The Twins Franchise Deep Six

As I mentioned in my Orioles Franchise Deep Six post, this one was going to be strange. The Minnesota Twins are a continuation of the old Washington Senators, but they have a completely different identity. As such, it's a tad odd to see Twins greats mixed with old Senator greats. Them's the rules though, so enjoy it for what it is.

	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF
1st	Walter Johnson	Joe Mauer	Harmon Killebrew	Rod Carew	Eddie Yost	Joe Cronin	Goose Goslin	Kirby Puckett	Tony Oliva
2nd	Bert Blyleven	Earl Battey	Kent Hrbek	Chuck Knoblauch	Corey Koskie	Cecil Travis	Heinie Manush	Clyde Milan	Sam Rice
3rd	Johan Santana	Butch Wynegar	Joe Judge	Buddy Myer	Gary Gaetti	Greg Gagne	Roy Sievers	Torii Hunter	Bob Allison
4th	Brad Radke	Muddy Ruel	Mickey Vernon	Bucky Harris	Eddie Foster	George McBride	Gary Ward	Stan Spence	Tom Brunansky
5th	Camilo Pascual	Brian Harper	Justin Morneau	Ray Morgan	Ossie Bluege	Roy Smalley	Larry Hisle	Jimmie Hall	John Stone
6th	Frank Viola	Rick Ferrell	Chick Gandil	Brian Dozier	Buddy Lewis	Zoilo Versalles	Jacque Jones	Sam West	Matt Lawton

Though he no longer plays catcher, we got to see something truly special with Joe Mauer behind the plate. It's a real shame he needed to be moved to first base. A.J. Pierzynski just missed the cut. I chose Ferrell for the 6th Team only because he played for the franchise a bit longer.

Second base was surprising to me. I didn't think Brian Dozier in his brief career had done enough yet to show up in the keystone column, but there truly wasn't anyone more deserving that I could find. For all those fine players, there wasn't a lot of depth beyond them.

I named Corey Koskie this franchise's all-time third baseman a few years ago, but upon revisiting the numbers, I think you have to go with the Walking Man, Eddie Yost. His longevity is just too great a factor, even if Koskie at his best was a little better. It's no insult to be on the 2nd Team, Corey.