Beltran RF
Molina C
Hardy SS
Kershaw P

Second
Jones CF
Pedroia 2B
Goldschmidt 1B
Wright 3B
Fielder DH
Hunter RF
Gordon LF
Mauer C
Tulo SS
Scherzer P

[just28]

ppatton17 and oliver, ps coming soon

[just28]

If your comment got like, you have either received or will be receiving a ps and will be entered to win some puzzles.

[chase227]

Team 1 (AL):
Catcher: Joe Mauer
First base: Chris Davis
Second base: robinson cano
Third base: Miguel Cabrera 
Shortstop: Troy Tulowitski
LF: Josh Hamilton
CF: Mike trout
RF: Wil Myers
P: Max Scherzer
DH: David Ortiz 

TeAM 2 (nl):
Catcher: Yadier Molina
1B: Joey Votto
2B: Brandon Phillips
3B: David Wright
SS: Jose Reyes
LF: Bryce Harper
CF: Andrew McCutchen
RF: Yasiel Puig
P: Clayton Kershaw
DH: Paul Goldschmidt 

[chase227]

First Team
CF TROUT
2B PHILLIPS
1B DAVIS
3B MIGGY
SS TULOWITSKI 
LF HAMILTON
RF MYERS
C MAUER
DH ORTIZ
P SCHERZER

Second Team
CF MCCUTCHEN
2B PEDROIA
1B VOTTO
RF TORII HUNTER
LF CRAWFORD
3B WRIGHT
DH GOLDSCHMIDT 
SS REYES
C MOLINA
P KERSHAW

Read more: buntmania.proboards.com/post/new/265#ixzz2qDOq7aBw

[just28]

Jan 12, 2014 14:49:43 GMT -5 chase227 said:

First Team
CF TROUT
2B PHILLIPS
1B DAVIS
3B MIGGY
SS TULOWITSKI 
LF HAMILTON
RF MYERS
C MAUER
DH ORTIZ
P SCHERZER

Second Team
CF MCCUTCHEN
2B PEDROIA
1B VOTTO
RF TORII HUNTER
LF CRAWFORD
3B WRIGHT
DH GOLDSCHMIDT 
SS REYES
C MOLINA
P KERSHAW

Read more: buntmania.proboards.com/post/new/265#ixzz2qDOq7aBw

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[billwill11]

Jan 10, 2014 22:54:11 GMT -5 just28 said:

One more thing: entries end at 12 est pm on jan 17. Good luck.

Is this supposed to be al and nl based or just random players?

[just28]

Jan 12, 2014 18:01:48 GMT -5 billwill11 said:

Jan 10, 2014 22:54:11 GMT -5 just28 said:

One more thing: entries end at 12 est pm on jan 17. Good luck.

Is this supposed to be al and nl based or just random players?

random

[drocklee27]

I might as well start participating in the site, lol.

1st Team
LF Trout
CF McCutchen
3B Cabrera
DH Davis
1B Goldschmidt
RF Beltran
2B Pedroia
SS Desmond
C Molina
P Kershaw

Notes: Trout at leadoff for speed, contact, and a little pop. McCutchen at the 2 spot for exact same reasons. Cabrera batting 3rd because he's the best hitter in the league right now, hands down. Davis batting cleanup because of his massive power, also protects Miggy so that they have no choice but to pitch to him. Goldschmidt in the 5th spot, he also protects Miggy and Davis. He has lots of pop as well. Beltran is 6th, he is a solid hitter who gets great contact, walks a bunch, and he can hit the clutch homer once in a while, also gives protection to the 4&5 hitters. Pedroia 7th for contact and some pop. Desmond 8th for contact and some pop. Yadi at the bottom for contact, high OBP, no one in this lineup can be easily pitched too. Kershaw was arguably the best pitcher in the MLB this year. No need to explain why I chose him.

2nd Team
CF Gomez
SS Ramirez (LAD)
2B Cano
1B Votto
LF Jones
DH Holliday
3B Longoria
C Santana
RF Cuddyer
P Darvish

Notes: Gomez batted cleanup for the Brewers for most of the season, but I feel he's more of the leadoff type of hitter. He has great speed, a solid contact hitter, and his ability to hit home runs is a plus. Hanley batted 2nd a lot during his time in Miami, Florida so I decided to put him there. He is also a solid contact hitter, but with more power than Gomez. Some might disagree with me putting Cano 3rd, but I think he was the best hitter out of the players on this team. The fact that he commanded such an enormous contract proves that he is one of the best hitters in the game right now. Votto is batting cleanup, he has one of the highest OBPs in the league and he is very good at working counts, getting solid contact on balls, and driving in base runners, which is exactly what a cleanup hitter should be capable of doing. Jones is batting 5th because of his ability to home runs and get solid contact on the ball. Some might argue that I should have put Holliday before Jones, but at this point in their careers, I think Jones is more consistent. No specific reasons why I put Holliday in the #6 spot, I just had no higher spot to put him in. This spot might be some that will leave lots of people puzzled: Longoria in the #7 spot. My decision to bat him so low was this, the consensus of pitchers is that the lower they get in the order, the worse the hitters get. Well this lineup breaks that trend. Pitchers would not be able to relax when facing this lineup since a great hitter is waiting for them at the bottom of the lineup. Santana and Cuddyer are at the very bottom of the lineup for the exact same reasons as Longoria. I picked Darvish for 2nd team pitcher. Some of you might be surprised at that. The reason I chose him is because a) Scherzer got a ridiculous amount of run support, b) Harvey's season was cut short by injury so I decided not to choose him, c) I don't feel that Iwakuma or Cliff Lee had better seasons than Darvish, and d) I like Fernandez, probably more than most people do, but he's only had one season under his belt, I need to see 2-3 seasons of this before I can declare him a TOR pitcher, same with Wacha. Now, back to Darvish. Aside from my Rangers bias, Darvish has wicked breaking balls, surprisingly very little run support from an offensively potent team, and he led the league in strikeouts. He was also Top 5 in ERA, WHIP, and WAR (for pitchers).