When looking back at the glory years of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club and reveling in their momentous accomplishments spread over the 1992 &1993 seasons, one is often struck by the delicious irony in how their rosters were assembled into an eventual formula worthy of legendary success. Throughout the better part of the decade leading up to their window of competition (1984-1991) the Blue Jays were renowned for their gradual development of upper crust talent vis-à-vis strategic drafting efforts, brilliant scouting personnel, and cagey international signings.
Their vaunted outfield trio of George Bell (Rule 5 in 1980), Lloyd Moseby (2nd overall in 1978), and Jesse Barfield (9th round in 1977) was the direct result of shrewd timing and calculated risk.