The Jays acquire future Hall of Famer Fred McGriff
helmed by former Yankee manager Billy Martin with a sweep of the ALCS. The streak continued as they jumped out to 2-0 lead at home to position them for a third championship in five years.
It turned out that by spring training that promise was forgotten, and Collins was shuffled all over the place. The “pivot to speed” got off to halting start and Steinbrenner quickly grew impatient. Gillick was able to take advantage by dropping John Mayberry and his big contract on the Yankees, who was essentially done as a major leaguer and had been supplanted on Willie Upshaw. That just served to further sideline Collins, who spent an unhappy season as a part time player.
It carried over, as he posted a 1.17 ERA in 15.1 innings the final month. He then filed for free agency, but worked out a new contract with the Jays before the free agent draft. He was a stalwart in 1982, posting a 3.16 ERA in 111 innings. Nonetheless, when the Yankees came calling for bullpen help that winter, Gillick was happy to listen since Roy Lee Jackson and Joey McLaughlin had also turned in strong career years.
1984 finally saw a major rebound to the above average play that Collins had achieved at his peak with Cincinnati. But with George Bell emerging alongside Barfield and Moseby, the outfield picture was even more crowded. Gillick took advantage to move Collins to Oakland for the theoretical missing piece at the back of the bullpen. He did sell high on Collins, though Bill Caudill’s flameout made the trade nonetheless a spectacular failure. But that’s a story for another day.
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