Braves Dynasty Lineup
We're all bored from a lack of Braves baseball.
So, for your Braves' fix, I made a Dynasty lineup. It consists of the best single seasons from a player at each position (in my opinion) since the beginning of the Division Championship streak in 1991. I have also listed the second and third best seasons at that position.
I have one rule: No player can be 1st place at 2 different positions. (The one exception is Smoltz as a starter and reliever.) Also, a pitcher can have only one spot in the rotation (Maddux might have taken all 5).
This is not a batting order.
Lineup
C Javy Lopez '03
.328/378/687
43 HR
109 RBI
2nd place-Javy Lopez '98
3rd place-Javy Lopez '97
1B Andres Galarraga '98
.305/397/595
44 HR
121 RBI
2nd place-Fred McGriff '94
3rd place-Andres Galarraga '00
2B Marcus Giles '03
.316/390/526
21 HR
69 RBI
2nd place-Marcus Giles '05
3rd place-Bret Boone '99
SS Jeff Blauser '97
.308/405/482
17 HR
70 RBI
2nd place-Jeff Blauser '93
3rd place-Rafael Furcal '03
3B Chipper Jones '99 (MVP season)
.319/441/633
45 HR
110 RBI
2nd place-Chipper Jones '01
3rd place-Chipper Jones '00
LF Ryan Klesko '96
.282/364/530
34 HR
93 RBI
(I actually think Chipper's '02 and '03 seasons were better, but I didn't want the same player in the lineup at 2 positions.)
2nd place-Chipper Jones '02
3rd place-Chipper Jones '03
CF Andruw Jones '05
.263/347/575
51 HR
128 RBI
2nd place-Andruw Jones '00
3rd place-Andruw Jones '02
RF Gary Sheffield '03
.330/419/604
39 HR
132 RBI
2nd place-JD Drew '04
3rd place-David Justice '93
Starting Pitchers
RHP Greg Maddux '95 (Cy Young Award)
19-2 record
1.63 ERA
147 hits allowed, 23 BB, 181 K
10 CG, 3 SO
LHP Tom Glavine '98 (Cy Young Award)
20-6 record
2.47 ERA
202 hits allowed, 74 BB, 157 K
229 IP
RHP John Smoltz '96 (Cy Young Award)
24-8 record
2.95 ERA
199 hits allowed, 55 BB, 276 K
254 IP, 6 CG, 2 SO
RHP Kevin Millwood '99
18-7 record
2.68 ERA
168 hits allowed, 59 BB, 205 K
228 IP
LHP Denny Neagle '97
20-5 record
2.97 ERA
204 hits allowed, 49 BB, 172 K
233 IP, 4 CG, 4 SO
Bullpen
RHP John Smoltz '03
LHP Chris Hammond '02
LHP John Rocker '99 (Closer, because Smoltz is also a starter and Hammond was only a set-up man)
LHP Mike Remlinger '99
RHP Mark Wohlers '95
RHP Kerry Ligtenberg '98
RHP Darren Holmes '02
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Differing opinions and observations?



