Hey, Quintana had a couple of seasons as a fringe-average full-time player. He was a starter for a playoff team. His career was extremely short but otherwise not terrible. Travis could do worse.
Hey, I'm not downing Quintana, but I do admit I'd rather forget about first base from this time. 1990 is a season I'd just as soon forget given the personnel changes before, during, and after that season, regardless of the fact it was a playoff year.
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1990 was the end of an era for some guys (no Rice or Stanley in '90, no Evans (though he put up a good swan song in Baltimore), Gedman, or Barrett after '90, a change of scenery for others (The Can, Sam Horn, Lee Smith), and the thievery of a home-grown, home-town guy (Bagwell).
On one hand, I can think of at least three guys whom I would have liked to see get plate appearances that were taken by Quintana or Buckner.
In no particular order:
Obviously, Lancellotti and Horn getting a full season of MLB plate appearances would be absurd, in hind-sight, as first basemen. I argue they would be no less absurd than making Bagwell cross the diamond to play first base in 1990. Bagwell's 1990 season pre-dates Moneyball by 12 years, but it sticks out as an indicator that, while he didn't have the home run power yet, that power was developing in addition to his plate discipline. Was Larry Andersen worth it? Not in hindsight.
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