Best Baseball players of the past decade

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  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    arod and any of the other dopers will never be accepted as great players. i think you will always see people saying "but he doped" when they talk about bonds, or mcgwire, or sosa or any of those guys.

    its the non dopers that will always be respected. i'd start naming off people and players who have used and i think its a safe bet, history will look kind on them
    I was watching MLB Network last week and they were doing the top 50 Calls in MLB history. McGuire and Bonds were both on there and I couldn't help but feel bummed out that these guys ruined my young adult baseball experience.

    Even as a Yankee fan, if Arod breaks the record, it'll still be Hanks to me
  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,412
    manutd3581 wrote:
    Willie Bloomquist, the silent assassin


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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Sir Donald Bradman.

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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    gotta separate pitchers from position players ...

    pitcher: halladay ... he's been consisently awesome, and whether or not he has his best stuff ... he works hard and eats innings up ...

    position: pujols narrowly over ichiro ... both have gold gloves so they can play their position ... the home runs outweigh the stolen bases ...
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Since the OP referenced "players" plural, I'm gonna throw Chipper Jones' name in the hat. I'd say he's at least top 10. He's another classic victim of the aforementioned injury bug (the last 5-6 years). 305 career average, 2500 hits, 442 HRs, 6-time all star. Solid all around ballplayer and he's spent his entire career with the same team.
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  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,536
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    Since the OP referenced "players" plural, I'm gonna throw Chipper Jones' name in the hat. I'd say he's at least top 10. He's another classic victim of the aforementioned injury bug (the last 5-6 years). 305 career average, 2500 hits, 442 HRs, 6-time all star. Solid all around ballplayer and he's spent his entire career with the same team.

    Yup. Should be another first ballot HOFer.
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    BabaBooey1979 wrote:

    Even as a Yankee fan, if Arod breaks the record, it'll still be Hanks to me
    in some peoples mind ruth is still the home run champion since hank had more games to play
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Pujols is #1, no questions asked. How many times have you heard "best first 10 years of a career by a player EVER" when describing him?

    Some of the people mentioned seem too old to be on the list for the last decade.
  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Iván Rodríguez
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    pjl44 wrote:
    I'd say Pujols and ARod. Ichiro is definitely in the conversation and a first ballot HOFer. Sleeper? Check out Lance Berkman's numbers...dude's had a solid decade. Best pitcher is Halladay.

    This is what I like about these topics. Guys like Lance Berkman sneak in under the radar. He's doing well again this year.
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  • 81
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    musicismylife78 wrote:
    arod and any of the other dopers will never be accepted as great players. i think you will always see people saying "but he doped" when they talk about bonds, or mcgwire, or sosa or any of those guys.

    its the non dopers that will always be respected. i'd start naming off people and players who have used and i think its a safe bet, history will look kind on them


    i disagree...

    Bonds was a top tier talent long before he blew up. He had all the tools in pittsburgh when he was still a skinny kid.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,919
    Ryan Howard (shhh don't tell Fixer on here as his head might explode) and Chase Utley.

    but of course it's Pujols and it's not close. the rest just playing for 2nd.
  • jervin007
    jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    I'm a sox fan, but you can ignore Mariano Rivera.
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  • MrMerkinball
    MrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    Past Decade:

    Roy Halladay
    Chase Utley
    Albert Pujols
    Hanley Ramirez (1/2 decade so far)

    Next in Line:

    Matt Kemp
    Carlos Gonzalez
    Troy Tulowitski
    Felix Hernandez
  • NoCode416
    NoCode416 Posts: 417
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    The 81 wrote:
    are we allowed to include roid users?

    if yes, i'm going with Bonds

    if not, i'm going with Halladay

    Yeah, Bonds of course had a great decade, and insane statistical increase in 2000-2001. hmm ;)

    I like the ones that sneak up on you though. I never really hear news of Ichiro, and now he's like 37-38 years old. Of course, that's because his team is never too good. Also I think i heard that Mark Grace had the most hits in the 90's. That surprised me (if it was in fact correct)

    grace did have the most hits in the 90s... most doubles and sac flies, too. he was my favorite player growing up. he'll be only the second player to ever have the most hits in a decade to not make the HoF... the other is pete rose.

    anyways, i'm surprised that anyone would utter a name other than albert pujols in this discussion. i hate that guy, but he's a freak. and i'll love him when he comes to the cubs next year!!
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    The pool is soo tainted with blue steroid pee it would be impossible to defeinitively determine if anyone is clean, and that being said none of them would get my vote.

    if you include roids you have to say Bonds/Clemens
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    pitcher - randy johnson
    hitter - pujols
    best player ever - utley
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,217
    overall is a no-brainer with Pujols

    Everyone else that was mentioned could be considered for #2- Halladay, Ichiro, A-Rod, Jeter

    Were Helton and Vlad mentioned yet :?:


    I wouldn't include Chipper and Bonds(their best years were more from '95-'05 IMO)
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  • Brain of mJ
    Brain of mJ Posts: 786
    Looking at the 2000s as an entirety:

    Pujols, Ichiro, Chipper Jones, Rivera, Vlad Guerrero, Randy Johnson, Jeter, Abreu, Damon

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