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This is number 15 in my series of 29 combined team posts, so I'm finally over the halfway hump. Of course, since I did the first one two years, two months, and two days ago, I shouldn't get too excited; if all goes as projected, I should be done in time for Thanksgiving of 2017. It's nice to have a reason to live.
As always, I used Baseball Reference's Multi-Franchise Finder to get the list of guys who have played for both the Padres and the other team in question, then whittle that list down to a 25-man roster. In this case, 102 different players have suited up for both the Friars and the Rangers. That's a fairly average number as far as these go, but the talent pool proved to be shallower than most.
Starting lineup:
C- Don Slaught
1B- Adrian Gonzalez
2B- Eric Young
SS- D'Angelo Jimenez
3B- Ken Caminiti
LF- Ryan Ludwick
CF- Willie Davis
RF- Oscar Gamble
Don Slaught doesn't carry the same name-recognition as Sandy Alomar, Jr, but his numbers on both sides of the ball blow Roberto's brother out of the water. Eric Young, D'Angelo Jimenez, and Ryan Ludwick were a bit painful to pencil in but the alternatives were exponentially more cringe-worthy. There was no pain in writing Willie Davis's name down in ink and underlining it twice, as he's one of the most underrated and forgotten players of his generation.
Bench:
C- Sandy Alomar, Jr.
3B/1B/OF/C- Phil Nevin
2B/SS/3B- Ted Kubiak
OF- Jeff Francoeur
OF/1B- Matt Stairs
Some might ask, "Why isn't Phil Nevin in the starting lineup?" Well, he probably would be on most days, as his versatility permits giving any of over half of the starters the day off.
Starting rotation:
Gaylord Perry
Kevin Brown
Bruce Hurst
Bob Tewksbury
Chris Young
Chris Young eked out Chan Ho Park on virtue of both peak and rate numbers. And even if he didn't, I'm sure I would have came up with some excuse to put him on the roster.
Bullpen:
Lance McCullers
Doug Brocail
Joaquin Benoit
Akinori Otsuka
Craig Lefferts
Mike Adams
Goose Gossage
Good luck scratching a run across in the late innings against this batch. I usually include Rudy Seanez in the bullpens of these teams where eligible -- due to the fact that he was a Padre on four separate occasions -- but there was just no justifying it this time. Much in the same way that I wanted to give the great Kurt Bevacqua a spot on the bench.
What would you have done differently?