Let the fighting begin in earnest! Nine candidates and you literally could make an argument for all nine, and a good, strong argument for seven or so.

Tell us who you voted for and why!

Mr. Gruber had a great year in 1990, OPS+ of 130, gold glove and MVP standings....

If it wasn't for that Mike Boddicker, 1990 would have been an entirely different season.

We can't vote for a Mulliniks/Iorg platoon?

Ill take Kelly Gruber's 90 - just by a nose though, a bit ahead of Glaus.

I'd also love to see the argument for Koskie - he missed 2/5ths of the season and had and ops + of 94...

Had to go with Fernandez' last full season.  328/427/449 OPS+124.  Big first half where he was fighting for 400 then slumped a bit in the second half.  Still, very nice numbers along with his final all-star game.  5th in OBP after being 9th the season before, the only times he made that leaderboard. 

Gruber 1990 was 274/330/512 so it was more Slg heavy rather than OBP thus I put Tony ahead of him.

Glaus will likely take this over at some point in the next 5 years.  His OBP in the 370's, Slg in the 550 range - yeah, very nice.  Still like Fernandez though :)

I can't vote for Gruber's '90. For my money, Gruber's best years were '88 and '89; he was an alert ballplayer who got a lot of clutch hits. In '90, he hit a lot of home runs, but was on his way to being the lost soul of '91 and '92. So I voted for Glaus.

Excellent poll question.

There are a couple of guys who had big HR years (Gruber, Batista, Sprague), but I think Glaus is having the best overall performance. Glaus's OPS is better than anyone else's. And his D this year has been decent, if not quite Gruber-like (having Overbay at 1B has helped). I hope Glaus has a good physiotherapist for the off-season.

Oh my, Fernandez did have a great year in '99. An OBP of .427? Wow. So much for "you don't walk off the island" (as they say about the DR).

Hinske had a really nice year as a rookie in '02. In retrospect, the BB:K ratio might have been a warning sign.

I voted for Glaus, I think if he hasa good if not great season next year he would probably run away with it. Koskie was a difficult one to watch during games..

I went with Glaus. My "all time jays" team has Olerud, Alomar, and Ferendez at the other infield spots. I'd like to get a big scary bat in the lineup with the infield, and Glaus is the man for me. 40+ HR power, 100+ RBI, 360+ OBP. Sounds just right for a #4/5 hitter. And with Alomar, Ferendez and Johnny O around him in the line, it should set up a lot of good RBI situations.

Plus, I figure his versitility is an added bonus. He can spot start at short to give Tony a night off, or heck, maybe even give Robbie a break here and there...

Discounting the fact that he has hamstrung the Jays payroll for a full 5 years, I'm going with the Dude, because he was the ROY and his 2002 was one of the lone highlights (besides Doc's Cy) of the Jays' recent history.  Okay, it's a stretch.

It's gotta be Gruber. Silver Slugger and Gold Glove in the same year! He also brought in a large contingent of female Jays fans. What more could you ask for?