Marco Scutaro turns 48 today. Many of my favourite Jays have birthdays in October. We picked up Scutaro in trade from the A’s back in November of 2007. In the post about the trade achnegy said: Kristian Bell never made it to the majors . Godfrey appeared in 10 games over two seasons with the A’s It was a good trade, but JP oversold it, saying Marco was our 2008 MVP a year later. I politely disagreed: Marco hit .267/..341/.356 in 145 games, mostly at shortstop in his first season with the Jays.
After that, he went to the Rockies and the Giants, picking up a World Series ring : In all, Marco had a 13-season MLB career, hitting .277/.341/.388 in 1391 games. He had his 2 best seasons with the Jays. He had bWARs of 4.5 and 5.5 with the Jays, with a career bWAR of 22.1. Happy birthday Marco. I hope it is a good one. Also, having a birthday today, former Jays pitcher Joe Johnson turns 62. Joe came in a trade from the Braves in July of 1986, with Jim Acker going to Atlanta.
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