Favorite Current Baseball Players?

[Shipp_96]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

Forgot Craig Wilson and Omar Moreno, long list...

[Shipp_96]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

Had to do my favorite retired players to boot:

1) Willie "Pops" Stargell...by far number one.

2) Bill "Mad Dog" Madlock / Dave "The Cobra" Parker (tie)

3) Jose Lind / Doug Drabek (tie)

4) Tony Pena / Johnny Ray (tie)

5) Ken Griffey, JR / Eric Chavez (who if he is still playing, is a shell of his former self) (tie)

[Shipp_96]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

1) Andrew McCutchen

2) Miguel Olivo

3) Michael Pineda

4) Jack Wilson

5) Raja Davis / Pedro Alvarez (tie)

Sure this is a list like no other, but that is who I root for !

[Joeycola]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

Some great names mentioned. Konerko, Jeter & Ryan Howard

[CampWest]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

My Top 6 favorites, in no particular order...
Joe Mauer
Albert Pujols
Jim Thome
Lance Berkman
Zach Greinke
Billy Butler

Not much has changed in the last year and a half...

I'd probably drop Greinke from the list. Maybe replace with Alex Gordon, whom I have been really impressed with this year - his bat is coming around and he is playing some of the best defensive left field I have ever seen. He is leading the entire majors in Outfield Assists at 13, second place is teammate Francoeur at 10. There is only 1 other LF with more than 6 and just 3 more LF with more than 4 assists. Alex is just playing OF really hard and fast, and he's only been playing outfield for about a year... Really turning his career around.

I'm also kinda partial to the new guy, Eric Hosmer.

[jake33]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

I am sure a bit of an obsecure list, but these are mine:

Current: Eric Hinske, JP Howell, Shawn Riggans, Dan Johnson
Honorable Mention: Russell Branyan, Casey Kotchman, Randy Choate


Retired: Don Mattingly
Honorable Mention: Rob Deer, Vince Coleman, Steve Sax,

[alltimegiants]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

Buster Posey
Tim Lincecum
Brandon Crawford
Brandon Belt
Cody Ross
And the rest of the SF Giants!

[HawaiiSportsNut]

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Justin Smoak
Josh Hamilton
Felix Hernandez
Darwin Barney
Jordan Lyles
Dustin Ackley
Brett Wallace

I should have added Darwin Barney to my list too. I met both him & his mom back in 2007 when he was playing for Oregon State. His mom was born in Hawaii.

BTW... Oregon State destroyed our local team in Hawaii. On a positive note Oregon went on to repeat as the College World Series Champions that year.

[frikativ54]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

Justin Smoak
Josh Hamilton
Felix Hernandez
Darwin Barney
Jordan Lyles
Dustin Ackley
Brett Wallace

[HawaiiSportsNut]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

The following players in no particular order.
Joey Votto (I'm a Reds fan)
Todd Helton (Met him when he was playing in the 1995 Hawaii Winter League)
Michael McKenry (2007 HWL, got his batting glove & bat from him)
Shane Victorino (I met him in 2009. He's a really cool guy, plus he's from Hawaii)
Ichiro Suzuki (Met him during the 1993 Hawaii Winter League)

But my number one favorite is Kurt Suzuki. I met him & his wife Renee last year, they are a class act.

[asr1084]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

In this order (current players):

Shin-Soo Choo
Carlos Santana
Asdrubal Cabrera

[ferro39]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

nobody has filled that void since george brett retired, but i like tex and cervelli.

i hate the mets, but i find myself rooting for david wright too

[jetersbatboy]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

Mine are Jeter and Victorino. Jeter because I am a Yankees fan, and Victorino because he's from HAWAII!!!

I'll have include Kurt Suzuki and Dane Sardinha to this list.

[EurekaDave]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

Mine is Miguel Tejada. Besides being a nice guy, he gives lots of baseball stuff to kids in the Dominican Republic. His career is winding down.

Dave Silverbrand
Always looking to buy more hair and unclogged arteries.

[flota89]

Re: Favorite Current Baseball Players?

I like this old spread.

Albert Pujols-best player I've ever watched
Matt Holliday-hits the ball as hard as anyone
Adam Wainwright-appreciates the fans and truly is a great pitcher