If you had to start a team with two generational players on the same team, who would they be?

[Chuck]

Others to consider: Manny Ramirez & David Ortiz, Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammel, Stan Musial & Enos Slaughter, Paul Molitor and Robin Yount and George Brett & Willie Wilson.

[tdawg87]

This makes me feel sad, for some reason.

[Jason]

Trout would be on all lists no matter what. Ohtani is the MVP up to this point in the season but so far this is his only healthy season so he needs a couple of more to be placed on the best duo list. I wonder if Ohtani's 2021 numbers would be even better if Trout was playing? It's crazy to think he's doing this without much protection in the line up. If Trout and Ohtani are healthy after the ASB we are going to see some really fun baseball. 

[Chuck]

19 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

This makes me feel sad, for some reason.

Get over the W/L and enjoy the game of baseball and you'll be fine. 

The 90's (outside of the latter half of 95) was a fun decade for me. Having a good young nucleus of our own players like Salmon, GA, Glaus, Erstad, Edmonds, Molina, etc. come in and do well was exciting to follow, despite the standings. 

Ted Williams. Tony Gwynn. Ken Griffey Jr. Barry Bonds never got a ring, but boy did they provide entertainment for their fans and for all fans of the game. 

[Lou]

Martinez? 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Trout and Pujols

[ten ocho recon scout]

56 minutes ago, Lou said:

Martinez? 

I love Martinez. And think he was super underrated

But I think Griffey / A Rod is pretty unmatched

Still baffling seattle never won anything. 

[mmc]

Trout and deGrom if we're talking about the 2010s

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, mmc said:

Trout and deGrom if we're talking about the 2010s

I think the question is about which 2 teammates would you take.

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, mmc said:

Trout and deGrom if we're talking about the 2010s

When were they on the same team?

[mmc]

Just now, Lou said:

When were they on the same team?

I misread the title

[Lou]

Just now, mmc said:

I misread the title

Probably would have been better if it had said "from the same team."

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

When were they on the same team?

In 2025 when they're both with the Yankees?

[beatlesrule]

2 minutes ago, mmc said:

I misread the title

For a second there I thought you might have some inside info

[ten ocho recon scout]

It obviously worked out horribly... but Pujols / Hamilton should have been amazing. Then sprinkle in Trout coming out of nowhere.....

[JustATroutFan]

Manny and Ortiz? The duo is disqualified immediately. Yeah, they're the best cheating duo in MLB history. Probably hung out with each other 24/7 and had fun using steroids. I'll say the best duo is Ruth and Gehrig. They were both great at the same time for awhile. It's going to be hard for any duo to top what they did on the diamond. 

[JustATroutFan]

7 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

It obviously worked out horribly... but Pujols / Hamilton should have been amazing. Then sprinkle in Trout coming out of nowhere.....

The triplets of Hamilton, Pujols, and Trout made a lot of headlines shortly after Hamilton signed with the Angels in December 2012. People were expecting the Angels' offense to be the best of the elite offenses for 2013. 

[Angelsjunky]

Brandon Wood and Dallas McPherson.

[Angelsjunky]

Seriously, though, we haven't really seen Trout and Ohtani hot at the same time. That should be fun.

Ruth and Gehrig is the all-time greatest team duo, though. In 1927 they had 25.5 WAR between the two of them (and 107 HR). 

More recently, Griffey and A-Rod was pretty crazy for a few years.

[OhtaniSan]

Ohtani and Trout is a great answer, but yeah it saddens me a lot because there is a lot of truth to "Angels are wasting Trout/Ohtani" and this brings that to light. 

How often do we see two generational talents often regarded as the best or most talented players in the game on the same team? Angels honestly owe it to everyone to get these guys to the playoffs and win multiple world series, it's a fucking travesty it hasn't happened already and straight up embarrassing that in the near 10 years we have had Trout, we haven't won a single playoff game.  

Arte and the front office gotta pull their heads outa their asses and get some pitching. Need to build a team that can actually win or they will go down as the biggest clowns in MLB history 

[Dtwncbad]

Nolan Ryan and Frank Tanana?

[Fish Oil]

It's not entirely implausible to think Ohtani may one day be the GOAT, but right now he doesn't belong on the same list as the other names.
If you're looking at their value relative to peers, you have to go with Ruth and Gehrig, no?

[Chuck]

5 hours ago, Lou said:

Martinez? 

Edgar Martinez & Ken Griffey Jr.

Combined WAR: 122.9 (1989-1999)
Best combined season: 1996 (16.3 WAR)

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, Fish Oil said:

It's not entirely implausible to think Ohtani may one day be the GOAT, but right now he doesn't belong on the same list as the other names.
If you're looking at their value relative to peers, you have to go with Ruth and Gehrig, no?

This isn't based on career, it's on talent and production alone given what they've done for their respective teams in a given season based on WAR. 

[Chuck]

4 hours ago, Lou said:

When were they on the same team?

One thing I love about you @Lou is that you actually read what is posted or linked.