Small-Time All-Time Team

[Edgy MD]

Dubiously saluting the Mets with the best careers at each position, with no regard whatsoever to their Mets performance, except that they all failed to achieve All-Time Mets status. That's the only disqualifier.

c: Yogi Berra
1b: Carlos Delgado
2b: Roberto Alomar
ss: Toughy --- Tony Fernandez, Gary Templeton, Roy McMillan, and Jim Fregosi all have cases.
3b: Ken Boyer?
lf: George Foster (sorry, Jason Bay)
cf: Willie F. Mays
rf: Um... Rusty Staub?

rhsp: Warren Spahn or Pedro Martinez
lhsp: Johan Santana or Frank Viola or Mickey Lolich?
lhrp: Billy Wagner
rhrp: Mike Marshall or Armando Benitez or Jeff Reardon?

Manager: Casey Stengel
GM: George Weiss or Bing Devine or Sandy Alderson

[metirish]

Rickey Henderson in LF?

[Chad ochoseis]

1b: Carlos Delgado

Eddie Murray?

rf: Um... Rusty Staub?

Shawn Green, perhaps. Without thinking about it too much, I'd call it a tossup.

[ashie62]

Dubiously saluting the Mets with the best careers at each position, with no regard whatsoever to their Mets performance, except that they all failed to achieve All-Time Mets status. That's the only disqualifier. c: Yogi Berra 1b: Carlos Delgado 2b: Roberto Alomar ss: Toughy --- Tony Fernandez, Gary Templeton, Roy McMillan, and Jim Fregosi all have cases. 3b: Ken Boyer? lf: George Foster (sorry, Jason Bay) cf: Willie F. Mays rf: Um... Rusty Staub? rhsp: Warren Spahn or Pedro Martinez lhsp: Johan Santana or Frank Viola or Mickey Lolich? lhrp: Billy Wagner rhrp: Mike Marshall or Armando Benitez or Jeff Reardon? Manager: Casey Stengel GM: George Weiss or Bing Devine or Sandy Alderson

I guess I dont understand. Are Seaver, Koosman, Franco and Cashen disqualified?

[Edgy MD]

metirish wrote: Rickey Henderson in LF?

[Edgy MD]

Ashie62 wrote: I guess I dont understand. Are Seaver, Koosman, Franco and Cashen disqualified?

Indeed, yes.

Good call on Murray. Don't agree on Green, however.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Spahn threw lefty. (Greetings from your home town).

[batmagadanleadoff]

Dook?

[Ceetar]

Could probably make a case for Sheffield right?

[Edgy MD]

Could and should. Good call.

[Edgy MD]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Spahn threw lefty. (Greetings from your home town).

Don't know how I scrod that one up.

[Edgy MD]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Dook?

Snider? Over Willie? Tough case to make.

Let's vote on some of this shit.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

I'd like to add Robin Ventura into the 3B discussion. His career numbers are very close to Boyer's, right down to the number of Gold Gloves.

[Ceetar]

Orel Hershizer? (yeah, I can't spell)

[metirish]

Edgy DC wrote: metirish wrote: Rickey Henderson in LF?

Why?

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Baseball Reference sez the most similar player to Ken Boyer, career-wise is Bobby Bonilla. Bonilla started 198 games at 3B as a Met. Just saying.

[Edgy MD]

metirish wrote: metirish wrote: Rickey Henderson in LF? Why?

Because Ricky is such an obviously strong answer that my brain exploding in fury for wasting thought on the likes of lesser men.

[HahnSolo]

Larry Bowa at shortstop?

[duan]

does Jeff Kent get 2b thoughts?

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Tom F. Glavine as LHSP and Nolan Ryan as RHSP

[Edgy MD]

Excellent thoughts.

Jeff Kent over Alomar? We'll let the voters decide.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

I suppose Joe Torre has to get mentioned at 3B as well.

[Edgy MD]

I can throw him into the vote certainly, but I'd guess that the plurality of his career value was earned at catcher.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

And a lot of time at 1B as well for ol' Crater Face. Good point.

Frankie Rodriguez for RHRP?

[metsmarathon]

in '63, duke snider played 63 games in right, to 35 in left and 11 in center. i think that qualifies him for right field duty.

[Lefty Specialist]

Mel Rojas for RP? Over 100 saves for the Expos before he wet the bed with the Mets.

Edited June 18, 2012 by Guest

[DocTee]

Nolan Ryan, RHP.

[Chad ochoseis]

ss: Toughy --- Tony Fernandez, Gary Templeton, Roy McMillan, and Jim Fregosi all have cases.

Going over to BBref and looking at the stats, it looks like Fregosi hands down. On the other hand, I remember only Fregosi's Met years, so I reflexively think "suck" when I hear Jim Fregosi's name.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Is there an easy way to make a list of Hall of Famers who have played at least one game for the Mets? That may be a good start for me.

[MFS62]

metsmarathon wrote: in '63, duke snider played 63 games in right, to 35 in left and 11 in center. i think that qualifies him for right field duty.

Then that makes my outfield simple - Ricky, Willie and the Duke.
My 1B - Murray, because he pissed off so many apponents and sportswriters, but never a teammate.
ss- McMillan - because in his prime he was poetry in motion at short when it was still a defensive position.
2B - Kent - not exactly poetry in motion, but he could really hit. His best hit was on Barry Bonds, which puts him on my list.
3B - Boyer
C - Berra
SP- righty - Ryan
lefty - Spannie.

Later