Your Blue Jays Mount Rushmore

[John_Havok]

MLB radio was doing a thing over the past few weeks where they commented on who would be on each MLB team's Mount Rushmore. I did not hear who they put on theirs for the Jays but thought it might be interesteing to see what we all think, given the fairly short history of the Jays in the overall MLB landscape, not to mention what people might think of who really qualifies to be on it. Longevity? Great players hwo played for a short time? Defining moments?

 

For me, 2 of the 4 spots aren;t really arguable. Dave Stieb and Roy Halladay. I can't imagine anyone who would do this exercise and not have those 2 names included.

 

Past them... I have Carlos Delgado and Roberto Alomar. My reasoning is Alomar, while not a Jay for the longest time had both incredible moments, won 2 World Series and is the only Jay hat wearing member of the Hall of Fame (also, f*** you Brandy Halladay... and sorry for your loss).

 

Delgado for me is just because he's a friggin beast with the bat, played here quite a while and was universlaly loved.

 

 

Who's on it for you?

[Deadpool]

George Bell, Jose Bautista, Josh Donaldson all have cases (Donaldson would be a lock if he were here longer, that's for sure...).

[Jays24]

Im only going to speak on players i actually saw play so ill say Halladay/Delgado/Bautista/Alomar.

 

Shout out to Edwin and Donaldson. I didn't see Stieb or anyone before that.

[Dick_Pole]

Stieb, Alomar, Halladay, Bautista.

 

My reasoning being one player per decade/defining era for the team and those four would be the face of the franchise for their respective eras.

[TwistedLogic]

Yimi Garcia, David Phelps, Greg Bird and Andrew Vasquez.

[TheHurl]

Stieb, Halladay, Bautista, Fernandez. Could replace Fernandez with Delgado but no playoff games hurts his cause (even though Halladay doesn't have one either).

[Virgil_Hiltz]

Steib, Halladay, Bautista, Delgado

[Sammy225]

No love for Benjamin Tallet so disappointed

[Laika]

Charlie Montoyo

Gregg Zaun

Ramon Ortiz crying

Brett Lawrie

[Krylian]

Halladay

Alomar

Bautista

Stieb

 

Or...

 

Mookie Wilson

Munenori Kawasaki

John Macdonald

Ryan Goins

[Abomination]

How is the "Man in White" not on this list?

[Laika]

Donaldson is on mine over Alomar.

[RobinThicc]

Vlad

Bichette

Manoah

Moreno

[Spanky99]

MLB radio was doing a thing over the past few weeks where they commented on who would be on each MLB team's Mount Rushmore. I did not hear who they put on theirs for the Jays but thought it might be interesteing to see what we all think, given the fairly short history of the Jays in the overall MLB landscape, not to mention what people might think of who really qualifies to be on it. Longevity? Great players hwo played for a short time? Defining moments?

 

For me, 2 of the 4 spots aren;t really arguable. Dave Stieb and Roy Halladay. I can't imagine anyone who would do this exercise and not have those 2 names included.

 

Past them... I have Carlos Delgado and Roberto Alomar. My reasoning is Alomar, while not a Jay for the longest time had both incredible moments, won 2 World Series and is the only Jay hat wearing member of the Hall of Fame (also, f*** you Brandy Halladay... and sorry for your loss).

 

Delgado for me is just because he's a friggin beast with the bat, played here quite a while and was universlaly loved.

 

 

Who's on it for you?

 

That would be mine, Delgado comes off by Vladito at some point barring health. So Stieb, Halladay, Robbie and Carlos easy for me... Tony Fernandez is close, loved that guy, RIP to him and Doc, respectively.

[Terminator]

Paul Beeston

Cito Gaston

Joe Carter

Ernie Whitt

[G-Snarls]

Steib, Halladay, Bautista, Delgado

 

100% agreement

[G-Snarls]

F'n Almoar wrecked his chance

[Spanky99]

F'n Almoar wrecked his chance

 

[Jimcanuck]

Steib, Halladay, alomar, Bautista

[Olerud363]

Paul Beeston

Cito Gaston

Joe Carter

Ernie Whitt

 

Paul Beeston egging on AA to get a track team (Bonifacio and Reyes) during breaks at the Loblaws board meeting is one of the most important moments in Blue Jays history.

 

Basically by 2015 they both knew they were getting fired for that mess, didn't give a crap about anything long term and went nuts offseason and deadline 2015 and gave us that amazing run.

[Pendleton]

Four depictions of John Gibbons illustrating his range of emotions

[Key22]

Shout out to 1992 WS MVP Pat Borders - Kind of the unsung Blue Jay. 9 for 20 was pretty good for a mostly no bat catcher.

 

Shout out to George Bell MVP for the Jays in 87 and he was on the team for at least 8 years. I would want players who were longer-term Blue Jays. He was also in the MVP running 3 other times with the Jays.

 

Alomar's 5 years were terrific but I don't feel like he would be the kind of player you would put up as a face of the franchise so talent-wise yes he was great but being a douche-bag and a short run here is enough to drop him in favour of Tony Fernandez who kept coming back and seemed to get a little bit better every time he returned.

 

Halladay, Steib, Bautista, Delgado (Fernandez my runner up).

 

Steib should be in the HOF if Morris is in the HOF.

 

Dave Steib for the 1980s in all of baseball

 

Strikeouts (7th)

126 ERA+ (7th)

92 Complete Games (5th)

Wins (2nd)

Innings Pitched (2nd)

27 Shutouts (1st)

WAR (1st for pitchers) and 8th overall and all 7 position players ahead of him are all in the hall.

 

Started both the 83 and 84 all star games - 6 time all star

 

I mean I am sure we can find worse Hall of Famers no?

 

The Man Who Lost 4 No-Hitters In The 9th Inning

 

[Deadpool]

Shout out to 1992 WS MVP Pat Borders - Kind of the unsung Blue Jay. 9 for 20 was pretty good for a mostly no bat catcher.

 

Shout out to George Bell MVP for the Jays in 87 and he was on the team for at least 8 years. I would want players who were longer-term Blue Jays. He was also in the MVP running 3 other times with the Jays.

 

Alomar's 5 years were terrific but I don't feel like he would be the kind of player you would put up as a face of the franchise so talent-wise yes he was great but being a douche-bag and a short run here is enough to drop him in favour of Tony Fernandez who kept coming back and seemed to get a little bit better every time he returned.

 

Halladay, Steib, Bautista, Delgado (Fernandez my runner up).

 

Steib should be in the HOF if Morris is in the HOF.

 

Dave Steib for the 1980s in all of baseball

 

Strikeouts (7th)

126 ERA+ (7th)

92 Complete Games (5th)

Wins (2nd)

Innings Pitched (2nd)

27 Shutouts (1st)

WAR (1st for pitchers) and 8th overall and all 7 position players ahead of him are all in the hall.

 

Started both the 83 and 84 all star games - 6 time all star

 

I mean I am sure we can find worse Hall of Famers no?

 

The Man Who Lost 4 No-Hitters In The 9th Inning

 

 

Steib would 100% be in the hall if his career happened a couple of decades later, and he's a lock for my Rushmore (along with Halladay). I'm still mulling the last 2 over, lots of excellent candidates after those two.

[jaysblue]

Roy Halladay, Roberto Alomar, Jose Bautista, Dave Stieb. Also, would have Delgado or heck even entertain having Joe Carter for hitting that big home run haha.

[Virgil_Hiltz]

Would be interesting to see peoples opinions on who belongs on the Jays Mount Trashmore.

[Deadpool]

Would be interesting to see peoples opinions on who belongs on the Jays Mount Trashmore.

 

Mike Sirotka

[Boxcar]

MLB radio was doing a thing over the past few weeks where they commented on who would be on each MLB team's Mount Rushmore. I did not hear who they put on theirs for the Jays but thought it might be interesteing to see what we all think, given the fairly short history of the Jays in the overall MLB landscape, not to mention what people might think of who really qualifies to be on it. Longevity? Great players hwo played for a short time? Defining moments?

 

For me, 2 of the 4 spots aren;t really arguable. Dave Stieb and Roy Halladay. I can't imagine anyone who would do this exercise and not have those 2 names included.

 

Past them... I have Carlos Delgado and Roberto Alomar. My reasoning is Alomar, while not a Jay for the longest time had both incredible moments, won 2 World Series and is the only Jay hat wearing member of the Hall of Fame (also, f*** you Brandy Halladay... and sorry for your loss).

 

Delgado for me is just because he's a friggin beast with the bat, played here quite a while and was universlaly loved.

 

 

Who's on it for you?

 

I actually think there's 3 that have to be on every list: Halladay, Stieb and Bautista. I can't see an argument for leaving Jose off, he became an icon here.

 

The fourth guy is tough. Alomar didn't play here long but his impact was enormous and he's still involved with the org (unless he did something? Idk. Think I remember him committing some female harrassment/assault, though doesn't detract from him as a player). Delgado, Encarnacion, Donaldson and Tony Fernandez are the other options. Maybe slip George Bell in there too. I'd probably opt for Delgado, personally.

[Boxcar]

Mike Sirotka

 

How can you be on that without throwing a single pitch for the org?

 

Mount Trashmore starts with Joe Carter, the most overrated player in Blue Jays history. John Cerutti, Jesse Jefferson, Ricky Romero, Chris Carpenter (lol), Alfredo Griffin, JP Arencibia, Ed Sprague.

 

Mine would be Carter, Cerutti, Griffin, Arencibia

[Terminator]

I actually think there's 3 that have to be on every list: Halladay, Stieb and Bautista. I can't see an argument for leaving Jose off, he became an icon here.

 

The fourth guy is tough. Alomar didn't play here long but his impact was enormous and he's still involved with the org (unless he did something? Idk. Think I remember him committing some female harrassment/assault, though doesn't detract from him as a player). Delgado, Encarnacion, Donaldson and Tony Fernandez are the other options. Maybe slip George Bell in there too. I'd probably opt for Delgado, personally.

 

Bautista’s WAR is right up there too. I think he should be on it.

 

Halladay, Stieb and Alomar are my other 3. I see what you are saying about Alomar not playing here long but bc he also didn’t play anywhere else long the Jays are his main team and that counts for something. Also, you gotta have a 92-93 guy on the team. Stieb doesn’t really count for that. So Alomar is in for me.

 

It’s hard to leave Delgado off though.

[Maine Jays]

John Mayberry, Roy Lee Jackson, Jim Clancy, Alfredo Griffin

that would have been my eight year old version's list from when I started watching

 

Delgado, Halladay, Stieb, Tony F

difficult to leave Bautista and Alomar off, not to mention Carter

I know he's not considered a great player by today's WAR standards, but that HR is easily one of the five happiest moments of my life