tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post3517947191924931515..comments2024-01-23T08:03:30.875-05:00Comments on The Southpaw: What If?The Southpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-56234578550889324462011-07-25T18:54:09.877-04:002011-07-25T18:54:09.877-04:00To quote the cute little German on Laugh In back i...To quote the cute little German on Laugh In back in the 70's (or was it 80's or 90's - time flys when you're drinking single malt) "Veery interesting."<br /><br />However, I've a hard enough time tying to project when Lawrie is coming up let alone getting into a battle to the death with all the world's Monarch butterflies and their brethren.<br /><br />I'd be more interested in what would have happened if we'd not made "The Trade" and had kept Fernandez at SS, McGriff at 1st and Olerud at DH or LF - probably DH splitting time at 1st with the Crime Dog.<br /><br />I think Fernandez, McGriff and Olerud would have been as interesting a trio as Alomar, Carter and Olerud. I know I like the Crime Dog more than Carter and the question is how much worse than Alomar would Fernandez have been offensively. Defensively, both were supercalifragilisticexpiodicious (spelling alert). But I can't help thinking a GREAT SS is more important than a GREAT 2nd baseman.<br /><br />As I've said on other posts part of the unspoken reason for "The Trade" was that the Jay's feared Fernandez was going to go and become a minister and start preaching - something he'd threatened to do several times.Mylegacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11532592953744479060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-35609320934572719432011-07-24T04:49:41.063-04:002011-07-24T04:49:41.063-04:00Now assuming my fantasy world existed, what would ...Now assuming my fantasy world existed, what would the leader-board look like for the Jays franchise all-time stats? <br /><br />Robbie Alomar would be a virtual God (as he should be!) Check these out (all stats by Baseball Reference of course):<br />WAR - 53 (Delgado, the current leader, has 33)<br />GP - 1875 (Fernandez - 1450)<br />AB - 7148 (Wells - 5470)<br />R - 1244 (Delgado - 889)<br />H - 2182 (Fernandez - 1583)<br />TB - 3286 (Delgado - 2786)<br />2B - 420 (Delgado - 343)<br />3B - 66 (2nd to Fernandez’s 72)<br />HR - 184 (5th place)<br />RBI - 953 (2nd to Delgado’s 1058)<br />BB - 870 (Delgado - 827)<br />SB - 384 (Mosbey - 255)<br /><br />On the pitching side, if David Cone is a Blue Jay right through from ‘92 to ‘98 ,and Jimmy Key spends his whole career with the Jays, then they ranks thusly:<br /><br />WAR - Key’s goes up to 45.7, third only to Stieb and Doc, and Cone is right behind him in 4th place at 36.8<br /><br />ERA - Cone’s 3.16 would rank first among SP, any only behind Henke overall. Key’s 3.51 comes in 4th among starters (which is actually down a bit from his current rank).<br /><br />Wins - Key moves to first overall at 186, Cone would rank 7th with 101<br /><br />W/L% - Cone’s .660 is just a whisker behind Doc for 3rd place (Clemens is first) and Key comes in at 5th.<br /><br />WHIP - Key slips a bit here too, from second place to fourth, and Cone slides in at third on the list. Among SP they are 2nd and 3rd to Doc<br /><br />H/9 - Cone leads all starters at 7.321, just a hair behind Ward (Henke leads); <br /><br />K/9 - Cone lands at second place among SP behind Burnett with an 8.332 mark (Brandon Morrow may well best them both in time) which is 4th overall.<br /><br />IP - Key climbs to 2nd overall, cone to 7th<br /><br />K - Cone’s 1277 would be fourth in team history, but coming in 2nd would be Key with 1538 (behind Stieb naturally, with Doc 3rd)<br /><br />GP - Key would be first overall with 470, and his 389 games started would be 2nd overall.<br /><br />SO - Key’s 13 shutouts would rank third, while Cone’s 11 would tie him with Jim Clancy for 4th.<br /><br />ERA+ - Cone surpasses even Doc with a 141 (2nd only to Henke’s 168)The Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-91008257424831473322011-07-24T04:46:16.388-04:002011-07-24T04:46:16.388-04:00So, let’s review the results on a team level, thes...So, let’s review the results on a team level, these columns are year - actual record - alternate record:<br /><br />‘92 - 96-66 - 96-66<br />‘93 - 95-67 - 102-60<br />‘94 - 55-60 - 65-50<br />‘95 - 56-88 - 61-83<br />‘96 - 74-88 - 81-81<br />‘97 - 76-86 - 84-78<br />‘98 - 88-74 - 94-68 (lose to Yanks in ALCS)<br />‘99 - 84-78 - 87-75<br />‘00 - 83-79 - 85-77<br />‘01 - 80-82 - 81-81 (without Clemens)<br />‘02 - 78-84 - 78-84<br />‘03 - 86-76 - 86-76<br /><br />Imagine only one losing record ('95) in 18 years.The Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.com