2020 All-Time Redraft Voting Round 1- AL Central

[Hollywood42]

Over the past few months, we have been conducting an all-time redraft of the MLB. The project is now complete, and it is time to crown our champion through a series of polls. Here we have the AL Central.

As a voter, your task is simple- Which of the following teams is the best all-time team? Pick your top 2 teams.

The following are the rosters of each team. Owners also had the opportunity to submit a short justification of why you should vote for their team. Teams are listed here in alphabetical order. Poll will be open for 1 week. The Kansas City Royals dropped out and were disqualified.

Chicago White Sox

Lineup
1. Richie Ashburn (CF)
2. Lou Whittaker (2B)
3. Mel Ott (RF)
4. Alex Rodriguez (SS)
5. Fred McGriff (1B)
6. Jose Canseco (LF)
7. Edwin Encarnation (DH)
8. Matt Chapman (3B)
9.Ted Simmons (C)

Bench
B. Ken Boyer(3B)
B. Tony Phillips(UTIL)

Rotation
SP1 Pete Alexander
SP2 Phil Niekro
SP3 Mark Buehrle
SP4 Jack Flaherty
SP5 Wilbur Wood

Bullpen
RP1 Zack Britton
RP2 Steve Cishek
RP3 Jeff Montgomery
CL Jeff Reardon

Team Accolades: 5 HoF'ers, x5 MVP's, x93 All-Star Appearances, x10 WS Champs, 16 Golden Gloves
Batting Accolades: x22 Silver Sluggers, x3 Batting Titles, 3613 total home runs
Pitching Accolades: 1273 Wins, 948 Saves, x4 ERA Titles, 3 reliever awards, 3 pitching triple crowns, 3 no hitters, 1 perfect game


Cleveland Indians

Lineup
1. Larry Doby (LF)
2. Mike Trout (CF)
3. Reggie Jackson (RF)
4. Mark McGwire (1B)
5. George Brett (3B)
6. Albert Bell (DH)
7. Lou Boudreau (SS)
8. Lance Parrish (C)
9. Bret Boone (2B)

Bench
B. Grady Sizemore
B. Eric Chavez
B. Dick Groat

Rotation
SP1. Roy Halladay
SP2. Hal Newhouser
SP3. Fernando Valenzuela
SP4. Bartolo Colon
SP5. Brad Radke

Rotation
RP1. Kerry Wood
RP2. Steve Bedrosian
CL. Eric Gagne

My team is full of guys you've heard of rather than a bunch of long-dead guys meant to boost a resume (that you've never heard of). They also happened to be pretty good at baseball.


Detroit Tigers

Lineup
1. Bo Jackson (OF)
2. Tony Gwynn (OF)
3. Lou Gehrig (1B)
4. Sammy Sosa (DH)
5. Jud Wilson (3B)
6. "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (OF)
7. Carlton Fisk (C)
8. Red Schoendienst (2B)
9. Joe Tinker (SS)

Bench
B- Johnny Pesky
B- Hugh Duffy
B- Riggs Stephenson

Rotation
SP - Johan Santana
SP - Rube Waddell
SP - Ed Walsh
SP - Bullet Rogan
SP - Mickey Welch

Bullpen
RP - Martin Dihigo
RP - Ray Brown
CL - Kenley Jansen

The Detroit Tigers are made up of ballplayers with varying pasts. Ballplayers from the Deadball Era, Live-Ball Era, Steroid Era, Negro Leagues, and MLB are all represented on our squad. Whether they are recognized or remembered as such, the Tigers consist of those who were some of the best at what they did in the environment they did it in.


Minnesota Twins

1. Lou Brock (CF)
2. Rod Carew (1B)
3. Babe Ruth (DH)
4. Eddie Mathews (3B)
5. Dave Parker (RF)
6. Jose Altuve (2B)
7. Tony Oliva (LF)
8. Roger Bresnahan (C)
9. Tony Lazzeri (SS)

B- Minnie Minoso (OF)
B- Justin Morneau (1B)
B- Bobby Wallace (SS)
B- Boog Powell (1B/OF)

SP1- Babe Ruth
SP2- Bert Blyleven
SP3- Madison Bumgarner
SP4- Orel Hershiser
SP5- Chief Bender

RP1- Joe Nathan
RP2- Dan Quisenberry
RP3- Rick Aguilera

The Twins’ starting 9 batters combine for 20 World Series titles, 60 All-Star appearances, 4 MVPs, 16 batting titles, 14 HR champions, 7 HOFers, and nearly 700 total WAR. With GOAT Babe Ruth crossing over & taking turns in the rotation, the SPs are formidable as well. Behind Ruth, the rest of the rotation adds 9 World Series, 2 HOFers and 235 WAR. The bullpen has a combined 939 saves, 3 World Series, and 12 All-Stars. In total, this team boasts 34 World Series, 98 All-Stars, 9 HOFers, and over 1,100 total WAR.

[Hollywood42]

Go Twins

This is a stacked division, even with the Royals being DQed. I think it's a 3-horse race between the Tigers, Indians, and Twins. The Sox certainly aren't bad, but I'm a big fan of the 3 other teams. It's a tough choice, but I'm going with the Twins and Indians for now

[no10pin]

Originally Posted by Hollywood42

Go Twins

This is a stacked division, even with the Royals being DQed. I think it's a 3-horse race between the Tigers, Indians, and Twins. The Sox certainly aren't bad, but I'm a big fan of the 3 other teams. It's a tough choice, but I'm going with the Twins and Indians for now

Now I have to know how the Royals got DQed. It's a new and exciting way to lose!

[Hollywood42]

Haha tt's not an exciting story, he just decided not to participate anymore with like 3 picks left

Originally Posted by no10pin

Now I have to know how the Royals got DQed. It's a new and exciting way to lose!

[Cubsfanp]

Originally Posted by Hollywood42

Haha tt's not an exciting story, he just decided not to participate anymore with like 3 picks left

Hollywood, i think you could go ahead and post the Royals, just for completion sake. Wont likely get any votes, but he almost finished his team before dropping out.

[Hollywood42]

Originally Posted by Cubsfanp

Hollywood, i think you could go ahead and post the Royals, just for completion sake. Wont likely get any votes, but he almost finished his team before dropping out.

Well he wouldn't get any votes since I already created the poll I don't want to add it to the OP and confuse people, but I can at least copy/paste their selections in from the draft sheet here in case anyone's curious

Mickey Mantle OF
Ichiro Suzuki OF
Ivan Rodriguez C
Robin Roberts SP
Robinson Cano 2B
Felix Hernandez SP
Nolan Arenado 3B
Tim Lincecum SP
Jack Morris SP
Adam Dunn 1B
Cole Hamels SP
Nelson Cruz OF
Bert Campaneris SS
Darryl Strawberry OF
Al Leiter SP
Noah Syndergaard SP
Bobby Bonilla 3B

[Cubsfanp]

Originally Posted by Hollywood42

Well he wouldn't get any votes since I already created the poll I don't want to add it to the OP and confuse people, but I can at least copy/paste their selections in from the draft sheet here in case anyone's curious

Mickey Mantle OF
Ichiro Suzuki OF
Ivan Rodriguez C
Robin Roberts SP
Robinson Cano 2B
Felix Hernandez SP
Nolan Arenado 3B
Tim Lincecum SP
Jack Morris SP
Adam Dunn 1B
Cole Hamels SP
Nelson Cruz OF
Bert Campaneris SS
Darryl Strawberry OF
Al Leiter SP
Noah Syndergaard SP
Bobby Bonilla 3B

Actually, that's a damn fine team lol. I would actually vote on it above others.

[Hollywood42]

Shoulda made his last 3 picks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Originally Posted by Cubsfanp

Actually, that's a damn fine team lol. I would actually vote on it above others.

[Chris Lyle]

This is going to be a very interesting race for sure.

[Chris Lyle]

Looks like the last few years in the real race The Tribe or the Twinkies

[Hollywood42]

Last day for votes. Poll closes at 8:30am CST tomorrow