John Schneider Blue Jays

The Blue Jays have fired manager Charlie Montoyo, replacing him with interim manager John Schneider and promoting Casey Candaele to bench coach.

The Blue Jays currently sit at 46-42, in fourth place in the American League East and 15.5 games back of the division lead. Montoyo was hired in 2019 after serving as a long-time coach in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. Montoyo is in his fourth season with the Blue Jays, posting a 227-222 record as manager.

The Toronto Blue Jays have fired manager Charlie Montoyo, according to The Athletic's.

More than anything, Montoyo could have been a victim of the fact that a coaching change was the easiest lever for Toronto to pull. Too talented to be this mediocre.

Now acquire another starter and someone with an actual fastball for the bullpen. Uncharacteristic for this front office, but it was the most obvious move beyond major trade. They've spent a lot on payroll, have big expectations and are two games over .500 since May 1. The Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Guardians are only two games behind. A surprise but less so when you think it through.

The Toronto Blue Jays have fired manager Charlie Montoyo, the team announced Wednesday. The team is 46-42 this season.

In 2020, the Blue Jays had to play home games in Buffalo because of border restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He was previously bench coach for the Tampa Bay Rays. The Blue Jays say bench coach John Schneider will be the interim manager through the end of the 2022 season.

The Blue Jays have been scuffling of late, going 2-8 in their last 10 games. Montoyo has been Toronto's manager since October 2018.

Toronto went 91-71 in 2021 and missed tying for the AL wild card by one game. Montoyo, 57, oversaw a tumultuous period in Blue Jays history, with the team playing home games in three cities last season, including two minor league parks, because of border restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bench coach John Schneider has been named interim manager for the rest of the season.

Toronto sits a half-game up on the Mariners for the third wild-card spot.

The Yankees’ next series with the Blue Jays is set for August 18-21 at Yankee Stadium. As a player, he appeared in 1,028 minor league games and all of four major league ones. He has a 5.12 earned-run average over 16 games this season and is currently on the 15-day injured list. Blue Jays bench coach John Schneider has been named interim manager for the remainder of the season. There are several underlying factors here that reek of disappointment, especially for a team that went all in like the Jays did this offseason. Prior to joining the Rays’ major league staff, he managed their Triple-A affiliate Durham Bulls from 2007 to 2014.

Montoyo had signed a contract extension through 2023 in April.

He joined the MLB coaching staff in 2015 as the Rays bench coach. Casey Candaele has been appointed interim bench coach for the club.” Bench coach John Schneider has been named interim manager through the end of the 2022 season.

The Blue Jays fired manager Charlie Montoyo on Wednesday, replacing him with John Schneider in an interim position.

Like many of the team's top prospects, Schneider moved as manager from Single to Double A during the rebuilding years and received his MLB promotion in 2019. But it was a little different, because he's now the guy in charge. He has a familiarity with the organization and has managed this young core up through the minors. It wasn't under the circumstances he hoped for, replacing the manager he coached under, but it was a long-time focus finally realized. Falling short of lofty expectations, Atkins and Toronto made a change—out with Charlie Montoyo at manager and in with John Schneider, along with an interim tag and a new bench coach. They now approach the All-Star break four games over .500, 15 back of the division lead, and hovering on the brink of a playoff spot.

Toronto sits a half-game up on the Mariners for the third wild-card spot.

The Yankees’ next series with the Blue Jays is set for August 18-21 at Yankee Stadium. As a player, he appeared in 1,028 minor league games and all of four major league ones. He has a 5.12 earned-run average over 16 games this season and is currently on the 15-day injured list. Blue Jays bench coach John Schneider has been named interim manager for the remainder of the season. There are several underlying factors here that reek of disappointment, especially for a team that went all in like the Jays did this offseason. Prior to joining the Rays’ major league staff, he managed their Triple-A affiliate Durham Bulls from 2007 to 2014.

Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins believes his team has not played up to its potential, prompting him to fire Charlie Montoyo and deputize...

Schneider has 74 games remaining in the regular season to see if he can push the Blue Jays to do better. Schneider, 42, spent six seasons as a catcher in the Blue Jays minor-league system. In April, Montoyo was awarded a contract extension through the 2023 season. The Mariners pulled even with Toronto after a four-game sweep of the Blue Jays in Seattle last weekend. “It’s out of respect for Charlie,” Atkins said when asked about the curious timing of the managerial move. Montoyo and others from the Blue Jays organization attended her funeral on Monday.

The Blue Jays have fired Charlie Montoyo after struggling to meet lofty expectations so far this season and have named bench coach John Schneider as interim ...

Montoyo oversaw a tumultuous period in Blue Jays history, with the team playing home games in three cities last season, including two minor league parks, because of border restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully, who he is as a person will kind of ooze onto us as players and allow us to relax a little bit, have a little bit more fun and kind of enjoy the day." "I see some small opportunities to help that, and this was one of them." "I don't really see many cons, to be honest with you," Schneider added. "Us as players know things could be better, things have to be better," Blue Jays outfielder George Springer said. General manager Ross Atkins made the move even with the Blue Jays at 46-42 this season.

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John Schneider, who has been in the organization as long as anyone, gets a chance to prove his worth. That’s what happened here in Toronto today and now, the pressure instantly shifts not only onto the players, but management, as well. It was a collective failure, right up to the top where Ross Atkins himself took blame for the teams struggles. Ross Stripling turned in a tremendous seven innings for the Jays throwing 81 pitches — 57 of which were strikes — while allowing just two hits, and two runs as he fanned six batters. You could see a different bravado with the team. What did the team do in response?

Several Jays regulars won minor-league championships with Schneider as skipper. They know how he operates, and welcome Wednesday's surprise move.

He’s got 72 games to get them securely into that top spot and in good position for what could very well be a long post-season run. “I like to be aggressive,” he said — and it showed as Schneider put the hit-and-run on twice in Wednesday night’s game, both times with Espinal at the plate; Espinal singled each time. I was trying, but I didn’t have that mentality — the mentality that I do now — and he would see it, recognize it and get in my ass a little bit. “As a leader he made everything fun to come to the ballpark every single day,” said Biggio. “It was nice to have, from a leader aspect, to encourage things like that and to make sure we got our work in and make sure we had fun playing the game. “When he was my manager,” said Bichette, “he was able to hold people accountable, make sure that we were prepared, make sure we worked hard, and I think he did a great job with communicating. This is the end goal for me as a baseball coach when I stopped playing … something I don’t take lightly.”

TORONTO -- On his way to lunch with his wife and two boys Wednesday afternoon, John Schneider's phone rang. It was Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins.

But now that it’s his team to run with, Schneider stood from his chair at the end of his postgame press conference and said, as only a manager can: “Schneider is definitely more of a big personality,” said Ross Stripling, who gave the Blue Jays seven excellent innings. If you had one dollar for each time someone used the word “energy” to describe Schneider, you’d be eating a nice lunch Thursday afternoon. Drafted by the Blue Jays in 2002, Schneider moved into a coaching role in ‘08 and has been climbing the ladder ever since. This isn’t a secret within the Blue Jays’ clubhouse. That’s definitely something we want to do going forward, is to force the issue at times and be aggressive on the bases.”