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'Ey Capernicus said 12/06, 09:49 PM
Both teams are allowed to have a DH. Add in a manager as well.

Pitching Staff (just five starters and a closer)
1. Johan Santana
2. Josh Beckett
3. C.C. Sabathia
4. Dan Haren
5. Erik Bedard
Closer - K-Rod

Lineup
1. Ichiro Suzuki - Centerfield
2. Derek Jeter - Shortstop
3. David Ortiz - Designated Hitter
4. Alex Rodriguez - Third Base
5. Vladimir Guerrero - Right Field
6. Carlos Pena - First Base
7. Magglio Ordonez - Left Field
8. Placido Polanco - Second Base
9. Jorge Posada - Catcher

Manager - Eric Wedge

'Ey Capernicus said 12/06, 10:39 PM
No one in my starting rotation has an ERA over 3.33 and the lowest any of them have in stikeouts is 192. All but one of my pitchers surpassed 200 innings pitched. Takashi Saito had a better year statistically speaking, but I believe that K-Rod has better stuff. He also had more stirkeouts than Saito.

I will compare the lineup position by position first.
Centerfield - Ichiro had the second best average in the Major Leagues while Beltran was ninety-sixth. Ichiro had nearly forty less stirkeouts, and he had fourteen more stolen bases. He had less RBIs because he would bat lead off and he hits for average not power so he has less homeruns. Ichiro also had four less errors than Beltran in thirteen more games.
Left Field - You win here, but Magglio did have the highest average in the MLB.
Right Field - Vlad was better than Hawpe in every major category except for triples, homeruns (only by two), and walks.
Catcher - Posada had a higher average (.338 to .293), a higher OBP, higher slugging percentage, higher OPS, more walks, more RBIs, more homeruns (only by 1), more doubles, and more hits. All of this with less at bats.
I can't fit anymore. I will finish up tomorrow.

'Ey Capernicus said 12/07, 06:10 PM
The spot of the lineup that Ichiro is in doesn't require power. His main job is getting on base and he does that as well as anyone in baseball. Ichiro had more steals, but he was caught more times because every catcher in the league knows that he is a threat to steal so they are always alert. Ichiro definitely had a better year than Beltran. All you have to do is look at the numbers. And Peavy was the most dominant pitcher this year, I have to agree with you there.

First Base - Pujols is better than Pena, but Pena had a huge year especially homerun wise.
Second Base - Utley is a better hitter, but Polanco had an incredible fielding year. Polanco didn't have a single error the entire year which is unbelievable for a second baseman, Utley had 10.
Thrid Base - A-rod won his thrid AL MVP and he had a monstrous season. I don't think I need to go over his stats because most of you know how incredible his season was.
Shortstop - Hanley has more power, but Jeter is a leader and he gives great effort during every game. Also, you didn't even pick the NL MVP!

Sorry i took so long. There was a computer guy working on my computer all day, I haven't had a chance to go on until now.