Your all time Mariners lineup and pitching rotation

[Logicallylethal]

The Starting Lineup

RF - Ichiro
SS - Arod
CF - Ken Griffey Jr.
DH - Edgar Martinez
2B - Bret Boone
LF - Jay Buhner
1B - John Olerud
3B - Adrian Beltre
C - Dan Wilson

The Rotation

1. Felix Hernandez
2. Randy Johnson
3. Freddy Garcia
4. Hisashi Iwakuma
5. Jamie Moyer

Bullpen

LR - Joel Pineiro
LHP - Arthur Rhodes
LHP - Norm Charlton
RHP - Jeff Nelson
RHP - Rafael Soriano
CL - JJ Putz

 

[Cloud]

The Starting Lineup

RF - Ichiro - Agreed
SS - Arod - Don't like it, but don't have much of a choice. So agreed
CF - Ken Griffey Jr. - Agreed
DH - Edgar Martinez - Agreed
2B - Bret Boone - Agreed
LF - Jay Buhner - Agreed
1B - John Olerud - Agreed
3B - Adrian Beltre - Agreed
C - Dan Wilson - Agreed

The Rotation

1. Felix Hernandez - Agreed
2. Randy Johnson - Agreed
3. Freddy Garcia - I'd take Cliff Lee over Garcia
4. Hisashi Iwakuma - I'll bite on this for now. But I can lean towards Garcia from above.
5. Jamie Moyer - Agreed

Bullpen

LR - Joel Pineiro - Pinata? No. Erik Bedard or Jason Vargas or Doug Fister.
LHP - Arthur Rhodes - Sure.
LHP - Norm Charlton - Sure
RHP - Jeff Nelson - Sure
RHP - Rafael Soriano - Sure
CL - JJ Putz - Nope. Kazuhiro Sasaki

For most part, I do agree, but not completely.

 

[dude82]

The Starting Lineup

RF - Ichiro
SS - Arod
CF - Ken Griffey Jr.
DH - Edgar Martinez
2B - Bret Boone
LF - Jay Buhner
1B - John Olerud
3B - Adrian Beltre
C - Dan Wilson

The Rotation

1. Felix Hernandez
2. Randy Johnson
3. Freddy Garcia
4. Hisashi Iwakuma
5. Jamie Moyer

Bullpen

LR - Joel Pineiro
LHP - Arthur Rhodes
LHP - Norm Charlton
RHP - Jeff Nelson
RHP - Rafael Soriano
CL - JJ Putz

I wouldn't change anything about that starting lineup. Alex Rodriguez might be a douche-bag, but he was a really good hitter for the Mariners when he was here. If we're talking all-time lineups, he has to be in it.

If I made any changes to the rotation, I'd swap Garcia out for Mark Langston. I also have no problem leaving Freddy in there.

The bullpen is where it gets tough, particularly the long reliever and the closer. The long reliever is tough because you could either just plug in a starter that you left out of the rotation or you can go back and try to remember who failed as a starter for the M's and was better suited for that long relief role. I know that Paul Abbott had a couple good years for us in the rotation, but I'm trying to remember if he was good for us in long relief too. I wanna say that he was, but I don't remember. If he wasn't good in that role, then I'll just pick someone that I left out of my rotation and go with Erik Hanson.

Closer is tough because we've actually had quite a few good ones over the years, Ayala and Mesa aside, so someone is gonna get left out who probably deserves to be on there. Putz is a good choice, but I'm going with Kaz Sasaki here. What's nice about picking a closer from this group is that whomever you don't choose to close, you can put in a setup role and be just as comfortable with them in that role as you would be with them in the closer role. You can't really go wrong, unless, again, you pick Ayala or Mesa.

 

[blstoker]

Starting Line Up
LF - Ichiro
SS - Alex Rodriguez
CF - Ken Griffey Jr.
DH - Edgar Martinez
1B - Alvin Davis
RF - Jay Buhner
2B - Brett Boone
3B - Adrian Beltre
C - Dan Wilson

Bench
C - Dave Valle
IF - Omar Vizquel
IF/OF - Willie Bloomquist
OF - Raul Ibanez

Rotation
SP - Randy Johnson
SP - Felix Hernandez
SP - Mark Langston
SP - Jamie Moyer
SP - Erik Hanson

Bullpen
CP - J.J. Putz
SU - Jeff Nelson
RP - Michael Jackson
RP - Arthur Rhodes
RP - Ed Vande Berg
RP - Shane Rawley
LR - Bill Swift

 

[Logicallylethal]

For most part, I do agree, but not completely.

Haha I would like to include Cliff Lee too but he was here for less than a year so I don't think that really counts. That's like the Seahawks including Jerry Rice in our all time Seahawks roster cause he played part of a year with Seattle.

And yes to Pineiro! The Pineiro I want as a long reliever is the Pineiro that first came up with us in his younger years when he was killing it in the bullpen. But I mean, Fister would be pretty good as our long reliever too.

 

[Logicallylethal]

Starting Line Up
LF - Ichiro
SS - Alex Rodriguez
CF - Ken Griffey Jr.
DH - Edgar Martinez
1B - Alvin Davis
RF - Jay Buhner
2B - Brett Boone
3B - Adrian Beltre
C - Dan Wilson

Bench
C - Dave Valle
IF - Omar Vizquel
IF/OF - Willie Bloomquist
OF - Raul Ibanez

Rotation
SP - Randy Johnson
SP - Felix Hernandez
SP - Mark Langston
SP - Jamie Moyer
SP - Erik Hanson

Bullpen
CP - J.J. Putz
SU - Jeff Nelson
RP - Michael Jackson
RP - Arthur Rhodes
RP - Ed Vande Berg
RP - Shane Rawley
LR - Bill Swift

Like some of the changes...I think if we're doing a bench we have to have Mike Cameron in there for his bat but most importantly his defense!

And instead of Bloomquist (who I like btw) I would probably put in our super utility man...Mark Mclemore!