Where would the Yankees be right now without Jorge Posada? He’s been among the top catchers in the league since 1998. Back then Pudge and Piazza were the best. Now it’s Mauer. Posada’s always played second fiddle, but that’s just fine by him and the Yanks. To have a catcher who hits so well, for such a long period of time, is all the Yankees could have asked for when they selected Posada in the 24th round of the 1990 draft.
Apparently, the Jays had just as good a shot at him, according to Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun. Jorge’s father was a scout with the Jays, and the team “helped place his son at Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Ala.” Yet they did not draft him. Not in 1989, and not in 1990. The Yankees jumped in, and that was that. Twenty years later, the Jays can’t really rue the decision — who knows if he was anywhere near their draft boards. Still, one can only imagine how history would have played out had the Blue Jays drafted their scout’s son.
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