MLB favorites thread

[Biggems]

List your 5 favorite players from your favorite team.

Houston Astros
1. Jeff Bagwell
2. Craig Biggio
3. Nolan Ryan
4. Ken Caminiti
5. Jose Altuve

List your 5 favorite players not from your favorite team.

George Brett
Mike Schmidt
Joe Carter
Derek Jeter
Fernando Valenzuela

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

Orioles
Jim Palmer
Brooks Robinson
Cal Ripken Jr
Eddie Murray
Chris Davis


Jack Clark
Fred Lynn
Jose Canseco
Mark McGwire
Justin Verlander

 

[Kevinicus]

Royals

Current:
Lorenzo Cain
Mike Moustakas
Ben Zobrist
Eric Hosmer
Wade Davis

All time:
Kevin Seitzer
George Brett
Bo Jackson
Mike Sweeney
Lorenzo Cain

Wade Boggs
Don Mattingly
Ken Griffey Jr.
Tony Gwynn
Pedro Martinez

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Derek Jeter
Big Papi
Mariano Rivera
Reggie Jackson
Willie Randolph
David Justice
Daryl Strawberry

 

[Tabascocat]

Mets

Strawberry
Piazza
Dykstra
Hernandez
Gooden/Carter - tie

All-time

Griffey Jr
John Olerude(just loved his swing)
G. Brett
Randy Johnson
Johnny Bench

 

[Keifer]

Royals

George Brett
Frank White
Willie Wilson
Eric Hosmer
Salvador Perez

All Time

Gary Carter
Tony Pena
Nolan Arenado
Pudge Rodriquez
Pete Rose (loved how he played the game)

 

[FloridaRob]

Mets-Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Mike Piazza, Dwight Gooden, and Keith Hernadez

Otheruns, Juaquin Andujar, Mark Fydrich, Johnny Bench, Pedro Martinez, JR Richard.

 

[YosemiteSam]

These are in no particular order.

Texas Rangers Current:

• Yu Darvish
• Derek Holland
• Adrian Beltre
  
• Rougned Odor
  
• Mitch Moreland

Texas Rangers All-Time:

• Buddy Bell
• Michael Young
• Ian Kinsler
• Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez
• Rafael Palmeiro

Non-Texas Rangers All-Time

• Ozzie Smith
  
• Cal Ripken Jr.
  
• Robin Yount
  
• Mariano Rivera
  
• Barry Bonds (hate the guy, but man what a baseball player he was)

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

These are in no particular order.

Texas Rangers Current:

• Yu Darvish
• Derek Holland
• Adrian Beltre
  
• Rougned Odor
  
• Mitch Moreland

Texas Rangers All-Time:

• Buddy Bell
• Michael Young
• Ian Kinsler
• Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez
• Rafael Palmeiro

Non-Texas Rangers All-Time

• Ozzie Smith
  
• Cal Ripken Jr.
  
• Robin Yount
  
• Mariano Rivera
  
• Barry Bonds (hate the guy, but man what a baseball player he was)

No Juan Gonzalez?

 

[YosemiteSam]

No Juan Gonzalez?

Why? The Rangers have a lot of better choices than Juan. I generally like good people. The only person on my list that wasn't a good person was Barry Bonds, but he is probably one of the best players to ever play the game. I mean on Babe Ruth level.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

Why? The Rangers have a lot of better choices than Juan. I generally like good people. The only person on my list that wasn't a good person was Barry Bonds, but he is probably one of the best players to ever play the game. I mean on Babe Ruth level.

How is Juan viewed by Ranger fans? Nothing special?

 

[YosemiteSam]

How is Juan viewed by Ranger fans? Nothing special?

lol Are you kidding? Offensively, he was a juggernaut.

• 3× All-Star (1993, 1998, 2001)
• 2× AL MVP (1996, 1998)
• 6× Silver Slugger Award (1992, 1993, 1996–1998, 2001)
• 2× AL home run leader (1992, 1993)
• AL RBI leader (1998)
• Home Run Derby champion (1993)
• Texas Rangers Hall of Fame

He just wasn't my favorite because he was incredibly selfish.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

lol Are you kidding? Offensively, he was a juggernaut.

• 3× All-Star (1993, 1998, 2001)
• 2× AL MVP (1996, 1998)
• 6× Silver Slugger Award (1992, 1993, 1996–1998, 2001)
• 2× AL home run leader (1992, 1993)
• AL RBI leader (1998)
• Home Run Derby champion (1993)
• Texas Rangers Hall of Fame

He just wasn't my favorite because he was incredibly selfish.

Right. I thot he would rate higher for a Rangers fan. I would think he would rate higher than Ian Kinsler on your list. I was at that HR Derby in 1993. Impressive to see in person.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Right. I thot he would rate higher for a Rangers fan. I would think he would rate higher than Ian Kinsler on your list. I was at that HR Derby in 1993. Impressive to see in person.

I like Ian Kinsler's mentality. He is like me in many ways. That's why he is a favorite of mine when in many cases he might not be for the average Rangers fan.