If You Could Pick Five MLB Players to Start Your Team....

[Ray McKigney]

Trout

Kershaw

Goldschmidt

Posey

Puig

[jshep]

Trout

Kershaw

Fernandez

Votto

Mathis

[Troll Daddy]

Miggy

Trout

Fernandez

Kershaw

Yadier

[Sherlock31]

Mike Trout (22 RB)

 

Clayton Kershaw (26 LP)

 

Buster Posey (26 C)

 

Bryce Harper (21 LB)

 

Jose Fernandez (21 RP)

 

I would pick Molina over Posey if he is a little bit younger.

[The God of Runs]

Calhoun

Trout

Pujols

Hamilton

Garrett Rickards

[Diaz15]

I'm shocked at the lack of Joe "The Ace" Blanton on these lists.

[Angel Oracle]

Chris Sabo

Rene Gonzales

Mickey Morandini

Sid Bream

Jay Buhner

LOL

 

I love this 5.

Uncle Miltie Bradley

Jose Guillen

Raul Mondesi

Felix Martinez (KC Royals player that escalated the late 90s brawl against the Halos - What a punk!) 

John Rocker

Edited March 24, 2014 by Angel Oracle

[Make Angels Great Again]

Trout

Posey

Strasburg

Kershaw

Fernandez

[Docwaukee]

The all AW list:

 

Utley

Clement 

Napoli 

Wood

Winn

[ettin]

Mike Trout

Clayton Kershaw

Craig Kimbrel

Miguel Cabrera

Buster Posey

One OF, one IF, one Catcher, one Starting Pitcher, and one Reliever. Gotta work on your core!

Edited March 24, 2014 by ettin

[eaterfan]

Surprised no one has taken Machado even with the injury.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Mike Trout

Clayton Kershaw

Craig Kimbrel

Miguel Cabrera

Buster Posey

One OF, one IF, one Catcher, one Starting Pitcher, and one Reliever. Gotta work on your core!

 

I like that one, though i'd go with Votto over Cabrera.

[Sherlock31]

Surprised no one has taken Machado even with the injury.

 

Not with  his .314 OBS

[fan_since79]

Trout

Cabrera

Kershaw

King Felix

Kenley Jansen

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I like that one, though i'd go with Votto over Cabrera.

 

Why?  Cabrera is only 5 months older so it can't be an issue of age.  I like Votto but Cabrera has been the much better all around threat offensively while Votto's HR's have been on the decline since 2010.  

[laagamer]

Mike Trout 

Clayton Kershaw 

Joey Votto

Craig Kimbrel 

Felix Hernandez 

 

 

Lethal combo. 

 

 

EDIT: I'm amazed how many people don't list Votto. 

Edited March 24, 2014 by laagamer

[tdawg87]

Surprised no one has taken Machado even with the injury.

ahem

[m0nkey]

Harper

Trout

Hosmer

Mauer

Sean Rodriguez

 

Oh whoops.  Wrong forum

[Ordos]

Shouldn't the question be, "Which 4 guys would you team with Mike Trout...?"

[ELEVEN]

Shouldn't the question be, "Which 4 guys would you team with Mike Trout...?"

Trout and the Temptations!

[Make Angels Great Again]

Why?  Cabrera is only 5 months older so it can't be an issue of age.  I like Votto but Cabrera has been the much better all around threat offensively while Votto's HR's have been on the decline since 2010.  

 

 

Votto makes the entire infield better with his gold glove defense at first, and he consistently leads the league in OBP. He is a very intelligent hitter. I also see Votto aging better than Cabrera.

[Hubs]

Trout. The best player in the AL. (He'd play LCF)

Cano. Best 2B in the game. 

McCutchen. The best player in the NL. (He'd play RCF)

Tulowitski. The best infielder in the NL.

Posey. The best catcher in baseball. 

 

Others I'd take to fill out my lineup (assuming I can't have any more marquee names).

 

Billy Hamilton, OF, Reds. With the five guys above I can afford to carry a low average hitter. Especially with his speed.

Freddie Freeman, 1B, Braves.

Matt Carpenter, 3B, Cardinals.

Edwin Encarnacion, DH, Blue Jays.

 

Let's score some runs. Pitching be damned.

[markb]

Shouldn't the question be, "Which 4 guys would you team with Mike Trout...?"

 

"Which 3 guys would you team with Trout and Kershaw?"

 

To me the priority is addressing the highest value positions first.  Trout and Kershaw take care of CF/SP, for the rest:

 

C  Posey (would be Molina if age wasn't an issue)

SS Tulowitzki (really want to pick Simmons, if he could just get that OPS up like 40-50 pts)

#2 SP Fernandez

[ELEVEN]

Kershaw has throw a ton of innings in his young career. I admit that scared me off.

[Inside Pitch]

Mike Trout

Giancarlo Stanton

Clayton Kershaw

Jose Fernandez

Chris Sale