Article: The Best Twins Team That Ever Was(n't)

[Doomtints]

 

If this was a league of all time team great teams how do you think this team would do? Playoffs? .500? Less?

 

I don't think the OP picked the best players on the pool, but this team would do some damage.

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

If this was a league of all time team great teams how do you think this team would do? Playoffs? .500? Less?

Hard to say because things are so stacked in multiple directions.

 

1. Length of team existence. This list is only counting Twins, which means the first half of MLB's existence isn't accounted for, leaving out several Senator greats who should technically be considered for the list.

 

2. Historical play and improvement. Sure, the Yankees have Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig, et al but then we open the question of how Ruth would perform in the modern game against pitchers who throw 10mph+ faster than pitchers of his era, fielders who use real gloves, and, you know, black people.

 

All in all, the Twins have had a lot of great players over the years, probably at a higher ratio than most teams who entered the league in the 60s or 70s (look at a team like the Padres by comparison... there is no comparison). Using that standard, the all-time Twins greats would probably do rather well for themselves against other all-time great teams. If you open up the OF list to include all outfielders, the Twins could run some of the all-time great centerfielders out there and no fly ball would ever hit the turf.

[Shane Wahl]

I can pretty much end the debate with: let's make this a 40-man roster . . . 

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

All in all, the Twins have had a lot of great players over the years, probably at a higher ratio than most teams who entered the league in the 60s or 70s (look at a team like the Padres by comparison... there is no comparison).

Just for kicks, I started sorting all-time great teams by WAR and came across this ugly stat:

 

Going by all-time team WAR, Brian Dozier would be the third-best Padre in team history.

 

*winces*