Off Day Poll: The Next Perennial Twins All-Star

I think of hitters on the team, Span is the next most important after Mauer and Morneau. The team struggled a little bit while he was out.

SPAN = MAN

Slowey has the best shot at becoming the next Twins all – star. Span is an outfielder and he cannot compete with the “big” AL boy outfielders: Ichiro, Jones, etc…

Slowey already has 10 wins this year and if not for his injuries which have resulted in the last poor starts, he would probably be the first 12 game winner in the major leagues with a sub 4 ERA. Slowey is going to have a lot of success and I think he should leadoff the series against Boston next year. He is the long term ace of this staff….Blackburn wont be able to sustain his numbers.

Sorry, but you’re asking for guys like Killebrew, Oliva, Carew, Puckett, Knoblauch, Aguilera, Mauer, Morneau and Nathan. Those guys just don’t come around very often. Hrbek made it once, and his likeness is hanging on a banner.

Max “The Bavarian Bomber” Kepler-Rozycki

seeing any of these guys as perennial All-Stars, too. I think some of them will make at least one. Blackburn might never have a better shot than he does right now. Liriano’s made one already, Baker could make one or two, and if Gomez reaches his ceiling he could make it on defensive reputation. I do have a hard time seeing guys like Span or Cuddyer make it though, simply because there are so many more talented corner outfielders in Cuddyer’s case and Span’s great OBP won’t make anyone vote for him outside of MN. I’d like to be wrong, though.

I hope Slowey can come back healthy and pitch the way he’s capable of.

He is just starting his career as a lifetime lead off guy. Soon he will be known as one of the best. A Playoff run would speed up his cause greatly.

Revere, or maybe Hicks down the road. If Ramos got enough playing time, maybe. There’s a couple of hitters tearing up E-Town right now (Rams and Ladendorf) who could become All Stars a time or two if they continue to progress. Gutierrez, Gibson, maybe even Tootles could get there regularly if they fulfill potential. But all that is a long ways away.

I could see Span once or twice over the course of his career. Same with Valencia. But nobody on that list is a perennial all-star.

Baker did not get more votes. Its a tough question, though and a difficult one to choose. I think despite his difficult start, Baker is the most dominating guy we have in the rotation, that is why I voted for him. He has flirted with no hitters too often for me to think he is average. Span would be my second choice. He came just at the right time to make losing Hunter stink a little less.

but he plays in the Outfield and i don’t see him cracking the AL Allstar lineup in the outfield any time soon. Liriano and Baker have the best pitching stuff and thus the best chance there, but for the hitters? if Young and Gomex can reach their potential then perenial Allstar has always been their ceiling. At this point they probably can’t reach it, but that is their ceiling. no one else on the current roster has that

I don’t think Span has “it” to be a perennial all-star. As a matter of fact, I’m not yet convinced that Span will be who we think he is for the next 8 years.

I would take Young over Gomez in the poll. Just because Young has a better chance to put up all-star numbers offensively. If Gomez could steal 80 bases that would put him on the national radar.

If one of the pitchers would put up a 20+ win season and get top 3 in Cy Young voting, that would give him a name and then some good half seasons leading up to the break could get them in, perennially. Perkins, no. But the other four, why not.

Seriously I wanna know.

I understand the poll is just for fun, as no one else on that list is going to be a “perrenial” all-star. The real question is who else has a shot at making an all-star appearance or two… but Cuddyer? The fact that he is even on the list is a total WTF!?