Chicago Cubs: Building my personal all-time best starting lineup

Chicago Cubs: Hall of Famers everywhere

At second base, there isn’t even a discussion as Ryne Sandberg makes this selection a no-brainer. A Hall of Famer and do-it-all keystone man, there’s no way he could be left off an ultimate Cubs team.

Since Banks isn’t playing first, that means he’s playing the position he came up as – a shortstop. Banks won back-to-back MVP awards as a shortstop – as well as a Gold Glove – and Mr. Cub makes the middle of this Cubs order formidable.

Third base was the toughest choice on the team – and for good reason. Third base for the Cubs is becoming a lot like middle linebacker for the Bears. Between Ron Santo, Aramis Ramirez and Kris Bryant, you have three guys who could easily slot in on just about any All-Star or all-time team.

All three have been known to pick it a bit at the hot corner, and while Santo is clearly the cream of the crop here, Ramirez was as clutch as they come both in the field and at the bat. And, all that Bryant has to show for his first five years in the bigs are some silly award trophies – namely: Rookie of the Year, MVP and World Series champion. That being said, Santo has to be the man at the hot corner, a fact our starting pitcher will surely enjoy.