Team of the 2010's

[PadsFS]

I have always done a team of the 2010’s at the end of the year, adding in anyone that would have displaced the Cardinal that had the best season.

This year only Tommy Pham had a good enough season to displace someone. I can’t decide who to go with though. I had Colby Rasmus in CF from his 2010 season, Beltran in RF from 2012 or Heyward in RF from 2015.

Holliday’s 2010 season was big too so you can’t take him out. I have Berkman at DH from 2011.

Right now, it’s
2B – 2013 Carpenter
RF – 2017 Pham
1B – 2010 Pujols
LF – 2010 Holliday
DH – 2011 Berkman
CA – 2012 Molina
3B – 2012 Freese
CF – 2010 Rasmus
SS – 2014 Peralta

With 2012 Beltran and 2015 Heyward maybe in there.

Pitching-wise it’s:
2013 Wainwright
2016 Martinez
2011 Carpenter
2012 Lohse
2013 2015 Lackey

With Lynn’s 2014 really close.

Bullpen has:
2012 Motte
2011 Salas
2015 Siegrist
2014 Neshek
2015 Rosenthal
2016 Oh
2013 Mujica

[Brian Walton]

Interesting, but without including any explanation of how you measure the players in comparison, it is impossible to agree or disagree.

[PadsFS]

Well, WAR is one way. For instance, Carpenter was worth 6+ WAR playing 2B in 2013, far out-producing Wong and Schumaker, our other two 2Bmen.

Rasmus’s 2010 season was really good, a 4-win player that year. Fowler, Jay, and Grichuk haven’t hit that level before and I don’t know if I would include Pham as a CFer.

[Brian Walton]

Minor point, but I think there is a typo on Lackey’s year above. Guessing you meant 2015.

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