Guest Redhawk Report post Posted March 8, 2004 Not "who had the better year last year," but from what you've seen, who is the best overall player at each position. Better put, if you were a manager and could choose any player in the league, who would it be. Righty starter: Lefty starter: Catcher: First: Second: Third: Shortstop: Left field: Center: Right field: DH: Closer: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2004 Assuming they are healthy....... Righty Starter: Pedro Martinez Lefty Starter: Randy Johnson Catcher: Ivan Rodriguez First: Albert Pujols Second: Alfonso Soriano Third: Alex Rodriguez Shortstop: Nomar Garciaparra Left field: Barry Bonds Center: Carlos Beltran Right field: Gary Sheffield DH: Edgar Martinez Closer: Eric Gagne Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smell the ratings!!! Report post Posted March 8, 2004 Righty starter: Mark Prior Lefty starter: Randy Johnson Catcher: Pudge First: Pujols Second: Soriano Third: The Rod Shortstop: Nomar Left field: Bonds Center: Beltran Right field: Ichiro DH: Ortiz Closer: Gagne Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2004 Righty starter: Mark Prior, Chicago Cubs Despite this latest setback, he is younger and healthier than Pedro. Lefty starter: Mark Mulder, Oakland As The old man just doesn't have it anymore, and with rightys dominating the charts, Mulder almost wins this by default. Catcher: Ivan Rodriguez, Detroit Tigers He's probably only the third best catcher offensively these days, but he's much better defensively than either Piazza or Posada. Piazza is moving to first base to boot. When all is said and done, as far as catchers are concerned there will be Bench & Pudge and everybody else. First: Albert Pujols, St Louis Cardinals (Or Todd Helton if you consider Pujols a LF) Pujols is the best young player in the game bar none. It is just an issue of where he is starting. Two years from now it will be A-Rod who? as long as Pujols stays healthy. Second: Bret Boone, Seattle Mariners Soriano will lose as many games with his poor fielding and plate discipline than he will win with his gaudy numbers. In fantasy baseball, Soriano is one the best players in the league. In real life he isn't as good as Boone or probably even Giles. Third: Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees Duh. Shortstop: Nomar Garciaparra, Boston Red Sox He must give his thanks to A-Rod for leaving the position. Left field: Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants Steroids and old age or not, nobody can dominate a game like him. The best player in MLB for my money. Center: Carlos Beltran, Kansas City Royals My pick for the AL MVP, as long as he doesn't get traded. He can do it all. Right field: Vladimir Guerrero, Anahem Angels MY pick for the AL MVP, as long as Beltran gets traded. He will take the Angels back to the World Series in 2004. DH: Jason Giambi, New York Yankees It will take about two weeks of him blowing it in the field before he's back here full time. Closer: Eric Gagne, Los Angelas Dodgers He is the first closer since Eckersley that makes a strong case that he is the #1 player in all of baseball. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OctoberBlood Report post Posted March 8, 2004 Righty starter: Mark Prior Lefty starter: Barry Zito Catcher: Ivan Rodriguez First: Albert Pujols Second: Brett Boone Third: Alex Rodriguez Shortstop: Nomar Garciaparra Left field: Barry Bonds Center: Ken Griffey Jr or Carlos Beltran. Right field: Vladimir Guerrero DH: Edgar Martinez Closer: Eric Gagne Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smell the ratings!!! Report post Posted March 8, 2004 Crap, I forgot Vlad somehow because he moved. Change my vote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2004 Current Righty starter: Mark Prior Lefty starter: Barry Zito Catcher: Toby Hall (Great arm, passable offense) First: Albert Pujols (One of the best, and only 24) Second: Alfonso Soriano (Should be hitting very well in Texas this year) Third: Alex Rodriguez (It's a shame that the Captain is an egomaniac) Shortstop: Edgar Renteria (One of the better hitters in his league, probably the best at his position right now) Left field: Barry Bonds (Who else?) Center: Carlos Beltran (Deserved a Gold Glove in 2003, should get one in 2004 since Cameron left the AL) Right field: Richard Hidalgo (Due for another good year in 2004. Plus, he had a great year fielding-wise in Right Field in 2003) DH: Mike Sweeney (there's a lack of legit fulltime DHs, Giambi's moving to first, Ortiz isn't going to be as good, Martinez is getting older. Sweeney will get alot of DH time and if he hits like he usually does, it'll work) Closer: Eric Gagne (Duh) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2004 RP-Mark Prior LP-Mark Mulder C-Ivan Rodriguez 1B-Albert Pujos 2B-Brett Boone SS-Edgar Renteria 3B-Alex Rodriguez LF-Barry Bonds CF-Carlos Beltran RF-Vladmimir Guerrero DH-Jason Giambi Closer-Eric Gagne RH Setup-Latroy Hawkins LH Setup-Damaso Marte or Paul Quantrill. If Marte is moved to closer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2004 Righty starter: Mark Prior (ChC) Lefty starter: Barry Zito (Oak) Catcher: Ivan Rodriguez (Det) First: Carlos Delgado (Tor) Second: Alfonso Soriano (Tex) Third: Alex Rodriguez (NYY) Shortstop: Nomar Garciaparra (Bos) Left field: Barry Bonds (SF) Center: Carlos Beltran (KC) Right field: Vladimir Guerrero (Ana) DH: Edgar Martinez (Sea) Closer: Eric Gagne (LA) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixrising 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2004 Righty starter: Mark Prior, Chicago Cubs Lefty starter: Randy Johnson, Arizona Catcher: Ivan Rodriguez, Detroit First: Todd Helton, Colorado Second: Bret Boone, Seattle Third: Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees Shortstop: Nomar Garciaparra, Boston Left field: Barry Bonds, San Francisco Center: Carlos Beltran, Kansas City Right field: Vladimir Guerrero, Anaheim DH: Edgar Martinez, Seattle Closer: Eric Gagne, Los Angeles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
