All Ex-Twins Team, 2010

by Jesse on Nov 4, 2010 8:20 PM EDT in News

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In '05 we were just getting started, but I'm not sure why I didn't do one of these in 2007. Oh well. Onto team four in five years.

Even before I start, I know this is going to be a tight season. The Twins haven't had a big exodus of decent players the last season or two, and role players who filled out rosters are starting to disappear. Well, let's suck it up and see what we can put together, shall we?

Starting Lineup

Left Field	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010 - Darnell McDonald	117	319	40	86	18	3	9	34	30	85	9	1	.270	.336	.429

With Twins: 2007

Second Base	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010 - Luis Castillo	86	247	28	58	4	2	0	17	39	25	8	3	.235	.337	.267

With Twins: 2006 - 2007

Right Field	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010 - Torii Hunter	152	573	76	161	36	0	23	90	61	106	9	12	.281	.354	.464

With Twins: 1997 - 2007

Designated Hitter	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010 - David Ortiz	145	518	86	140	36	1	32	102	82	145	0	1	.270	.370	.529

With Twins: 1997 - 2002

Third Base	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010 - Casey Blake	146	509	56	126	28	1	17	64	48	138	0	4	.248	.320	.407

With Twins: 2000 - 2002

First Base	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010 - Garrett Jones	158	592	64	146	34	1	21	86	53	123	7	3	.247	.306	.414

With Twins: 2007

Shortstop	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010 - Jason Bartlett	135	468	71	119	27	3	4	47	45	83	11	6	.254	.324	.350

With Twins: 2004 - 2007

Catcher	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010 - A.J. Pierzynski	128	474	43	128	29	0	9	56	15	39	3	4	.270	.300	.388

With Twins: 1998 - 2003

Center Field	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010 - Carlos Gomez	97	291	38	72	11	3	5	24	17	72	18	3	.247	.298	.357

With Twins: 2008 - 2009

That's the weakest lineup of ex-Twins as we've had. Ever. Baseball Musing's lineup tool insists the best lineup would be Hunter-McDonald-Bartlett-Ortiz-Blake-Jones-Pierzynski-Gomez-Castillo, but the lineup I've chosen scores just 4.494 runs per game...or a rather paltry 728 runs per season. Not a good offense.

It doesn't get any better when you turn to the bench. There weren't any good options, but our backup catcher is a sentimental choice: Mike Redmond. For the second year in a row we're without an outfielder, but we do have Randy Ruiz. He might be able to bumble around in a corner. Cristian Guzman, Orlando Cabrera and Adam Everett round out the five-man bench.

Check out the rest of the team after the jump.

Rotation

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Matt Garza	15-10	33	32	3	1	1	0	204.2	193	94	89	28	63	150	3.91	1.25

With Twins: 2006 - 2007

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Johan Santana	11-9	29	29	4	2	0	0	199.0	179	67	66	16	55	144	2.98	1.18

With Twins: 2000 - 2007

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - R.A. Dickey	11-9	27	26	2	1	0	0	174.1	165	62	55	13	42	104	2.84	1.19

With Twins: 2009

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Livan Hernandez	10-12	35	33	2	1	0	0	211.2	216	93	86	16	64	114	3.66	1.32

With Twins: 2008

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Carlos Silva	10-6	21	21	0	0	0	0	113.0	120	55	53	11	24	80	4.22	1.27

With Twins: 2004 - 2007

Honestly...who thought these guys would perform as well as they did? At least those last three. A real life rotation such as this one would be good enough to have most fans running in terror and ripping their eyes and ears off so they wouldn't have to endure the pain. But sometimes real life is funny, and advanced metrics be damned Dickey, Hernandez and Silva had good years.

Bullpen

Closer	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Grant Balfour	2-1	57	0	0	0	0	1	55.1	43	16	14	3	17	56	2.28	1.08

With Twins: 2001 - 2004

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Craig Breslow	4-4	75	0	0	0	5	2	74.2	53	26	25	9	29	71	3.01	1.10

With Twins: 2008 - 2009

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Joe Beimel	1-2	71	0	0	0	0	1	45.0	46	18	17	5	15	21	3.40	1.36

With Twins: 2004

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Dennys Reyes	3-1	59	0	0	0	1	3	38.0	34	15	15	2	21	25	3.55	1.45

With Twins: 2006 - 2008

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - J.C. Romero	1-0	60	0	0	0	3	3	36.2	30	17	15	3	29	28	3.68	1.61

With Twins: 1999 - 2005

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Kyle Lohse	4-8	21	18	0	0	0	0	92.0	129	75	67	9	35	54	6.55	1.78

With Twins: 2001 - 2006

Generally, the numbers aren't too terrible. Romero walks too many guys and Lohse wasn't really that good, but this season's 'pen is definitely better than last year's. Of course, four of the six guys are lefties, but given the choice between them, LaTroy Hawkins, Boof Bonser, Phil Humber or Juan Rincon I'm going with the left-heavy artillary.

Okay, I'd probably take Boof, but he barely pitched this year.

Speaking of Hawkins, he had made the three previous All Ex-Twins teams. As he's missed out for the first (last?) time, the only guys who have made the roster all four seasons are Ortiz, Pierzynski, Blake, Beimel and Romero.

Poll

How would this team fare if dropped into a Major League Baseball season?

They'd have a chance at finishing a couple games over .500.

90 votes

They wouldn't be terrible, but they'd lose more games than they'd win.

165 votes

They'd be pretty terrible.

117 votes

372 votes | Poll has closed

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Comments

Well

I’d hit Bartlett second instead of Castillo, but it’ small beans.

If we assume all those players duplicated their 2010 years for our fictitious season, then that team isn’t really so awful at all. The offense is not good, but the defense has some solid players and the pitching would be very nice actually.

Of course, if we don’t assume they match their exact numbers, the bottom three guys in the rotation probably are a ton worse and the team goes from decent to bad very quickly.

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane

by AdamOnFirst on Nov 5, 2010 12:38 AM EDT reply actions

I think that's the idea.

The talent on the offensive side maybe out-performs the numbers they put up, but the talent on the pitching side doesn’t match up to what turns out to be some pretty decent numbers.

I’d be scared to hit the summer with this team.

by Jesse on Nov 5, 2010 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions