Reading through this thread i never realized how beloved Hafner was amongst you guys. I liked him too, i just think he would be at the top of so many of you guys lists. Was Robbie Alomar considered post-dynasty? If so he would be mine.
I'm a bit younger than most of the guys that post in here, so I never really got to see Thome/Belle/Manny just mash on those 90s teams. My first ever slugger I saw on the Indians that I remember watching a ton of was Travis Hafner. I still remember that season where he hit 42 HR and hit 6 grand slams before missing all of September and having his career ruined after getting nailed in the face.
Hafner's 2006 campaign was pretty awesome.
.308 BA, .439 OBP,
.659 SLG,
1.097 OPS, 42 HR, 117 RBI, 31 2B, 100 BB, 100 R, 5.9 WAR,
If he would've played 150 games at that pace (played 152 next season), he would've roughly finished with 49 HR, 136 RBI, 36 2B, 116 BB, 116 R, 6.9 WAR.
That was the year that Morneau robbed a bunch of guys of MVP, so if Hafner would've put up 50 HR, he probably could have snagged it.