Blue Bird Banter

Photo credit should read DOUG COLLIER/AFP via Getty Images Next up would be Adam Jones, but I don’t think any of us would consider him worthy of the Hall. He had a good career, playing 14 seasons, two for the Mariners and then 12 for the Orioles. He played 1823 games, hitting .277/.317/.454 with 282 home runs, and a 32.6 bWAR. He won four Gold Gloves in center field, … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Poll: Andruw Jones

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Next up should be Vic Harris, but I don’t know enough about Harris to have an opinion on whether he should be in or out of the Hall. He’s on the Classic Committee’s ballot. Harris played 17 years in the Negro Leagues. He hit .303/.370/.428 in 2728 at-bats, with 31 home runs. He played from 1922 to 1945, with some … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Poll: Torii Hunter

The sideburns are Hall of Fame caliber. | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Tommy John is another who is on the Classic Baseball Era Committee Ballot. John played 26 seasons in the MLB. 26. Maybe he should be in the Hall for that alone. He played from 1963 to o1989 He has a 288-231 record, a 3.34 ERA in 760 games, 700 starts, and a 62.1 bWAR. He played for … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Poll: Tommy John

And make some trades, and Alfredo Griffin wins the Rookie of the Year 45 Years Ago Blue Jays shortstop Alfredo Griffin won the AL Rookie of the Year. Or co-Rookie of the Year, he and John Castino of the Twins tied in the voting. Griffin hit .287/.333/.364 with 21 steals (16 times caught) in 153 games and had a 2.5 bWAR. It was a poor year for AL Rookies. In the NL, Rick … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays history: Jays sign Randy Myers

Photo by Cheyenne Boone/MLB Photos via Getty Images Félix Hernández was a right-handed pitcher who played 15 seasons in the MLB, all with the Mariners. His career numbers are 169-136, with a 3.42 ERA in 419 games and 418 starts. In 2729.2 innings, he had 2524 strikeouts and 805 walks. He had a 49.9 bWAR. His bWAR topped out at 7.2. He had five seasons with bWARs above … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Poll: Félix Hernández