

Hmm: You mean Barry Bonds didn’t get a 10? Must have calculated these things before the ‘roids but he and Ken Griffey Jr. Since we have been focusing on hitting let’s take everyone with a 10 batting ranking: Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa. I’m also cutting Valdimir Guerrerro since he was with the Expos. We need to start making big cuts, so anybody with a fielding ranking of less than 5 has got to go: Jose Canseco and Shawn Green… wait that can’t be right! You mean that Mark McGuire and Mo Vaughn were good fielders? Nope, they are cut.

I want our pitchers to be our worst hitters so anybody with a batting rating of 7 or lower is out: Barry Larkin, Ivan Rodriguez (NO, not Pudge!), Jason Giambi, Jason Kendall, Jeff Bagwell, and Kenny Lofton (A surprise considering I normally had him on my team) For a game like this you want at least two pitchers so Frank Thomas makes the roster with his 7 batting and since Curt has a 8 fielding, 6 running and 5 batting (compared to Randy’s 3, 5, 5) we will keep Curt and cut the Big Unit. It really comes down to three people: Curt Shilling, Randy Johnson and … SURPRISE Frank Thomas!Įach one has a 10 rating in pitching. Jeromy Burnitz and Marty Cardova: They were in this game! I had no idea… anyway they won’t be in this game. He’s well-rounded but in this case we need specialists He does bring some speed but that isn’t redeeming enough.Ĭarlos Beltran: Hey, he’s still playing and collecting money! His batting stat of 5 isn’t high enough.

Now here is the decision about the pro team… we have 31 potential players (more than an active roster) so let’s start with the easy cuts and an explanation:Īlex Gonzales: I feel bad doing this just the day before his birthday! With a 5 batting ranking and a 6 fielding ranking we have much better options. In the previous post I showed you the rosters and set it up: Backyard kids vs.
