Celebrating Jesse Barfield's 64th birthday, a look back at his impressive career with the Blue Jays, where he excelled both offensively and defensively as part of the legendary outfield trio with George Bell and Lloyd Moseby.
Jesse Barfield turns 64 today. Jesse Barfield was one of my favourite players. He was a 9th-round pick in the 1977 amateur draft, the first year the Blue Jays were part of the draft. MLB gave them the last two choices of each round . Jesse made it up to the majors in 1981 and spent nine years with the Jays. He’s near the top of the franchise leaderboards in several categories: As well as having a great bat, he was a terrific defensive player with a strong and accurate arm in right field.
Dickey was picked up in trade, along with catchers Mike Nickeas and Josh Thole, from the Mets for Wuilmer Becerra, John Buck, Travis d’Arnaud, and Noah Syndergaard. Alex wanted an Ace to lead us to the playoffs. But, unfortunately, it didn’t work out how he had hoped. He was a Blue Jay for four seasons, going 49-52 with a 4.03 in 131 games, 130 starts. He was a slow starter during his time with the Jays. In 2013, he had a 4.80 ERA in the first half and a 3.57 ERA. In 2014, he had a 3.
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