#don-mattingly

#don-mattingly

This isn't the only notable piece of news that Mattingly has been involved with this off-season. Shortly after the Blue Jays' defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series, Mattingly departed from the team. Moreover, Mattingly was one of a handful of players up for a Hall of Fame nomination via the Contemporary Era committee. Unfortunately, he fell six votes shy of getting in, while former Blue Jay Carlos Delgado missed by three votes.

Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch went on MLB Network live from their setup inside an Orlando hotel lobby on Sunday night to say Kent was the lone person out of eight on the Contemporary Baseball Era committee ballot to be elected. It became clear it was Kent based on the credentials Rawitch read off, but when the top man at the hall officially said Kent's name, some boos were faintly audible from fans lingering near the set.

Ex-Blue Jays coach Don Mattingly says there's one World Series play he wants back Mattingly, who stepped down from his role as bench coach with the Blue Jays following the end of the season, was a recent guest on MLB reporter Jon Heyman's podcast. Mattingly was asked if there was anything that stood out that the Blue Jays as a team could have done differently and Mattingly picked out that particular play.

Chances are, neither will likely reach the required 75 per cent this time around, either, due to their alleged past involvement with PEDs. Delgado, a two-time All-Star and three-time Silver Slugger, spent 12 seasons with the Blue Jays from 1993 to 2004 and remains the franchise's all-time leader in home runs (336), RBIs (1,058) and SLG (.556). He also ranks second in total games played (1,423) and third in fWAR (34.7).

The rookie and the vet 😎 Max Scherzer is the oldest player in this year's #WorldSeries Trey Yesavage is the youngest player in this year's#WorldSeries It didn't take long for them to bond 💙