What home grown Jays players were you wrong about? Who disappointed you the most?

[Spoonovic]

I thought Snider was going to be the next big thing. I thought he was a lock to be a 40 home run guy for years.

 

Him and Drabek are my two biggest disappointments. I had high hopes for both of them. I remember when the Royals were asking for both Drabek and Snider in a deal for Grienke and every Jays fans laughed at that offer.

 

So what Jays players have disappointed you the most? Who were you wrong about?

[CHRIS]

Snider for sure. Chris Carpenter jumps out as well.

[GD]

Kyle Drabek. God damnit.

[Abomination]

I thought Snider was going to be the next big thing. I thought he was a lock to be a 40 home run guy for years.

 

Him and Drabek are my two biggest disappointments. I had high hopes for both of them. I remember when the Royals were asking for both Drabek and Snider in a deal for Grienke and every Jays fans laughed at that offer.

 

So what Jays players have disappointed you the most? Who were you wrong about?

 

Snider is an obvious one. I think Kelvim Escobar as well (soooo much potential). Also Josh Phelps.

[bendera3]

Remember when Phelps came up and absolutely mashed for like 60 games? That was fun.

 

Who will have been a better player when their careers are over, Phelps or JP??

[Convo]

Most wrong and disappointed about Snider, I still believed in him up until the end of 2012 season... I actually thought the new scenery would turn him into the inevitable superstar.

 

Honourable mention goes to Sean Nolin for most upsetting performance... for so many reasons, starting with Alex Anthopoulos bringing him up out of desperation.

[Abomination]

Remember when Phelps came up and absolutely mashed for like 60 games? That was fun.

 

He loved math too!

[43211234]

Every top-100 prospect from the last 8 years basically.

[dineke]

lawrie

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Will never forget Drabek's debut in Baltimore... Curve was nasty.

 

Then he morphed into this erratic cutter throwing idiot.

 

I still believe tho.

[Angrioter]

Chip Cannon, JPA?

[brandnew2]

Ah yes I remember when there were rumors swirling that KC wanted both Snider and Drabek for Greinke. All of the posters on the old forum more or less laughed at the thought.

 

I wonder if AA "learned his lesson" from not pulling the trigger that year and that's why he made the Dickey trade. Talk about lose/lose

[Angrioter]

Will never forget Drabek's debut in Baltimore... Curve was nasty.

 

Then he morphed into this erratic cutter throwing idiot.

 

I still believe tho.

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/v12121557/91510-drabek-solid-in-debut-bautista-ties-record/?query=drabek+debut

[Captain Adama]

Fransisco Rosario.

 

If that f***er ever learned to hit the side of a barn.

[Grant77]

I thought Snider was going to be the next big thing. I thought he was a lock to be a 40 home run guy for years.

 

Him and Drabek are my two biggest disappointments. I had high hopes for both of them. I remember when the Royals were asking for both Drabek and Snider in a deal for Grienke and every Jays fans laughed at that offer.

 

So what Jays players have disappointed you the most? Who were you wrong about?

 

Deinitely Zach Stewart. He had the strikeouts, great control, groundball stuff, the total package. Keith Law clocking him at 95+ in a minor league playoff game just put me over the top.

 

Then he comes up here throwing 88, I don't know what happaned. I would have loved to see him at peak form.

[The_DH]

Zachary Stewart - there was a guy that needed Delabar's fastball program.

[Grant77]

Zachary Stewart - there was a guy that needed Delabar's fastball program.

 

Worked for Brett Cecil. Seems everyone I'm wrong about has these big and unexplained velocity drops. Maybe I should just subtract 5 mph from every scouting report.

[Smokey]

Worked for Brett Cecil. Seems everyone I'm wrong about has these big and unexplained velocity drops. Maybe I should just subtract 5 mph from every scouting report.

 

The radio's letting you down???

 

http://www.picgifs.com/graphics/r/radio/graphics-radio-055852.gif

[GD]

Balbino Fuenmayor, anyone?

[Jimcanuck]

Derek Bell - was supposed to be the next Jays superstar in 1992

 

Honourable mention - David Purcey

 

Interesting little tidbit - two September callups in 1993 were named Carlos Delgado and Shawn Green - damn those teams were loaded and the farm too

[Olerud363]

Stewart - the jewel of the Rolen trade, along with future closer Josh Roenicke and salary dump Edwin Encarnacion. Funny how things work out in baseball.

 

It has such a large degree of randomness that the good Hedge fund guys, those who understand what a crock a s*** 90% of human experts are do great in it. Henry, Sternberg. Strienbenner family aren't hedge fund guys but old school wheeler dealers.

 

The politicians like Beeston do awful. Beeston sits through the Loblaws board meeting thinking some f***in' idiot there can predict the next 'Decadent'. Then he thinks some idiot scout can predict what an 18 year old will do 7 years from now, or how some 30 year old player will age.

 

Not that it's completely random. But it's very difficult to predict individual outcomes, so you have to predict which strategies will work, which groups of players to target.

[GD]

6-year old GD was pretty excited about Fuenmayor's potential?

 

Ftfy

 

No, I didn't follow closely enough, but I think a few members have mentioned being excited about him.

 

 

 

 

I still believe in Jacob Anderson, god damnit.

[Olerud363]

I thought Snider was going to be the next big thing. I thought he was a lock to be a 40 home run guy for years.

 

Him and Drabek are my two biggest disappointments. I had high hopes for both of them. I remember when the Royals were asking for both Drabek and Snider in a deal for Grienke and every Jays fans laughed at that offer.

 

So what Jays players have disappointed you the most? Who were you wrong about?

 

Travis Snider beyond anything else. I thought for sure, given what Delgado did, what Olerud did, what Green did, that given time and 500 at bats he would do the same. They all struggled a bit young but put it together.

 

Snider 2009-2010 were fine. And part of me still wants him to get 500 at bats just to see what would happen. But in the last 5 years he hasn't done a thing to show he deserves a chance at 500 at bats.

[Atothe]

The great Balbino. Great white Buffalo.

 

loooooooooooooool

[bigpaulie]

Travis Snider, Rob Ducey, Ricky Romero, Derek Bell, and to tell you the truth a bit Jonathon Fernandez (although I enjoy watching him here in Barrie)

[KingKat]

Josh Phelps, looked so good in his first year

Kelvim Escobar, had a decent career but didn't really put it together as a Jay

Robinzon Diaz, probably shouldn't have expected anything from him but I did, can't complain about him netting Bautista though

Alex Gonzalez, good shortstop but he dissapointed with the bat

Travis Snider, obviously

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Someone post a vid of that Snider-bomb in Minny.

[Grant77]

COTF Guillermo Quiroz lol

[KingKat]

COTF Guillermo Quiroz lol

 

That was quite the season he put up in 2003. Totally out of nowhere though.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=quiroz001gui

[KingKat]

There's been so many, lol.

 

Guillermo Quiroz, Curtis Thigpen, Josh Phelps, Robinson Diaz, JPA, Carlos Perez, A.J. Jimenez, Kevin Cash etc...

 

Delgado too although at least he fufilled his promise as hitter so did Sprague to a much lesser extent.