I’m sure this question is meant to be about current players, but this is a team full of players no one knows about, so I’m going to dip into history. Dave Stieb should be in the Hall of Fame. The Jays stalwart of the 80s wasn’t just the greatest pitcher of the decade but was virtually ignored because he played on bad teams who weren’t good enough to get him the 20 wins he deserved or even when good, still played in Canada and got zero media attention in the US.
Joe Posnanski has a series about underrated pitchers he named ‘Cy Stieb’ after Stieb’s career and his lack of recognition. But Stieb also has one incredible story attached to his career. He missed three no-hitters with two out in the ninth due to fluke hits, the last two in back to back games, before he finally secured his no-no.
In 1998, Stieb was at spring training as a coach, looked around, and unretired to make the team, making three starts and 16 relief appearances for the Blue Jays that year. He was in the bullpen when a rookie named Roy Halladay would take a no-hitter into the ninth with two outs before Bobby Higginson took Halladay deep for a home run that landed in the Jays bullpen. Stieb quickly collected the ball and got rid of it, deeply superstitious that the ball might curse the rookie pitcher. Halladay would go on to record a perfect game against the Marlins and the second post-season no-hitter in baseball history against the Reds on his way to the Hall.
There’s a fantastic four part documentary on his career available.