The complete list for AL GG'10:
P Marl Buehrle, White Sox
C Joe Mauer, Twins
1B Mark Teixeira, Yankees
2B Robinson Cano, Yankees
SS Derek Jeter, Yankees
3B Evan Longoria, Rays
OF Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners
OF Carl Crawford, Rays
OF Franklin Gutierrez, Mariners
Really, no surprises. Any thoughts, BoxNation? Who got ripped off? Who got erroneously rewarded, and if you answer that, who SHOULD have won that position? And hey, this is the AL -- no Gold Glove DH?
By Mike Green, Bauxite emeritus
The hallmarks of Roy Halladay’s career have been precision, dedication and durability. 2010 was just another great year for him. It looked superficially like his best year, as he went 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA and 30 walks and 219 strikeouts in 250 innings. It wasn’t really though, as he had moved to the weaker league, and run-scoring was down in both leagues in 2010. The most important addition to his Hall of Fame portfolio was probably the playoff no-hitter, his second of the season.
Roy Halladay was drafted by the Blue Jays out of high school with their first pick, the 17th overall, in 1995.
Kyle Drabek will be featured on the cover of Baseball America's American League East issue in which the top 10 prospects for each team in the division are profiled. To mark the occasion, here are photos of his debut in Toronto September 22nd.
Drabek is greeted by bullpen coach Rick Langford as he gets ready to make his second major league start against Seattle.
Breaking news just now, via Twitter, is that the Jays have declined their options on Kevin Gregg thereby making him a free agent.
Also via Twitter from Ken Rosenthal comes news that the Jays are trying to lure Don Wakamatsu here to be the bench coach. The Orioles are also vying for him.
Also burning up the Twitter-verse is the news that the Jays have acquired Miguel Olivo for a player to be named or cash.
The Main Spark, as he was known in his Big Red Machine days, passed on to the next plane today.
The owner of 2,194 lifetime regular season wins (sixth all time) and those three tiitles (in five Fall Classic appearances, was the first man to pilot teams to titles in both the AL and NL. He was 76.
RIP, Sparky. A part of my childhood goes with you.
Major League Baseball’s best individual blogger, Jamey Newberg (yes, he’s a registered Bauxite), the widely-acknowleged #1 fan of the Texas Rangers, took a day off from his daily Newberg Report e-mail updates this week, a breather after what was an admittedly crushing World Series dominance by the San Francisco Giants. There’s already a lot on the off-season table for the Rangers – who catches if Molina retires? Does Guerrero come back? Can Josh Hamilton stay healthy? And, oh by the way, how far north of $150 million is the new Greenberg/Ryan ownership group willing to go to hang on to ohmigod-we-have-an-ace-for-the-first-time-since-Fergie free agent lefty Cliff Lee?
But – wait on all that for a second. The Texas Rangers played in the World Series???
What follows is Jamey’s final screed on the 2010 season – warning, it’s 2,800 words long of passion-meets-brutal-logic, exactly what you’d expect from a brilliant corporate attorney like Newberg. It covers the Series, Lee and much more. If you want to see other Newberg Report archives or even subscribe to that e-newsletter (I do), information on how to do that is at the bottom of this post
Read on, Macduff. It’s worth your time!
This is meant to be a debate, a beer-driven barroom discussion, a starting point for conversation; it’s an old argument, “who are the greatest players in MLB history?” – but here, it’s divided into three sub-arguments:
· Who are the greatest players ever at each position?
· Who are the greatest players of my (your) lifetime at each position?
· Who are the greatest active players at each position?
Note, “my lifetime” began in 1966, so for instance, I could technically slot Sandy Koufax into the LHSP position, but I am roughly defining that column (see table, next page) as “guys I remember." Define that differently for yourself if you like, but post your parameters so we know what they are.)
Now, onward to the projected lineup cards; although this is a matter of opinion, so you can’t technically tell me I’m “wrong” about any of these selections, please do let me know who you think I missed or overrated, or whatever …