All Decade Teams (2000's) Post 69 has official team

[Jeffy25]

SS - Derek Jeter
CF - Carlos Beltran
1B - Albert Pujols
LF - Barry Bonds
3B - Alex Rodriguez
2B - Robinson Cano
C - Mike Piazza (I am honestly baffled that no one has listed him!)
RF - Vladimir Guerrero

Utility - Joe McKewing

Pedro Martinez
Randy Johnson
Roy Halladay
Johan Santana
CC Sabathia

CL - Mariano Rivera

Cano?

There is no way he belongs based on what he did from 05-09

And Piazza didn't play much after 2000 (in terms of actually catching) and his numbers don't compare. He is pretty far below Posada, Mauer, and Pudge. .285/.360/.512 - 931 games, 16.3 rWAR, 3400 innings. Posada doubles all of this

[5+7=DYNASTY!!!]

C: Joe Mauer
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Chase Utely
3B: Alex Rodriguez
SS: Derek Jeter
LF: Barry Bonds
CF: Carlos Beltran
RF: Vlad Guerrero

I think Mauer and Guerrero make more sense for this team than Posada and Ichiro do, but that's just my opinion. I have the same 5 SP but a little different order.


SP:
Randy Johnson
Pedro Martinez
Curt Schilling
Johan Santana
Roy Halladay

CL:
Mariano Rivera

Lineup:
Derek Jeter
Joe Mauer
Albert Pujols
Barry Bonds
Alex Rodriguez
Chase Utley
Vlad Guerrero
Carlos Beltran

[SACNYY]

Wow Jeffy put Ichiro in the lineup

[spliff(TONE)]

I think giving more consideration to elite defenders at the most demanding positions (C, SS, CF) makes a lot of sense. On that tip, Pudge is the most deserving to usurp his respective competition.

[Jeffy25]

Any other suggestions before we move forward on to the 90's?

[mtf]

Any other suggestions before we move forward on to the 90's?

C Jorge Posada
1B Albert Pujols
2B Jeff Kent
3B Alex Rodriguez
SS Derek Jeter
LF Barry Bonds
CF Carlos Beltran
RF Bobby Abreu

UTIL Lance Berkman

SP Randy Johnson
SP Roy Halladay
SP Pedro Martinez
SP Curt Schilling
SP CC Sabathia

RP Mariano Rivera
RP Joe Nathan

[HowFit]

Wow, no love for Maddux? I rather have Ichiro over Vlad. Ichiro's career stats would look completely different if he played his whole career here....

[mtf]

Wow, no love for Maddux?

Maddux best years were from 1988 to 2002. The Maddux love will be in the next thread, about the All Decade Team from 1990-1999.

[HowFit]

Maddux best years were from 1988 to 2002. The Maddux love will be in the next thread, about the All Decade Team from 1990-1999.

My bad. Just read Jeff's rules. Thanks

[HowFit]

With Ichiro, I guess we just actual stats for those years. Again, my bad...

[iam brett favre]

Any other suggestions before we move forward on to the 90's?

So this is over? I was just gonna post mine.

[Twitchy]

It's a shame about the position rules. Leaving Chipper Jones and Lance Berkman off the list is pretty sad given how amazing they were.

[Captain Moroni]

This idea is great, but has its flaws. For intance although Posada was great, Piazza was twice the hitter and hit over 180 HR as a catcher between 2000 and 2009. Not his fault his career exploded from mid 90's to mid 00's.

[Jeffy25]

It's a shame about the position rules. Leaving Chipper Jones and Lance Berkman off the list is pretty sad given how amazing they were.

Yeah, I just don't know how to make it cut and dry so that it's consistent for every decade.

So this is over? I was just gonna post mine.

you got time.

[mtf]

This idea is great, but has its flaws. For intance although Posada was great, Piazza was twice the hitter and hit over 180 HR as a catcher between 2000 and 2009. Not his fault his career exploded from mid 90's to mid 00's.

If it helps, Piazza is pretty much the easy choice for catcher in 1990-1999.