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This was the Mike Trout Decade. The Angels superstar made
his debut a few weeks shy of his 20th birthday, in July
2011, and finished first, second or fourth in the AL MVP
voting every single year after that. Domination like weve
seldom seen in baseball history.So, yeah,Trout was an
easy choice as SNs and an even easier choice for the
first outfield spot on our All-Decade team.Choosing some
of the other positions, though, wasnt quite so simple.
The discu sions were spirited, and they were enjoyable,
because the 2010s produced a boatload of incredibly
talented players that kept us eternally
entertained.Without further ado, here is SNs All-Decade
team:1B: Joey VottoWhy hes here: Votto opened the decade
by winning the NL MVP award and posted an on-base
percentage below .416 only twice in the decades 10
seasons. He finished in the top seven of the NL MVP
voting five other times, including a narrow mi s in 2017,
when he finished two points (302 to 300) behind Giancarlo
Stanton. Vottos .428 on-base percentage for the decade is
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jerseys best in baseball; Mike Trout (.419) is the only
other player over .400. Not many players could have kept
Miguel Cabrera (two MVP awards, 268 homers, .317 average)
off the All-Decade team, but Votto made it happen.2B:
Robinson CanoWhy hes here: The only player with a better
bWAR this decade was the Sporting News Player of the
DecadeMike Trout, and thats why Cano was an easy choice
at second base (with apologies to Jose Altuve). Cano led
all second basemen this decade in homers (237), RBIs
(878), OPS (.855), doubles (363) and, yes,
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bWAR.SS: Francisco LindorWhy hes here: This choice
sparked plenty of debate. On one hand, Andrelton Simmons
is one of the best defensive shortstops in baseball
history, and has been so since making his debut for
Atlanta in 2012. And Lindor didnt make his debut until
2015, but few players have made the type of impact Lindor
has in such a short time. Hes averaged a 5.7 bWAR in his
five years, with a low of 4.6 and a high of 7.9. In his
first full MLB season he finished second in the 2015 AL
Rookie of the Year race despite not making his debut
until mid-June and playing only 99 games Lindor helped
lead Cleveland into the playoffs, and then hit .310 and
had seven multi-hit games as his team made it all the way
to extra innings in Game 7 of the World Series. In 2018,
Lindor hit 38 homers and stole 25 bases. Hes an All-Star
regular and one of the guys on the short list as the Face
of Baseball.3B: Adrian BeltreWhy hes here: The
competition at the hot corner was fierce, but the nod was
given to the veteran who was in his Age 31 season to
start the decade. Beltre, of course, was a brilliant
defender, and he averaged 25 homers, a 130 OPS+, .307
batting average and had a bWAR of 5.6 or higher each of
the first eight years of the decade (and posted 3.5 and
2.2 marks in his Age 38 and 39 seasons, respectively).
With apologies to Nolan Arenado, Josh Donaldson, Manny
Machado and Evan Longoria (among others), the player who
will be inducted into Cooperstown in five years is our
third baseman of the decade.OF: Mike TroutWhy hes here:
You know. Just an amazing, historic player.OF: Andrew
McCutchenWhy hes here: Cutch was an easy second
outfielder to choose. Hes not now what he once was, but
thats mostly because what he once was was pretty
incredible four consecutive seasons with top-five NL MVP
finishes (including the 2013 award), an average of 22
homers, 16 stolen bases, 146 OPS+ and 5.9 bWAR from 2010
to 2015. And he led a moribund Pirates franchise into
playoff contention and October games for the first time
since the Barry Bonds/Bobby Bonilla
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era.OF: Giancarlo StantonWhy hes here: This third spot
was another spirited discu sion, primarily about Stanton
and his 308 homers during the decade and Mookie Betts
his AL MVP award and Lindor-esque impact in a short time
in the bigs (2015 was his first full season). And, of
course, names like Lorenzo Cain, Bryce Harper, Christian
Yelich and Jose Bautista were considered, too. But the
nod went to Stanton, thanks to the home runs, the 2017 NL
MVP award (and 2014 runner-up) and 144 OPS+.C: Buster
PoseyWhy hes here: When the Giants called Buster Posey up
to the big leagues for good in late May 2010 his MLB
debut consisted of seven games the previous season they
were sputtering along at three games over .500. In that
first 2010 game, Posey had three hits and three RBIs and
the Giants were never really the same. Posey won the NL
Rookie of the Year award and played like a veteran leader
through the teams surprising run to the 2010 World Series
title. In 2012, Posey won the NL MVP award and the Giants
won the World Series, again. In 2014, Posey hit .311,
tied his career high with 24 home runs and, yep, the
Giants again won the World Series. Injuries have slowed
him down the past few years, but Posey gets a slight the
nod over Yadier Molina, who would have
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a very worthy honoree, too.SP: Clayton KershawWhy hes
here: With apologies to brilliant decades from Max
Scherzer and Justin Verlander, this was a pretty simple
choice, too. From 2011 to 2017, Kershaws WORST ERA was
2.53, his WORST Cy Young finish was fifth place. He won
three Cy Young awards and finished second twice. He won
the NL MVP in 2014. He finished the decade with a 2.31
ERA, a 2.64 FIP, 5.02 K/BB ratio and 59.3 bWAR. Easy Hall
of Fame choice, five years after he retires, finally.RP:
Craig KimbrelWhy hes here: Yes, his 2019 was a bit of a
disaster. But Kimbrel was brilliant the first nine years
of the decade his career ERA didnt sneak above 2.00
until this past season and thats more than enough to
give him the nod here. Heck, in 2017, Kimbrel was one
strikeout shy of striking out exactly half of the batters
he faced he struck out 126 of 254 batters. And his 346
saves were 45 more than Kenley Jansen, who finished
second in the category.DH: David OrtizWhy hes here: Yes,
he retired after the 2016 season, but Ortiz averaged 32
homers, 100 RBIs, a 151 OPS+ and a .383 on-base
percentage and made four All-Star teams in his six years
of the 2010s. And he was strictly a DH those years; the
other candidates for this spot, especially Nelson Cruz
and Edwin Encarnacion, spent a lot of time playing in the
field.Manager: Bruce BochyWhy hes here: Bochys Giants won
World Series titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014. Hes the only
manager to https://www.chargersedge.com/los-angeles-
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the decade. His overall W/L record wasnt as good as some
Joe Maddon, in particular but three titles is one hell
of a tiebreaker.
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