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Blog post that lists the ten best Toronto Blue Jays players of all time...what do you think? Agree, or disagree? What would your top ten list be?

By Position:
C- Fletcher
1B - Delgado
2B- Alomar
SS- Fernandez
3B - Sprague
LF - Bell
CF - Wells
RF - Bautista

Rotation:
Halladay
Stieb
Clemens
Hentgen
Wells

Bullpen:
Henke
Ward
Quantrill
Eichorn
Downs
Schoenweiss

Put Bautista (Jose, not Tony ) at 3B (or at least Gruber who has to be better than Sprague) so you can have Carter or Barfield in RF (and include a DH for Olerud). Other than that, Key before Wells is easy for me and I'd take Borders over Fletcher simply because Fletcher is nothing special and Borders won a WS MVP. And I think the reliever list is wrong, but I don't care enough to say who I'd pick instead.

Homer Jay wrote:Schoenweiss

no love for DH? Paul Molitor is dissapoint.

Schoenweiss

I like that!

Devon White before Wells

Randle McMurphy wrote:

Homer Jay wrote:Schoenweiss

My Fault, I was thinking of Dan Plesac for the situational lefty, and for some reason mixed him up with Schoenweiss

Looking at all LHP for Toronto in general, man is it thin. Only starters that really stand out would be Key, Wells, and Romero. The bullpen really lacks there even worse.

Homer Jay wrote:

Randle McMurphy wrote:

Homer Jay wrote:Schoenweiss

My Fault, I was thinking of Dan Plesac for the situational lefty, and for some reason mixed him up with Schoenweiss

Looking at all LHP for Toronto in general, man is it thin. Only starters that really stand out would be Key, Wells, and Romero. The bullpen really lacks there even worse.

What about BJ Ryan? He had one amazing season, and another decent one 2 years after.. I figured since you had Clemens, then Ryan could break the list as well.

C: Kevin Ca$h (Zaunbie? wow, pathetic position historically)
1B: Delgado (honorable mention to John Olerud, who I tried to pencil in multiple times)
2B: Roberto
SS: Alex Gonzalez (LOL! jk jk - Alex Gonzalez 2.)
3B: Troy Glaus
LF: Bell
CF: Devon White
RF: Jose Bautista (honorable mentions to Shaun Green and Jesse Barfield)
DH: Paul Molitor (honorable mention to Dave Winfield)

P:
1. Doc Halladay
2. Dave Steib
3. Roger Clemens
4. Dave Cone
5. Juan Guzman

Sprague and Gruber sucked. Fan favourites because they were on the team in 92/93, but they weren't very good.

I'd go with:

C: Whitt
1: Delgado (Sorry, Crime Dog)
2: Robbie
3B: Mulliniks
SS: Fernandez
LF: Bell
CF: Wells
RF: Bautista
DH: Molitor

Rotation: Clemens, Halladay, Stieb, Key, and Doyle Alexander.

Bullpen: Henke, Ward, Downs, Quantrill, Eichorn, Frasor

Devon White in 5 seasons with Jays- 22.7 WAR

Wells in 10+ seasons with the Jays- 25.8 WAR

Of players that were with the team for more than a cup of coffee

LF Bell
CF White
RF Bautista
3B Mulliniks
SS Fernandez
2B Alomar
1B Delgado
C Whitt
DH Olerud

Halladay
Stieb
David Wells
Hentgen
Jimmy Key

Henke
Ward
Downs
Plesac
Eichorn
Errr... I'm sure I must be forgetting some meritorious bullpen guys...

Vernon deserves on the list. He's definitely been the best CF in team history.

3B has been a real black hole for this team. I have to give it to Kelly Gruber. He was a 2x all star, gold glove and won a silver slugger. That's the best performance we've had from 3B.

I'm sure Wells had around 23 WAR if you look at only a 5 seasons, too. I chose Vernon over Devo because he was with the team for so much longer and was home-grown. The talent itself was fairly even, with Vernon being the better hitter and Devo the better fielder.

I thought Shoeneweis was **** terrible when I started watching baseball, but he was actually pretty decent for us the one season, and really good overall against lefties. He never seemed to retire batters when I watched him.

But yeah, I'm sure B.J. Ryan has him beat as a lefty specialist. Or Plesac - not familiar with him.

No Jason Frasor for bullpen or just because he's the franchise leader in apperances doesn't mean he deserves to be an all time Jay?

Barry Bonnell

Delgado
Alomar
Fernandez
Gruber
Whitt
Bell
Wells (cough)
Bautista
--- I'll DH a platoon of McGriff and Fielder...

Stieb
Halladay
Clemens
Hentgen
Key

Eichorn
Timlin
Cerutti
Downs

Ward/Henke

Coach: Bobby Cox

Mascot: BJ Birdie