MLB 2000-Present Championship

[Nosferatu]

Drafted were players who played in the Majors from 2000 - present. Please vote for which team you believe would win a 3 game playoff.

All players are drafted as if they are in their prime!

Feel free to discuss or give the reasoning behind your decision. Thank you.


CHAMPIONSHIP


TEAM L

Lineup

1. Elvis Andrus - SS

2. Brian Roberts – 2B

3. Josh Hamilton – LF

4. Prince Fielder – 1B

5. Hunter Pence – RF

6. Bryce Harper - CF

7. Billy Butler – DH

8. Pedro Alvarez – 3B

9. Carlos Santana – C





Bench

Dan Uggla - 2B

Mike Napoli – C/1B

Alex Rios – CF

Jean Segura – SS

Michael Brantley – LF



Starters

SP – Clayton Kershaw

SP – Roy Oswalt

SP – Cliff Lee



Relief Pitchers

RHRP Jose Veras

LHRP Rex Brothers



Closer

Craig Kimbrel


OR

TEAM D

Bating Order
1. Michael Bourn - CF
2. Jason Kipnis - 2B
3. Albert Pujols - DH
4. Miguel Cabrera - 3B
5. Brian McCann - C
6. Pat Burrell - LF
7. Anthony Rizzo - 1B
8. Carlos Quentin - RF
9. Starlin Castro - SS

Rotation
1. Johan Santana
2. Gio Gonzalez
3. Carlos Zambrano

Pen
RP - Scot Shields
RP - Pat Neshek
CL - Huston Street

Bench
C - Devin Mesoraco
2B/SS - Alexei Ramirez
2B/SS - Brian Dozier
LF - Rajai Davis
RF - George Springer

OR

TEAM B

Batting Order
Figgins, 3B
Carpenter, 2B
Mauer, C
Holliday, LF
Youkilis, 1B
Huff, DH
Cuddyer, RF
Hardy, SS
Victornio, CF

Bench
Doumit, C
Kotchman, 1B
Bloomquist, UT
Gutierrez, CF, RF
Podsendik, LF, CF

Rotation
Hernandez
Grienke
Sale

Bullpen
Papelbon, CP
Venters, LHP
Adams, RHP

 

[Ritzarmy]

A 3 game series with these 3 teams would be really fun to watch.

 

[Nosferatu]

IF you notice I didn't say 3 game series on this one... Hurry up and vote!

 

[blstoker]

Ok, Here's my numbers again, use them if you like, or not:

Starting Lineup - (AB-R-H-2B-3B-HR-RBI-SB-CS-BB-SO-TB-GDP-HBP-SH-SF-IBB-BA-OBP-SLG-OPS)

L 5102-758-1496-303-32-220-796-107-29-611-1053-2523-110-40-23-41-61-.293-.369-.495-.864
D 5068-856-1552-289-31-243-840-133-37-640-961-2632-115-60-10-40-63-.306-.387-.519-.906
B 5151-883-1623-344-51-214-806-96-40-580-850-2681-113-51-22-43-55-.315-.385-.520-.906

Bench (same as Lineup)

L 2756-448-839-151-20-126-429-92-22-239-465-1408-71-25-2-19-8-.304-.363-.511-.874
D 2336-378-630-116-9-115-365-92-38-234-550-1109-47-43-8-23-15-.270-.343-.475-.818
B 2321-367-701-145-17-53-288-70-31-190-366-1039-57-17-24-16-10-.302-.354-.448-.801

Pitching (W-L-ERA-G-GS-GF-CG-SHO-SV-IP-H-R-ER-BB-IBB-SO-HB-BK-WP-BF)

L 51-37-2.23-300-97-141-11-10-82-873-646-237-216-62-221-7-915-20-6-24-3431
D 72-26-2.47-290-97-79-4-3-48-821.1-595-253-225-60-260-9-845-39-3-27-3299
B 53-26-1.98-272-91-64-15-4-40-835.1-606-219-184-44-212-11-865-27-1-29-3285

Fielding (CH-PO-A-E-DP-FPCT-PB-SB-CS-CSPCT-PO)

L 8968-6381-2481-106-673-.988-6-18-72-23-.242-3
D 8054-4975-2966-113-675-.986-9-66-31-.320-2
B 7219-5405-1767-47-521-.993-6-82-37-.311-1

 

[Ritzarmy]

How about voting ends 7pm tomorrow so on Monday we can hopefully start NBA draft?

 

[Nosferatu]

How about voting ends 7pm tomorrow so on Monday we can hopefully start NBA draft?

Works for me...

 

[da55bums]

It actually shocked me, thought it would be Pujols/Cabera vs Trout/Tulo with Kershaw being the kicker team...Kershaw pulled the upset, that was the game of the tourny.

 

[broncosmitty]

Three deserving options to win.... I just can't get past the two best hitters back to back.

 

[blstoker]

Three deserving options to win.... I just can't get past the two best hitters back to back.

How about this arguement, starting lineup of Team D vs. starting rotation of Team B:

Michael Bourn - 3/15 1 2B .200/.200/.267/.467
Jason Kipnis - 11/35 4 2B .314/.333/.429/.762
Albert Pujols - 17/71 9 2B 2 HR .239/.289/.451/.740
Miguel Cabrera - 26/83 3 2B 3 HR .313/.389/.458/.847
Brian McCann - 4/15 1 HR .267/.267/.467/.733
Pat Burrell - 6/29 3 HR .207/.235/.517/.753
Anthony Rizzo - 2/10 1 HR .200/.385/.500/.885
Carlos Quentin - 6/33 2 2B 2 HR .182/.282/.424/.706
Starlin Castro - 5/17 2 2B .294/.400/.412/.812
Total - 80/308 21 2B 12 HR .260/.321/.445/.766

Pujols and Cabrera are still good, but so are the pitchers they're facing. Pujols hasn't had much success at all against them, and Cabrera has been solid, but alot of the other guys aren't great. It isn't as the the story changes much on the other side, but Team B is built on its pitching and its defense, so if the pitchers shut down the offense, they have the advantage.

Just to show the flip side: Team B lineup vs. Team D rotation

Chone Figgins 8/37 1 2B 1 3B .216/.341/.243/.584
Matt Carpenter 2/11 1 2B .182/.308/.273/.580
Joe Mauer 7/20 2 HR .350/.350/.650/1.000
Matt Holliday 10/52 2 2B 1 3B 1 HR .192/.323/.288/.611
Kevin Youkilis 8/24 1 HR .333/.357/.458/.815
Aubrey Huff 10/38 1 2B 1 3B 2 HR .263/.396/.447/.843
Michael Cuddyer 6/19 1 2b 1 HR .316/.519/.526/1.045
J.J. Hardy 9/51 1 2B 1 3B 1 HR .176/.276/.255/.531
Shane Victorino 12/47 2 2B 2 HR .255/.308/.426/.733
Total - 72/299 9 2B 4 3B 10 HR .241/.344/.371/.715

 

[broncosmitty]

You are starting to win me over stoker. Excellent work right there. I think the numbers versus the competition angle is probably the best argument anyone can make. I also love that you have Scotty Pods on your bench. (You have the whitest team since the '59 Red Sox btw hahahah.). I had forgotten that speedy little devil didn't come in til '01.

 

[blstoker]

Not a whole lotta love for the championship.

 

[Nosferatu]

Nope...

 

[Ritzarmy]

Its the weekend. You never get lot of votes plus you never get lot of vote anyways for the playoffs in general.

 

[gandydancer]

Ritz must of set this up... Nos would have made it to where the finals fell during the week.

Nos just keep teaching, it will all make sense one day

 

[Nosferatu]

Ritz must of set this up... Nos would have made it to where the finals fell during the week.

Nos just keep teaching, it will all make sense one day

Oh, I try!

 

[Nosferatu]

Maybe we should stop using outside voting. We can all just post who we pick as the winner. We must agree that even if we lose we will vote on every game until there is a Champion...

 

[Ritzarmy]

Shocking Nos cheats again and wins. LOL. Seriously congrats to Gandy/Nos on your Championship. I think many people voted for you for you because of your 1-2 punch of Cabrera and Pujols. Gandy started the nice picks and Nos finished it. Well done gentlemen.

 

[gandydancer]

We plotted days before the draft Ritz.

 

[blstoker]

Shocking Nos cheats again and wins. LOL. Seriously congrats to Gandy/Nos on your Championship. I think many people voted for you for you because of your 1-2 punch of Cabrera and Pujols. Gandy started the nice picks and Nos finished it. Well done gentlemen.

Sometimes the better team doesn't win, it's just how sports work.

 

[gandydancer]

Sometimes the better team doesn't win, it's just how sports work.

Agree 100%... I liked Smitty's team because of pitching and he was already ousted. Then Ritz's team second.