Favorite non-Reds in baseball

[Tom Servo]

Been a while since I think since we've had this thread. List some of your favorite players in the MLB who aren't on our team, or guys you just root for, for one reason or another. Feel free to include former Reds though.


For me:

Zack Grienke
Huston Street
Chipper Jones
Clay Zevada
Ricky Romero
Vladimir Guerrero
Ichiro
Cliff Lee
Ryan Rowland-Smith
Evan Longoria
Justin Duchscherer
Adam Dunn
Ryan Braun (probably the only in-division guy on my list, he's just too damn good)
Josh Willingham
Michael Cuddyer
Jeremy Guthrie (I started rooting for the guy when he was struggling with the Indians, and I was disapointed we didn't pick him up when the Orioles did)
Adrian Gonzalez
Chris Young (Padres)

[REDblooded]

Hmmm... I think I'll do one for every team in baseball...

Baltimore - Brian Matusz
Boston - Jacoby Ellsbury
Chi Sox - Mark Buehrle
Cleveland - Grady Sizemore
Detroit - Miggy Cabrera
KC - Billy Butler
LAA - Howie Kendrick
Minny - Joe Mauer
NYY - Robinson Cano
Oakland - Kurt Suzuki
Seattle - Felix Hernandez
TB - Evan Longoria
Texas - Josh Hamilton
Toronto - Adam Lind

Washington - Ryan Zimmerman
STL - Albert Pujols
SF - Tim Lincecum
SD - Chase Headley
Pitt - Andrew McCutchen
Philly - Chase Utley
Mets - Johan Santana
Mil - Prince Fielder
LAD - Clayton Kershaw
Houston - Hunter Pence
Marlins - Hanley Ramirez
Rockies - Troy Tulowitzki
Cubs - Swine Flu
Altanta - Jason Heyward
DBacks - Justin Upton

[Tornon]

Pablo Sandoval
Austin Kearns
Adam Dunn

[Ghosts of 1990]

Jason Heyward
Justin Upton
Evan Longoria
Prince Fielder
Adam Dunn
Grady Sizemore

[marcshoe]

Kevin youkilis
Matt Kemp
Brian McCann
Tim Lincecum
Nyjer Morgan
Chone Figgins
Ryan Braun
if he makes it up (for all I know, he may be up now) Angel Salome
Alcides Escobar

The last three from watching in person in A ball.

[Crosley68]

Hideki Matsui

[Homer Bailey]

Justin Upton
Jason Heyward
Evan Longoria
Ben Zobrist

[HeatherC1212]

Orioles:
Brian Roberts (Get well soon! He's on the DL right now. )
Nick Markakis
Brian Matusz
Matt Weiters

Angels:
Kendry Morales
Jered Weaver
Mike Napoli
Tori Hunter

Should Still be an Angel: :
John Lackey
David Eckstein

Twins:
Denard Span
Joe Mauer

Rockies:
Todd Helton
Troy Tulowitski

Rays:
Evan Longoria
Carlos Pena
Ben Zobrist

[corkedbat]

Willy Taveras
Cory Patterson
Eric Milton

Just call me a sentamentalist.

[cincinnati chili]

Pujols (real stretch here, but I picked him up as a waiver claim in my fantasy keeper league when he was in A-ball, and he's anchored my team ever since)

I'm a pretty big Rockies fan and Carlos Gonzalez is going to be a superstar. He basically does everything well. Ubaldo Jimenez is getting some national pub from his no-hitter, but he's always been easy to root for.

Favorite to watch: Ichiro, Torii Hunter

[AtomicDumpling]

[Johnny Footstool]

Adam Dunn
Chase Utley
Troy Tulowitski
Denard Span
Billy Butler

[TheNext44]

Jr.
Dunn
Shane Victorino
Franklin Gutierrez
Grady Sizemore
Chone Figgens
Matt Kemp
Pablo Sandoval
Reid Brignac (my girlfriend's best friend is dating him)
Barry Zito (a friend of a friend. Very funny, zany guy)

[Mario-Rijo]

Hmm, I tend to like guys for different reasons so I'll just list guys who aren't obvious types. But besides these guys I tend to like the guys who seemingly do everything gracefully (Larkin, Roberto Alomar Jr., Josh Hamilton, Ichiro are the best examples) and/or the classy hardworking blue collar stars (Ripken, Utley, Jeter, O-Dog, Ryan Zimmerman etc). Just a few off the top of my head.

Kevin Millar (that guy would be a blast to hang out with)
Jeremy Affeldt (has a great sense of humor)
Craig Counsell (the guy is just a gamer and tends to play above his head always)

[mth123]

Adam Dunn
Chase Utley
Troy Tulowitski
Denard Span
Billy Butler

Good list. Add Ichiro and its my list too.