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The Best Hitter & Pitcher Right Now
The background for this question is this:
If you were the GM of your favorite MLB team for 1 year, what 1 hitter and what 1 starting pitcher would you build your roster around?  Keep in mind that you have just 1 year to win it all, you are not building a dynasty right now, you are simply picking the best hitter and best pitcher for the 2009 season.  Age shouldn't play into your choice since you only have these guys for one year.
Featured by: spankyc14 at 11/05/08 7:33PM
| Closed on 12/05/08 at 05:00PM
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 1. What hitter would you build your 2009 roster around? (0 points)
9%a. Alex Rodriguez
4%b. Ryan Howard
57%c. Albert Pujols
16%d. Manny Ramirez
4%e. David Wright
6%f. Miguel Cabrera
2%g. Joe Mauer
2%h. Justin Morneau
 2. What pitcher would you build your 2009 rotation around? (0 points)
7%a. Cliff Lee
6%b. Brandon Webb
29%c. Tim Lincecum
16%d. Cole Hamels
14%e. CC Sabathia
17%f. Johan Santana
5%g. Josh Beckett
5%h. Roy Halladay

 &nbp;
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#4 | 242 days ago

 +6 thumbs upWebb has proven to be solid and no hitter is more feared than Pujols.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Brandon Webb  
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#1 | 243 days ago

 +1 thumbs upI'm biased cuz I'm a Giants fan on both my picks.  I'm scared of Manny on the Dodgers and pretty much think Lincecum is the best Giants pitcher in my lifetime.
1. Manny Ramirez  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#2 | 243 days ago

 I am too, I picked the 2 Phillies...oh well
1. Ryan Howard  2. Cole Hamels  
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#3 | 243 days ago

 +2 thumbs up Tim Lincecum is simply a different specimen.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#4 | 242 days ago

 +6 thumbs upWebb has proven to be solid and no hitter is more feared than Pujols.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Brandon Webb  
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#5 | 241 days ago

 +5 thumbs upI think CC is the best pitcher in baseball right now, but if I'm building for the future give me Lincecum.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#6 | 241 days ago

 +2 thumbs upHey what about the Cubs????  They have feelings too!
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#7 | 241 days ago

 cutecubbiegirl wrote:
Hey what about the Cubs????  They have feelings too!
+5 thumbs up They should try to exchange some of those feelings for some more pride.    
1. Albert Pujols  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#8 | 238 days ago

 +1 thumbs upNormally I'd go Manny, but he's got some miles on him
1. David Wright  2. Cliff Lee   
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#9 | 238 days ago

 cutecubbiegirl wrote:
Hey what about the Cubs????  They have feelings too!
+1 thumbs upIm a Cubs fan, but no Cub deserves to be on neither of these questions.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Cole Hamels  
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#10 | 238 days ago
1. Manny Ramirez  2. Cole Hamels  
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#11 | 237 days ago

 BestofChicago wrote:
Im a Cubs fan, but no Cub deserves to be on neither of these questions.
ok ..then let's Congrats  Soto For N.L. Rookie Of The Year!!!
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#12 | 237 days ago

 cutecubbiegirl wrote:
ok ..then let's Congrats  Soto For N.L. Rookie Of The Year!!!
+2 thumbs upTo be honest, I dont care about that. These little awards mean nothing anymore.

I want a damn World Series Championship.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Cole Hamels  
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#13 | 237 days ago

  Tim Lincecum wins the Cy Young. Thanks for comin out everyone.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#14 | 237 days ago

 bayareabeast21 wrote:
 Tim Lincecum wins the Cy Young. Thanks for comin out everyone.
+1 thumbs upCole Hamels win the World Series MVP. I'll take that over the CY Young.
1. Manny Ramirez  2. Cole Hamels  
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#15 | 237 days ago

 donm454 wrote:
Cole Hamels win the World Series MVP. I'll take that over the CY Young.
 Good for you. The only difference is I claimed Lincecum would win the Cy Young about a year ago.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#16 | 237 days ago

 bayareabeast21 wrote:
 Good for you. The only difference is I claimed Lincecum would win the Cy Young about a year ago.
And I claimed the Phillies would win the World Series this Spring too.  I'd rather get my World Series pick right rather than a Cy young award pick.
1. Manny Ramirez  2. Cole Hamels  
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#17 | 237 days ago

 donm454 wrote:
And I claimed the Phillies would win the World Series this Spring too.  I'd rather get my World Series pick right rather than a Cy young award pick.
 If you really did and you arent a Phillies fan I will tip my cap to you.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#18 | 237 days ago

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+1 thumbs upAlbert Pujols best hitter  Johan Santana less likely to break down than Lincecum
1. Albert Pujols  2. Johan Santana  
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#19 | 236 days ago

 bayareabeast21 wrote:
 If you really did and you arent a Phillies fan I will tip my cap to you.
I really did, but I am a Phillies fan.  But I just had a strong feeling we'd go far this year.  I went to Spring Training for the 1st time, and comin off the '07 division win, so we had playoff experience. I knew if they could get in the Playoffs, they would go all the way.
1. Manny Ramirez  2. Cole Hamels  
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#20 | 236 days ago

 donm454 wrote:
I really did, but I am a Phillies fan.  But I just had a strong feeling we'd go far this year.  I went to Spring Training for the 1st time, and comin off the '07 division win, so we had playoff experience. I knew if they could get in the Playoffs, they would go all the way.
 I had a feeling the Phillies would do big things this year as well. That lineup is too stacked.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#21 | 233 days ago

 BestofChicago wrote:
To be honest, I dont care about that. These little awards mean nothing anymore.

I want a damn World Series Championship.
I think the Blue Jays Are Still The Best!!! The Cubbies Are Good Too!!1 Use To Be A Cubbie Fan Too When I Was Little!!!
1. Joe Mauer  2. Josh Beckett  
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#22 | 233 days ago

 Hey What About The Blue Jays?
1. Joe Mauer  2. Josh Beckett  
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#23 | 233 days ago

 Just a quick one here. Why would you not factor in Evan Longoria in the mix?
1. David Wright  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#24 | 229 days ago

 Morneau can slap yo' momma into the gap just to drive-in some runs. He makes that team have flashbacks of Puckett for 1/4 of his contract. Halladay can be cloned and pitch everyday, but would lose the Cy Young because he would be his own worst competition.
1. Justin Morneau  2. Roy Halladay  
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#25 | 229 days ago

 raptrbreth wrote:
Webb has proven to be solid and no hitter is more feared than Pujols.
True, it's hard to vote against Pujols when it comes to batting and Webb and Sabathia are two of the best pitchers of this generation.  Lincecum still has a lot to prove.
1. Albert Pujols  2. CC Sabathia  
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#26 | 228 days ago

 raptrbreth wrote:
Webb has proven to be solid and no hitter is more feared than Pujols.
+1 thumbs upExactly right!  Talent, future and intimidation.  They would be the two to build around (barring the re-incarnation of Nolan Ryan and Ryne Sandberg......of course......)
1. Albert Pujols  2. Brandon Webb  
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#27 | 224 days ago

 bayareabeast21 wrote:
 Tim Lincecum is simply a different specimen.
+4 thumbs upI agree, but you are the biggest homer ever
1. Albert Pujols  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#30 | 222 days ago

 Pujols is just great every single year Manny just is too old Lincecum he is coming off a cy young season and he is just a freak
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#32 | 219 days ago

 i would have pick David "Big Papi" Ortiz for a hitter and for pitcher Randy "The Big Ticket" Johnson
1. Albert Pujols  2. CC Sabathia  
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#33 | 219 days ago

 bayareabeast21 wrote:
 He has a lot to prove? 18-5 for a sub .500 team leading the world in strikeouts wasn't enough ey?

Cy Young Award wasn't enough either? What do you people want from him?
+1 thumbs upI think, like all others, we want him to do well for more than one season in a row.  We tried to build a team around Mark Prior for a while....he had a couple years, but that didn't quite work out.

You want a couple successful years before building around a starter....Webb's had that.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Brandon Webb  
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#34 | 218 days ago

 Chicago wrote:
I think, like all others, we want him to do well for more than one season in a row.  We tried to build a team around Mark Prior for a while....he had a couple years, but that didn't quite work out.

You want a couple successful years before building around a starter....Webb's had that.
i agree i mean what does a cy young do for the TEAM fans now want the big hardware not just havin a player that can do well they want championships and if the go out and spend the money and stuff they want their money worth and not juz one year muti-years
1. Albert Pujols  2. CC Sabathia  
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#36 | 218 days ago

 bayareabeast21 wrote:
 Don't ever compare a little loser like Mark Prior to Tim Lincecum ever again.
+1 thumbs upWhile I hate to go into a battle of wits against an unarmed man....here, in fact, is the comparison of each pitcher's second season:

Lincecum:
SEASON TEAM W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO
2008     San Francisco Giants 18 5 2.62 34 33 2 1 0 0 227.0 182 72 66 11 6 84 265
Prior:
2003     Chicago Cubs              18 6 2.43 30 30 3 1 0 0 211.1 183 67 57 15 9 50 245

Prior didn't win the Cy Young because the other pitchers were more competitive in 2003....not so much this year.  Prior's ERA was better, same # of wins, more complete games, less walks..... Lincecum better in innings pitched, HRs allowed, strikeouts.  Seem pretty much comparable.
We'll see if Lincecum is any better in the long term.

Thanks for your insightful input, though.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Brandon Webb  
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#37 | 218 days ago

 Chicago wrote:
While I hate to go into a battle of wits against an unarmed man....here, in fact, is the comparison of each pitcher's second season:

Lincecum:
SEASON TEAM W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO
2008     San Francisco Giants 18 5 2.62 34 33 2 1 0 0 227.0 182 72 66 11 6 84 265
Prior:
2003     Chicago Cubs              18 6 2.43 30 30 3 1 0 0 211.1 183 67 57 15 9 50 245

Prior didn't win the Cy Young because the other pitchers were more competitive in 2003....not so much this year.  Prior's ERA was better, same # of wins, more complete games, less walks..... Lincecum better in innings pitched, HRs allowed, strikeouts.  Seem pretty much comparable.
We'll see if Lincecum is any better in the long term.

Thanks for your insightful input, though.
+1 thumbs up You want some insightful input? Very well. You asked for it.

Mark Prior is one of the biggest jokes in the history of Major League Baseball. You even mentioning Tim Lincecum in the same sentence as him is an absolute disgrace.

Tim in his second year, won the Cy Young Award. Prior has been battling to stay off the Disabled List for what? 7 years now? Are you out of your freakin head? Where are these kids coming from?

You really have a lot of nerve trying to tax Lincecum and compare him to a debacle of a loser like Mark Prior just because Lincecum has only been in the Major Leagues for not even two full seasons.

But hey, I guess it takes a certain amount of insanity to be a Cubs fan to begin with.


1. Albert Pujols  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#38 | 217 days ago

 bayareabeast21 wrote:
 You want some insightful input? Very well. You asked for it.

Mark Prior is one of the biggest jokes in the history of Major League Baseball. You even mentioning Tim Lincecum in the same sentence as him is an absolute disgrace.

Tim in his second year, won the Cy Young Award. Prior has been battling to stay off the Disabled List for what? 7 years now? Are you out of your freakin head? Where are these kids coming from?

You really have a lot of nerve trying to tax Lincecum and compare him to a debacle of a loser like Mark Prior just because Lincecum has only been in the Major Leagues for not even two full seasons.

But hey, I guess it takes a certain amount of insanity to be a Cubs fan to begin with.


+1 thumbs upI didn't "tax Lincecum."  I didn't even say anything bad about him at all.  I just pointed out that his stats are comparable to Prior's at the same point in their careers.
I really do hope Lincecum fares better.
Sorry that is somehow offensive to you.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Brandon Webb  
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#39 | 217 days ago

 bayareabeast21 wrote:
 You want some insightful input? Very well. You asked for it.

Mark Prior is one of the biggest jokes in the history of Major League Baseball. You even mentioning Tim Lincecum in the same sentence as him is an absolute disgrace.

Tim in his second year, won the Cy Young Award. Prior has been battling to stay off the Disabled List for what? 7 years now? Are you out of your freakin head? Where are these kids coming from?

You really have a lot of nerve trying to tax Lincecum and compare him to a debacle of a loser like Mark Prior just because Lincecum has only been in the Major Leagues for not even two full seasons.

But hey, I guess it takes a certain amount of insanity to be a Cubs fan to begin with.


+1 thumbs upHow can you say Tim Lincecum won't be on the DL in a couple of years?  He could injure his elbow and his career will be shot.  He compared Prior's 2nd season, just like Lincecum and they were comparable.  Tim Lincecum is really good, but there are other pitchers I would take over him right now.
1. Manny Ramirez  2. Cole Hamels  
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#40 | 216 days ago

 donm454 wrote:
How can you say Tim Lincecum won't be on the DL in a couple of years?  He could injure his elbow and his career will be shot.  He compared Prior's 2nd season, just like Lincecum and they were comparable.  Tim Lincecum is really good, but there are other pitchers I would take over him right now.
+1 thumbs up You can take whoever you like.

I'll take the kid who made a mockery of big league hitters at the age of 24, who people love to hate on because they are unable to understand that Lincecum is simply a freak of nature.

For some reason the laws of physics almost don't seem to apply for Lincecum. His front side stays square to the target until the absolute last possible second, and he has the longest stride of possibly any major league pitcher in history. 

What he does, noone else can do. His arm will be fine.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Tim Lincecum  
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#41 | 215 days ago

 bayareabeast21 wrote:
 You can take whoever you like.

I'll take the kid who made a mockery of big league hitters at the age of 24, who people love to hate on because they are unable to understand that Lincecum is simply a freak of nature.

For some reason the laws of physics almost don't seem to apply for Lincecum. His front side stays square to the target until the absolute last possible second, and he has the longest stride of possibly any major league pitcher in history. 

What he does, noone else can do. His arm will be fine.
+1 thumbs upAnd your obvious bias, being a Giants fan, isn't shining through.  Most went into this poll with an open mind, chose the best pitcher with more than one season under their belt.  Lincecum had a great season, most of the others have done it for more than one year.  If he is still doing the same thing three years from now, I'm sure most would pick him.  History usually shows that the "new" thing is figured out and major league hitter figure him out and exploit.  I hope that doesn't happen. 

Responding childishly to everyone who doesn't agree isn't becoming, unless, of course, you are a child.  Sorry I never grew up.
1. Albert Pujols  2. Brandon Webb  
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#42 | 215 days ago

 +1 thumbs up

while i will admit that i may be bias towards the giants as i am a giants fan. I have to agree with bookie buster.. While Prior and Lincecum did have similar second seasons in the big leagues, I do not believe that Lincecum will suffer the same dismal fate as Prior did. First of all their mechanics are nothing alike, Lincecum throws with is body and hips which allows him to put more velocity and break on his pitches then is imaginable for a pitcher his size.. His mechanics also put the least amount of stress on his arm, compared to any other MLB pitcher. While I am not all that familiar with Priors pitching mechanics before he suffered his injuries, from the video that I have watched of Prior I see that he throws mostly with his arm.. He doesn't rotate his hips to add velocity, instead he strides straight to his target and gains velocity through arm speed. This puts tremendous stress on his arm which often leads to injury..

That being said.. if you dont belive me when I say that Lincecum will be dominate in years to come. Then you need to watch some video of when he is throwing the ball well.. And see what a mockery he makes of even the biggest and baddest major league hitters.

And at least we are all in agreement that Pujols is the best hitter in the MLB.

1. Albert Pujols  2. Tim Lincecum  
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