Your dream 25 man roster.

[Roast]

Okay, I know I have done your fantasy lineup before. I dont think I have done a full 25 man though. I did a quick search and I didnt find a thread with that. So, if somebody finds one, lock this i guess.

 

ANyways, If you could chose from ANYBODY in baseball, what would you make your 25 man roster look like?

 

Pitching

Carlos Zambrano

Mark Prior

Johan Santana

Kerry Wood

Jake Peavy

Kyle Farnsworth

Billy Wagner

Mariano Rivera

Guillermo Mota

K-Rod

Joe Nathan

 

Catchers

Joe Maur

Jorge Posada

 

Infielders

Derrek Lee

Robinson Cano

Alex Rodriguez

Aramis Ramirez

Chone Figgins

Miguel Tejada

 

Outfielders

Albert Pujols

Ichiro Suzuki

Bobby Abreu

Manny Ramirez

Adam Dunn

Miguel Cabrera

 

My Rotation would be:

Prior

Santana

Zambrano

Peavy

Wood

 

Setup Man:

K-Rod

 

Closer:

Nathan

 

Starting Lineup:

 

1. Ichiro, CF

2. Abreu, RF

3. Lee, 1B

4. Pujols, LF

5. Arod, SS

6. Aram, 3B

7. Maur, C

8. Cano, 2B

9. PITCHER

 

Honorary Manager: Sammy Sosa :D :D :D :D

[TruffleShuffle]

Robinson Cano?!?!?!?

[David]

Robinson Cano?!?!?!?

 

*This* self-annointed expert is wondering the same thing.. :shock: :-k

[wekse]

maybe he wanted to save a bit of money at the 2B position?

[chicubs310]

Kerry Wood??

 

How about Roger Clemens or D-Train instead

 

 

and then instead of Ichiro, i'd go Andru Jones

[Roast]

I like Cano.

 

Also, I tried to avoid age (Clemens). And I like wood.

 

Notice, thats MY dream lineup.

 

Nobody has posted theirs yet.

[Omar]

A-Rod and A-ram on the same team? Both are starters, but I'd have Ramirez..

[Clogged Basepaths]

Rotation:

Prior

Zambrano

Santana

DWillis

Harden - would also consider Garland just for the 'should still be a Cub' factor

 

Closer:

K-Rod

 

Pen:

H. Street

M. Gonzalez

J. Crain

C. Cordero

BJ Ryan

Dempster (12th pitcher assuming it's the Cubs...guh)

 

Infield:

D.Lee

M. Tex

R. Weeks

C. Figgins

R. Furcal - crap year, still like him, for no valid reason (insert Freel instead)

D. Wright

Mauer/VMart - doesn't matter

H. Blanco - someone has to make outs...

 

Outfield:

C. Crawford

M. Cabrera

Abreu

Dunn

Berkman

 

Threw that together fairly quick, not sure how much would be the same if I looked at it longer.

[burnt out cubbie fan]

I'm doing mine based on winning now and in the future.

Rotation:

Santana

Prior

Peavy

Zambrano

Halladay

 

Pen:

K-Rod

C. Cordero

F. Cordero

BJ Ryan

Lidge

Oliver Perez :D

 

Catchers:

Varitek

Mauer

 

Infielders:

Lee

Texiera

Roberts

Utley

ARod

Izturis

Tejada

 

Outfielders:

Vlad

Abreu

Cabrera

Pujols

A. Jones

 

Lineup:

Roberts - 2B

Tejada - SS

ARod - 3B

Lee - 1B

Pujols - LF

Vlad - RF

Jones - CF

Varitek - C

Pitcher

[Jazz]

C Mauer

1B Lee

2B Roberts

SS A. Rodriguez

3B Ramirez

LF Pujols

CF Abreu

RF Cabrera

 

1. Prior

2. Zambrano

3. Santana

4. Oswalt

5. Willis

 

LRP L. Hernandez

MRP F. Cordero

MRP C. Cordero

SU Ryan

SU F. Rodriguez

CL Rivera

 

Bench

C Varitek

IF Tejada

IF Utley

OF Guerrero

OF Jones

Util Macias....hahah, no...Figgins

 

Lineup

 

2B Roberts

CF Abreu

1B Lee

LF Pujols

SS Rodgriguez

RF Cabrera

3B Ramirez

C Mauer

Pitcher

[treebird]

im too lazy to do this, but if we can have anyone we want, my bullpen is going to be all starters with maybe a couple exceptions, so that when my normal starters get hurt, i have backups

[illiniguy]

C-Rick Wilkins

1B-Eric Perry

2B-Ty Griffin

SS-Luis Montanez

3B-Kevin Orie or Gary Scott the one starts the other off of the bench

OF-Earl Cunningham

Tuffy Rhoads

Derrek May

P-Lance Dickson

Micha Bowie

Jeff Pico

Mike Harkey

Jamie Navarro

 

C-Rick Wrona

2B-Chad Meyers

OF-Kevin Roberson-some power off of the bench

Ced Landrum-gotta be able to steal a base

Doug Dascenzo-can also pitch in a pinch

SS-Alex Arias

 

BP-Jim Bullinger-could even pinch hit with him

Scott Downs

Les Lancaster

Calvin Homerun Ball Schiraldi- he was better than Clemens in college

CL-Mitch Williams

 

With this team I am pretty sure I could manage them to a 45-50 win season then we can get the top pick in the draft the next year and take a high school pitcher who throws really hard. :lol: God the late 80's early 90's must have been hell, thankfully I wasn't old enough to remember a lot of it.

[TruffleShuffle]

C-Rick Wilkins

1B-Eric Perry

2B-Ty Griffin

SS-Luis Montanez

3B-Kevin Orie or Gary Scott the one starts the other off of the bench

OF-Earl Cunningham

Tuffy Rhoads

Derrek May

P-Lance Dickson

Micha Bowie

Jeff Pico

Mike Harkey

Jamie Navarro

 

C-Rick Wrona

2B-Chad Meyers

OF-Kevin Roberson-some power off of the bench

Ced Landrum-gotta be able to steal a base

Doug Dascenzo-can also pitch in a pinch

SS-Alex Arias

 

BP-Jim Bullinger-could even pinch hit with him

Scott Downs

Les Lancaster

Calvin Homerun Ball Schiraldi- he was better than Clemens in college

CL-Mitch Williams

 

With this team I am pretty sure I could manage them to a 45-50 win season then we can get the top pick in the draft the next year and take a high school pitcher who throws really hard. :lol: God the late 80's early 90's must have been hell, thankfully I wasn't old enough to remember a lot of it.

 

 

^^^ POST OF THE WEEK ^^^

[neely crenshaw]

pitchers

1.prior

2.santana

3.halladay

4.buerhle

5.carpenter

lots of contrasting styles

 

closers

rh krod

lh wagner

rh rivera

set up

lidge

guardado

 

smoltz-anything

 

c-pudge

c-molina(from laa for defense)

1b-dlee

 

2b-giles

 

ss-arod

 

3b-chipper jones

 

lf-man ram

 

cf-andruw jones

 

rf-ichiro

4th OF- abreu

 

ut-pujols

bench

chone figgins- can play any postiton and lead off

derek jeter

ralfy palmeiro- not bad having a guy with 3,000 hits and almost 600 hr bombs to pinch hit

[Roast]

A-Rod and A-ram on the same team? Both are starters, but I'd have Ramirez..

 

WHy not?

 

Arod is a SS. New york are the retards that moved him to third.

[Stu]

C-Rick Wilkins

1B-Eric Perry

2B-Ty Griffin

SS-Luis Montanez

3B-Kevin Orie or Gary Scott the one starts the other off of the bench

OF-Earl Cunningham

Tuffy Rhoads

Derrek May

P-Lance Dickson

Micha Bowie

Jeff Pico

Mike Harkey

Jamie Navarro

 

C-Rick Wrona

2B-Chad Meyers

OF-Kevin Roberson-some power off of the bench

Ced Landrum-gotta be able to steal a base

Doug Dascenzo-can also pitch in a pinch

SS-Alex Arias

 

BP-Jim Bullinger-could even pinch hit with him

Scott Downs

Les Lancaster

Calvin Homerun Ball Schiraldi- he was better than Clemens in college

CL-Mitch Williams

 

With this team I am pretty sure I could manage them to a 45-50 win season then we can get the top pick in the draft the next year and take a high school pitcher who throws really hard. :lol: God the late 80's early 90's must have been hell, thankfully I wasn't old enough to remember a lot of it.

 

 

Well I was around for a lot of it, and let me tell you, your post brings back some bad memories.

 

1B-Eric Perry -- don't remember him,

2B-Ty Griffin -- a stud -- against Cuba in the Olympic games.

SS-Luis Montanez -- and the waiting, is the hardest part.

3B-Kevin Orie or Gary Scott the one starts the other off of the bench -- hmm, I remember being excited about Gary Scott, for about 5 games.

F-Earl Cunningham -- Ate his way out of Pro ball.

Tuffy Rhoads -- 3 hrs on opening day and then dissapears

Derrek May -- had the name of a star but never did a thing

P-Lance Dickson -- Mr. Fragile.

Micha Bowie -- We got jobbed by the Braves

Jeff Pico - Dont remember enough about him.

Mike Harkey -- Bob Gibson lite

Jamie Navarro -- Mr. Have a great year, come to the Cubs and suck.

[MPrior]

Well, I took a long time putting mine together only to have the whole thing erased when I tried to submit it. So rather than trying to redo the whole thing, here's my rotation and my lineup:

 

Prior

Peavy

Zambrano

Santana

Halladay

 

Lineup:

 

1. CF Abreu 296/422/501

2. 2B Roberts 341/413/576

3. 1B Lee 370/442/735

4. RF Pujols 338/425/613

5. SS Arod 320/418/596

6. 3B ARam 314/367/605

7. LF Manny 278/376/584

8. C Varitek 303/375/525

9. Pitcher

[Holy Cow]

Rotation:

 

Santana

Prior

Zambrano

Peavy

Harden

 

Line-up

 

1. Brian Roberts 2B

2. Abreu - CF

3. Lee - 1B

4. Dunn - LF

5. Vlad - RF

6. A-Rod - SS

7. Aramis 3B

8. Mauer C

 

Bench

 

Manny

Cabrera

Tejada

Pujols

Ichiro

Texiera

Victor Martinez

 

Pen (in reserse order of importance)

 

KRod

Wagner

Smoltz (Also 6th Starter)

Nathan

Cordero

Lidge

[CubFanPhilly]

C J. Varitek

1B D. Lee

2B C. Utley

SS A. Rodriguez

3B A. Ramirez

LF M. Cabrera

CF A. Jones

RF B. Abreu

 

1. J. Santana

2. M. Prior

3. C. Zambrano

4. R. Halladay

5. R. Clemens

 

LRP B. Sheets

MRP E. Guardado

MRP A. Sisco :(

SU C. Cordero

SU B. Wagner

CL M. Rivera

 

Bench

C J. Mauer

1B/OF Pujols

IF M. Tejada

IF B. Roberts

OF V. Guerrero

OF A. Dunn

[Fred Hornkohl]

How many games could you win with this roster ?

 

07/12           team   AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  TB  RBI BB   K  SB     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
M. Alou         S.F.  256  43  81  11   0  12 128  41  40  25   2  0.316  0.409  0.500  0.909
K. Lofton       Phil  175  29  60   5   3   1  74  15  18  24  10  0.343  0.407  0.423  0.830
L. Gonzalez     Ariz  325  53  92  19   0  12 147  51  45  52   2  0.283  0.376  0.452  0.828
R. White        Detr  287  37  88  16   3   9 137  42  11  37   1  0.307  0.334  0.477  0.812
R. Palmeiro     Balt  283  38  76  10   0  15 131  50  31  31   2  0.269  0.337  0.463  0.800
B. Mueller      Bost  256  38  73  15   2   4 104  35  39  41   0  0.285  0.389  0.406  0.796
M. Stairs       K.C.  214  32  54  10   1   8  90  27  37  39   1  0.252  0.369  0.421  0.789
H. Choi         L.A.  216  26  51   7   1  13  99  32  22  51   1  0.236  0.318  0.458  0.777
D. Jackson      S.D.  161  28  47   6   0   4  65  15  16  22  11  0.292  0.365  0.404  0.768
D. Miller       Milw  204  26  54  14   0   4  80  20  19  45   0  0.265  0.336  0.392  0.728
E. Hinske       Toro  276  51  66  19   1   7 108  38  31  79   6  0.239  0.321  0.391  0.712
M. Grudzielanek St.L  313  39  87  16   2   4 119  29  16  40   6  0.278  0.324  0.380  0.705
A. Gonzalez     Tamp  149  20  39   6   0   4  57  17  13  36   2  0.262  0.321  0.383  0.704
T. Pratt        Phil   89   9  21   2   0   4  35  17   9  25   0  0.236  0.306  0.393  0.699

 

 

07/12           team     G  GS   W   L   S   H    IP   H  ER  HR  BB  SO   ERA
K. Farnsworth   Detr    40   0   1   1   1  15  37.0  27   8   1  15  46  1.95
J. Tavarez      St.L    41   0   1   1   3  20  39.1  36  10   4   8  35  2.29
D. Willis       Flor    18  18  13   4   0   0 128.0 120  34   4  26  95  2.39
K. Mercker      Cinc    46   0   2   1   2  10  37.2  39  11   3  12  24  2.63
A. Sisco        K.C.    37   0   1   2   0   9  43.0  33  13   3  26  45  2.72
T. Gordon       NYY     41   0   2   3   0  15  42.0  28  13   3  19  44  2.79
M. Batista      Toro    37   0   4   2  15   0  39.1  37  13   3  10  25  2.97
J. Garland      CWS     17  17  13   4   0   0 120.0 109  45  11  21  56  3.38
M. Clement      Bost    18  18  10   2   0   0 117.0 113  50   9  35  97  3.85
K. Lohse        Minn    16  15   7   7   0   0  91.2 109  45  10  20  47  4.42
J. Moyer        Seat    18  18   8   3   0   0 104.2 120  54  10  34  56  4.64

[illiniguy]

C-Rick Wilkins

1B-Eric Perry

2B-Ty Griffin

SS-Luis Montanez

3B-Kevin Orie or Gary Scott the one starts the other off of the bench

OF-Earl Cunningham

Tuffy Rhoads

Derrek May

P-Lance Dickson

Micha Bowie

Jeff Pico

Mike Harkey

Jamie Navarro

 

C-Rick Wrona

2B-Chad Meyers

OF-Kevin Roberson-some power off of the bench

Ced Landrum-gotta be able to steal a base

Doug Dascenzo-can also pitch in a pinch

SS-Alex Arias

 

BP-Jim Bullinger-could even pinch hit with him

Scott Downs

Les Lancaster

Calvin Homerun Ball Schiraldi- he was better than Clemens in college

CL-Mitch Williams

 

With this team I am pretty sure I could manage them to a 45-50 win season then we can get the top pick in the draft the next year and take a high school pitcher who throws really hard. :lol: God the late 80's early 90's must have been hell, thankfully I wasn't old enough to remember a lot of it.

 

 

Well I was around for a lot of it, and let me tell you, your post brings back some bad memories.

 

1B-Eric Perry -- don't remember him,

2B-Ty Griffin -- a stud -- against Cuba in the Olympic games.

SS-Luis Montanez -- and the waiting, is the hardest part.

3B-Kevin Orie or Gary Scott the one starts the other off of the bench -- hmm, I remember being excited about Gary Scott, for about 5 games.

F-Earl Cunningham -- Ate his way out of Pro ball.

Tuffy Rhoads -- 3 hrs on opening day and then dissapears

Derrek May -- had the name of a star but never did a thing

P-Lance Dickson -- Mr. Fragile.

Micha Bowie -- We got jobbed by the Braves

Jeff Pico - Dont remember enough about him.

Mike Harkey -- Bob Gibson lite

Jamie Navarro -- Mr. Have a great year, come to the Cubs and suck.

Eric Perry played for the peoria chiefs, he was never a huge prospect. Just some guy who played basketball at Landmark with my dad. As a result I met him a couple of times and even got his autograph. He was released in the middle of the year one year when he was hitting over .300. It was very strange. Although he was like 27 in low A still.

[Splendid_Splinter]

I'm a little late to this, but here is my team anyways. I chose to use a budget of $75 million so I couldn't just cram All-Stars on my team, but I still made a team that even Dusty could win 90+ with.

 

Catcher

Brian Schneider-$2,000,000

Joe Mauer-$325,000

 

Infield

Derrek Lee-$7,666,667

Marcus Giles-$2,350,000

Bobby Crosby-$350,000

Ararmis Ramirez-$8,250,000

Michael Young-$2,575,000

Travis Hafner-$377,400

Olmedo Saenz-$650,000

 

Outfield

Brian Giles-$8,063,003

Brad Wilkerson-$3,050,000

Bobby Abreu-$13,100,000

David Dellucci-$850,000

Adam Dunn-$4,600,000

 

Starters

Mark Prior-$3,550,000

Carlos Zambrano-$3,760,000

Johan Santana-$4,750,000

Rich Harden-$750,000

Jake Peavy-$750,000

 

Bullpen

Dontrelle Willis-$378,500

Chris Hammond-$750,000

BJ Ryan-$2,600,000

Brad Lidge-$500,000

Francisco Rodriguez-$440,000

Chad Cordero-$346,500

 

Lineup

1.Brad Wilkerson

2.Marcus Giles

3.Bobby Abreu

4.Derrek Lee

5.Brian Giles

6.Aramis Ramirez

7.Bobby Crosby

8.Brian Scheider

9.Pitcher

 

Total team salary ended up to be $72,782,070.

[Splendid_Splinter]

Double Post Edited July 25, 2005 by Splendid_Splinter

[AramisRamirez]

batting order:

 

OF Scott Posednik

OF Bobby Abreu

SS Miguel Tejada

3B Arodriguez

OF Manny Ramirez

1B Derrek Lee

2B Brian Roberts

C Joe Mauer

 

 

Bench players: Derrick Jeter, Chone Figgins, Carl Crawford, and Aramis Ramirez.

 

first of all, nobody could ever stop that lineup. Posednik has 50 SB's already, he's headed for Vince Coleman territory. Abreu last year was a 40/30 guy and he's definitely going to be 30/30 this year -plus he's an on-base machine. Tejada in the 3-hole with Posednik and Abreu in front of him would have 165 RBI's. Arod hitting cleanup would just be icing on the cake because if Tejada for some reason doesnt clear the bases.....Arod would. He'd have pretty much get an RBI every game, like Tejada. And Manny Ramirez hitting 5th would be beyond devastating. Then you follow him up with .370 hitting D-Lee and his ridiculous OBP/SLUG%. by the time he would make it to the plate, the bases would already by clear.

 

 

As for the rotation, here's how i'd go.

 

SP1 Pedro Martinez

SP2 Mark Buerhle

SP3 Johan Santana

SP4 Mark Prior

SP5 Carlos Zambrano

 

RP Brad Lidge

RP Dustin Hermanson

RP Damaso Marte

RP Trevor Hoffman

RP Joe Nathan