MR. RESENTMENT'S 2012 BEST IN SHOW
ALL MLB TEAMS
2012 1st TEAM - ALL MLB
IF BASEBALL HAD TEAMS THE WAY THE NBA DOES THIS WOULD BE IT
C. BUSTER POSEY. San Francisco Giants. Where would the Giants be without Posey? Probably wouldn't of been in the playoff's let alone win the West and knock out the Central winning Reds. Probable NL MVP and Comeback Player of the Year he is one highly touted collegiate player that actually has panned out.
.336 24 HR 103 RBI .957 OPS WAR 7.2
1B. PRINCE FIELDER. Detroit Tigers. With Votto out much of the season, Prince took over as the games best first baseman from start to finish. Excluding Votto, Prince ended with the highest average amongst 1B and finished tied with Adrian Gonzalez for most RBI. A premiere bat in the game with a great track record Fielder is the man this year.
.313 30 HR 108 RBI .940 OPS. WAR 4.5
2B. ROBINSON CANO. NY Yankees. Maybe the best player in the game according to Yankee fans he is certainly one of the most arrogant. Cano crushed it in the regular season before having possibly the worst postseason ever. A WAR of 8.2 is legit far and away the best 2B this season.
.313 33 HR 94 RBI .929 OPS. WAR 8.2
3B. MIGUEL CABRERA. Detroit Tigers. The scariest guy in baseball for pitchers to face right now is the Triple Crown winning Cabrera. Even with Adrian Beltre having another outstanding season Cabrera is the clear cut choice at 3B since we don't factor defense much into this equation.
.330 44 HR 139 RBI .999 OPS. WAR 6.9
SS. IAN DESMOND. Washington Nationals. A lot of people would of gone with Jeter here but we prefer power bats over opposite field singles. 25 bombs out of the SS position makes for one heck of season. Other SS had great halves of the season but Desmond put it together for the entire year.
.292 25 HR 73 RBI 21 SB .845 OPS. WAR 3.2
OF. RYAN BRAUN. Milwaukee Brewers. Braun ended with a higher OPS than Josh Hamilton and double the WAR. If Posey wasn't a media darling Braun would wrap up his second straight MVP.
.319 41 HR 112 RBI 30 SB .987 OPS. WAR 6.8
OF. MIKE TROUT. LA Angels of Anaheim. Rookie of the Year is in the bag and he will be in a battle for MVP with Miguel. The best all around player in the game this season his WAR puts Trout's season in the top 25 best seasons of ALL TIME people.
.326 30 HR 83 RBI 49 SB .963 OPS. WAR 10.7
OF. JOSH HAMILTON. Texas Rangers. If you are willing to put up with all the crap that comes a long with having Hamilton in your line up there isn't many better. His numbers speak loudly but so does his constant injuries and headgames. A premiere hitter in the game when he allows himself to chew tobacco, he will be the big Free Agent this off season.
.285 43 HR 128 RBI 7 SB .930 OPS. WAR 3.3
DH. ANDREW McCUTCHEN. Pitt Pirates. Second in WAR to only Mike Trout, Cutch put together an outstanding season that would have seen him higher in the MVP voting if his team didn't collapse in the second half. A top 10 player in the game going forward this could be his coming out party.
.327 15 HR 96 RBI 20 SB .953 OPS. WAR 7.0
SP CLAYTON KERSHAW. Los Angeles Dodgers.
227.2 IP 14-9 2.53 ERA 229 K's 1.02 WHIP WAR 6.3
SP JUSTIN VERLANDER. Detroit Tigers.
238.1 IP 17-8 2.64 ERA 239 K's 1.06 WHIP WAR 7.5
SP R.A. DICKEY. NY Mets.
233.2 IP 20-6 2.73 ERA 230 K's 1.05 WHIP WAR 5.4
RP FERNANDO RODNEY. Tampa Bay Rays.
74.2 IP 2-2 0.60 ERA 48 Saves 0.78 WHIP .167 BA
I didn't make either team are you serious? The Perfect Game wasn't good enough for you?
C. YADIER MOLINA. St. Louis Cardinals. Best all around catcher in the game in my opinion his numbers actually make a strong case that I am right. It doesn't hurt he just caught a World Series winning staff last season and again making a deep run. He keeps getting stronger as an offensive player.
.315 22 HR 76 RBI 12 SB .874 OPS WAR 6.7
1B. ALBERT PUJOLS. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. A tale of two seasons for Albert. He would of loved to erase the first half of the season. He came on strong and shrugged off the hate and battled all the way back to have what would be a career year for many good hitters around baseball.
.285 30 HR 105 RBI .859 OPS. WAR 4.6
2B. AARON HILL. Arizona Diamondbacks. Probably our most controversial pick but if you breakdown 2B then you will see Hill ended with better numbers than Pedroia and Phillips. Not the popular choice on the national level but for this season its the right one.
.302 26 HR 85 RBI 14 SB .882 OPS. WAR 4.6
3B. ADRIAN BELTRE. Texas Rangers. A first team caliber player lands on our 2nd team due to some guy named Cabrera. The best all around 3B in the game. Still can't believe Angels owner Moreno lost out on Beltre because he didn't want to pay him the extra year. Good call.
.325 36 HR 102 RBI .921 OPS. WAR 6.6
SS. DEREK JETER. New York Yankees. Jeter magically found the fountain of youth this season. Over 200 hits again this season. I wonder if he gave out more gift baskets then RBI's this season 58 seems like a good wager line.
.316 216 Hits 15 HR 20 SB 58 RBI .791 OPS. WAR 2.1
OF. CARLOS GONZALEZ. Colorado Rockies. He missed some time which resulted in missed AB's but he still put up impressive numbers. His .881 OPS does it for me.
.303 22 HR 85 RBI .881 OPS. WAR 1.3
OF. MATT HOLLIDAY. St. Louis Cardinals. Holliday is just about as steady as they come. Great hitter, again with over 100 runs batted in as he leads the Cardinals deep in the playoffs again this season- this time without Albert.
.295 27 HR 102 RBI .877 OPS. WAR 3.8
OF. ADAM JONES. Baltimore Orioles. Talks of MVP in the first half he faded a little down the stretch but still led the O's into their first playoff appearance in blah blah.
.287 32 HR 82 RBI 16 SB .839 OPS. WAR 3.4
DH. EDWIN ENCARNACION. Toronto Blue Jays. Controversial pick here but the guy played out of his ass all season long. With a higher slugging percentage than McCutchen and Fielder, Encarnacion season was definately a head scratcher. 24 doubles along with 42 bombs what can we do other then to but him on the team?
.280 42 HR 110 RBI .941 OPS. WAR 4.5
SP DAVID PRICE. Tampa Bay Rays.
211 IP 20-5 2.56 ERA 205 K's 1.10 WHIP WAR 6.4
SP JOHNNY CUETO. Cincinnati Reds.
217 IP 19-9 2.78 ERA 170 K's 1.17 WHIP WAR 5.8
SP FELIX HERNANDEZ. Seattle Mariners.
232 IP 13-9 3.06 ERA 223 K's 1.14 WHIP WAR 3.06
RP. CRAIG KIMBREL. Atlanta Braves.
62.2 IP 3-1 1.01 ERA 42 Saves 0.65 WHIP .126 BA
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