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All Ex-Twins Team, 2010

By Jesse Lund

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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.

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