Players whom left the jays and then blossomed

[bigpaulie]

We have a post about players whom have not lived up to their full potential and hype

 

Why not list players who played for the Jays, but left and went onto great things

 

Jeff Kent - 5 time all star, NL MVP

 

Reed Johnson - I have always thought he was a great ball player to watch play

 

Fred McGriff - I know we saw some his power, but he had a great career elsewhere ( I know Carter and Alomar came the other way )

 

Chris Carpenter - No Explanation needed

 

Danny Ainge - He turned out to be a pretty good ball player ( wrong sport, but I wonder about if he choose baseball )

 

Cecil Fielder - Man could he hit a baseball

 

John Olerud - I know we got a lot of his productive years

[bigpaulie]

Shawn Green leaving bothered me, why lie to a fan base, just say its about the money, not I want to go to a more diverse city

[Grant77]

Not a star, but Casey Blake had a nice career. You could say David Wells too.

[bigpaulie]

David Wells is a great example, man was he dependable

[Abomination]

We have a post about players whom have not lived up to their full potential and hype

 

Why not list players who played for the Jays, but left and went onto great things

 

Jeff Kent - 5 time all star, NL MVP

 

Reed Johnson - I have always thought he was a great ball player to watch play

 

Fred McGriff - I know we saw some his power, but he had a great career elsewhere ( I know Carter and Alomar came the other way )

 

Chris Carpenter - No Explanation needed

 

Danny Ainge - He turned out to be a pretty good ball player ( wrong sport, but I wonder about if he choose baseball )

 

Cecil Fielder - Man could he hit a baseball

 

John Olerud - I know we got a lot of his productive years

 

Some of those players didn't really blossom when they left, they just kept doing what they did here. In fact, some of them had their best seasons here. Kent I suppose, but was traded as a rookie so is probably a better discussion elsewhere.

 

I would say Carpenter, Fielder, and Werth were the big ones that I can think of right now.

[dineke]

John Farrell

[KingKat]

John Farrell

 

I'll accept Bobby Cox but Farrell... that's just trolling.

[P2F]

Edit: Oops, wrong thread.

[TheHurl]

Yan Hall of Fame Gomes

[GeorgiaPeach]

Halladay

[Dick_Pole]

McGriff and Kent shouldn't count...talent for talent...might as well say Roberto Alomar and David Cone really blossomed while they were here. Carpenter was the one who irks me....let go for nothing. Although if he stayed in Toronto who knows what would have happened because apparently Dave Duncan took over his arm through telekinesis and taught him how to pitch.

[Angrioter]

Noah Syndergaard and TDA

[Dr. Dinger]

Jose Bautista.

[glory]

It still bothers me that Aaron Hill was trash for basically two seasons with the Jays while no one in the organization had a clue how to fix him, then he goes to Arizona and Don Baylor fixed his swing in about 35 seconds.

[JugglingPitches]

Shannon Stewart

[TDotttt2005]

McGriff and Kent shouldn't count...talent for talent...might as well say Roberto Alomar and David Cone really blossomed while they were here. Carpenter was the one who irks me....let go for nothing. Although if he stayed in Toronto who knows what would have happened because apparently Dave Duncan took over his arm through telekinesis and taught him how to pitch.

 

I'd say Kent counts. Just as Padres fans would say Alomar counts. The talent was there for everyone to see, yes, but I dont think Gillick/McIlvane would've told you at the time that they expected their guys to blossom into HOF and marginal HOF talents. Cone and McGriff were known talents and established at the time, we knew what we were getting with Cone, same as the Padres/Braves knew what they were getting when they traded for McGriff.

[Jimcanuck]

JP Arencibia

 

You heard it here first

[Jimcanuck]

So will his flourish take him from "among the worst ever" to "among the worst in the league" defensively, or did you mean like 5-7 more HRs and X RBIz?

 

Also, I'll come right out and say who/whom makes my brain hurt, but is it not being misused in this title/thread?

 

He's gonna mash as Texas' DH

[The_DH]

Mitch Webster was waived for nothing and then did well. I only include this because the other players had high expectations.

[jaysblue]

Jayson Werth

Shawn Green

Michael Young

 

Shawn Green had some great years with the Jays before he left if I recall...

[jaysblue]

Eric Hinske. He went on to play in the World Series like 3 times in a row, winning one in 2007 with the Red Sox and one in 2009 with the Yankees.

[jaysblue]

Also, could say Danny Farquhar and David Carpenter - both had great years out of the BP last season.

[jaysblue]

Ted Lilly was a fantastic signing by the Cubs after the 2006 season.

[youhigh85]

Definitely this guy

[GD]

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