Making Your '00 Face: Fifth outfielder

by Kyle Lobner on Dec 20, 2009 4:00 PM CST in Events Comment 7 comments

With the '00's almost behind us, it's time to take a look back and work together to make a BCB All Decade team for the '00s. Each day, we'll tackle a new position, and we'll have our 25 man roster complete sometime around the 1st of the year.

The concept here is pretty simple. Each day, I'll give you a list of candidates: For position players, it's the full list of players who appeared in at least 100 games at the position during the '00s. Here are the players we've selected so far:

First Base: Prince Fielder
Second Base: Rickie Weeks
Shortstop: J.J. Hardy
Third Base: Bill Hall
Corner Outfield: Ryan Braun
Center Field: Mike Cameron
Corner Outfield: Geoff Jenkins
Catcher: Damian Miller
Bench IF: Craig Counsell
Bench COF: Carlos Lee

#1 SP: Ben Sheets

Voting for a closer opened yesterday and will close at 4 pm tomorrow. Today we need to select a fifth outfielder. Since Carlos Lee won the voting for the other outfield spot, we need to select an outfielder that can play center, meaning we're down to two nominees:

Brady Clark

Seasons as a Brewer: 4, 2003-2006
Slash line as a Brewer: .284/.361/.393
UZR (Fielding) as a Brewer: -1.1 runs
WAR as a Brewer: 5.8

Scott Podsednik

Seasons as a Brewer: 2, 2003-2004
Slash line as a Brewer: .276/.344/.401
UZR (Fielding) as a Brewer: -11.3 runs
WAR as a Brewer: 8.7

Poll

Who should be the fifth outfielder on the Brew Crew Ball All Decade Team?

Brady Clark

125 votes

Scott Podsednik

290 votes

415 votes | Poll has closed

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I can't believe Brady Clark is even getting votes

"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."

~Doug Melvin

by Charlie Marlow on Dec 20, 2009 4:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'll vote for Brady over Pod

in the same way I’ll vote for Kieschnick over Babe Ruth.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Dec 20, 2009 4:44 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Did anyone even look at the numbers?

Clark was more productive with the bat, was a better fielder, and had a longer tour of duty. Stolen bases have a little bit of value, but c’mon. Pods had two seasons, one of which was atrocious.

What is interesting to me is not that Podsednik is winning (as neither were really all that good), but rather that it isn’t close.

Not that I would have voted for him, but why wasn’t Alex Sanchez included as a choice? He played primarily CF.

by badgermaniac on Dec 20, 2009 9:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Why wasn't Alex Sanchez included?

Is that a trick question?

by Mykenk on Dec 21, 2009 9:49 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Alex Sanchez was included in the initial voting to pick starting outfielders.

After he received nearly zero support, I removed him from future ballots.

That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.

by Kyle Lobner on Dec 21, 2009 12:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I remember happiness when I think of Scotty

I remember badness when I think of Brady.

"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."

~Doug Melvin

by Charlie Marlow on Dec 21, 2009 7:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

write in vote for Jeromy Burnitz

If this is building an actual roster as opposed to a fantasy roster, then by May, Counsell will have taken over for Hall at 3B. Let Hall play center to rest Cam.

by jimf on Dec 21, 2009 12:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs