The All Rookie Team

[spacehamster01]

Considering there are so many great rookies out there this year, I thought itd be fun to create a whole team using these rooks. So heres my roster:

Starting Lineup
1. SS - Hanley Ramirez
2. LF - Andre Ethier
3. 3B - Ryan Zimmerman
4. 1B - Prince Fielder
5. 2B - Dan Uggla
6. C - Russel Martin
7. RF - Josh Willingham
8. CF - Melky Cabrera
9. Pitcher

Bench
2B - Josh Barfield
2B/SS - Ian Kinsler
1B - Mike Jacobs
OF - Jason Repko, Carlos Quentin
C - Mike Napoli

Rotation (combined ERA under 3)
1. Francisco Liriano
2. EDIT: Justin Verlander (how did I forget him?)
2. Jered Weaver
4. Josh Johnson
5. Scott Olsen

Bullpen
Cole Hamels
Chad Billingsley
Zach Miner
Joe Saunders
John Maine
John Lester

Setup
Joel Zumaya

Closer
Jonathan Papelbon

Man I would say...thats a REALLY good rookie class. What real MLB teams do you think they could beat?

[Old_Style]

honorable mention for Howie Kendrick

[pokerplaya]

Man I would say...thats a REALLY good rookie class. What real MLB teams do you think they could beat?

Anyone in the NL not named the Mets...

[spacehamster01]

honorable mention for Howie Kendrick

was thinking about adding him on there but there's sort of a logjam of 2nd baseman rookies. Also I think he needs to play a few more games before getting on the team. Had to put Quentin in there though because there aint many rookie OFs.

[Mercer Boy]

Not bad...but I'll take Ronny Paulino as my catcher. Yes, somewhat homerish, but he has stats to back it up.

He has a .314 average (highest rookie C avg. since Piazza) in almost 300 AB's. I know he only has 6 HR's, but I'm sure that will improve. He has thrown out 36% of runners trying to steal which I think is very good. I don't know where you can find Catchers ERA data, but I think he has a good one of those also. He calls a good game and is a good hitter, plus he's only 25. Can't wait to see this guy get better.

[giants!]

25 man roster

Infield/C

C- Kenji Johjima
C- Mike Napoli
1B- Prince Fielder
2B- Dan Uggla
2B- Josh Barfield
SS- Hanley Ramirez
3B- Ryan Zimmerman

Outfield
LF- Josh Willingham
RF- Nick Markakis
CF- Andre Ethier
LF- Jason Kubel
CF- Matt Kemp
LF- Melky Cabrera

Rotation
1. Fransisco Lirinao
2. Justin Verlander
3. Jered Weaver
4. Cole Hamels
5. Scott Olsen

Bullpen
Mike Capps
Jason Johnson
Pat Neshek
Joel Zumaya
Jonathan Papelbon
Ricky Ramirez
Chris Ray

[spacehamster01]

How the heck did I forget Verlander? and Chris Ray? Guess it shows how many great rookies there are this year. Oh yeah and I completely forgot Johjima was a rookie.

[Old_Style]

by the end of the season stephen drew and carlos quinten might make it there too.

heck, you could probably come up with an all-rookie second team and it would be just as good as some of the rookie classes of mlb seasons past.

[WhiteHot]

Hamels should be #2 starter after Verlander. Liriano is hurt...you need to move someone up into the rotation.

[DK]

Hamels should be #2 starter after Verlander. Liriano is hurt...you need to move someone up into the rotation.

Is he still the greatest lefty of all time? Or now that he's injured does he drop below Koufax?