In yesterday’s (Saturday) loss to the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 6-5 in ten innings, manager John Schneider came out of the dugout to calm down his pitcher Alek Manoah in the sixth inning.
So far, no problem.
Except that his assistant, Pete Walker, had already gone to see the starter, which resulted in a change of pitcher, much to Manoah’s chagrin.
This kind of blunder can’t happen in MLB. And this is in addition to a series of events, including everything that happened this week against the New York Yankees, which does not restore the image of the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays.
the old skipper of the Jays, Charlie Montoyo, was criticized for his lack of control of his flock, which resulted in his dismissal. Too bad, since he was clearly not the problem.
Schneider, on the other hand, was supposed to bring more order to the fold and with the departures of Teoscar Hernandez and Lourdes Gurriel Jr., the main wolves had been pushed aside. The perfect scenario for the slayers of Montoyo.
However, instead of just coming from the players themselves, the distractions also come from the manager and his sidekick Walker, who don’t seem to be in control of the situation, far from it.
Besides struggling to manage the bullpen as we saw once again yesterday, at times the guys look like two school kids getting distracted by a butterfly in the window of their freshman class.
A change of scenery is therefore necessary, and not only at the post of manager. For the latter, however, the solution lies internally, in the person of Don Mattingly. He knows the inner workings of Canadian training, in addition to having experience that needs no introduction.
The Blue Jays probably have one of the top three rosters in the American League, but that’s not what we’re seeing right now. Lodging in the last row of the East section currently, time is running out before it’s too late and the 2023 season is thrown into the water despite the talent present.
