The supervisor ax discovered one other sufferer on Wednesday, because the Blue Jays’ Charlie Montoyo turned the third skipper to be fired this season.
Montoyo, 56, was in his fourth yr as Blue Jays’ supervisor. His group, picked by many to win the American League East and compete for a spot within the World Series, was 46-42 on the time of his firing. The Angels’ Joe Maddon and the Phillies’ Joe Girardi are the opposite managers who have been fired earlier than even reaching the All-Star break. Blue Jays’ bench coach John Schneider has been named interim supervisor for the rest of the season.
Toronto is in fourth place within the division, behind the Yankees, Rays and Red Sox. As of Wednesday morning, they’re additionally a half-game up on the Mariners for the third Wild Card spot, that means the Blue Jays fired a supervisor who would have gotten them to the playoffs if the season ended as we speak.
But alas, the season doesn’t finish as we speak. There are a number of underlying elements right here that reek of disappointment, particularly for a group that went all in just like the Jays did this offseason. Major League Baseball’s lone Canadian group is 2-8 of their final ten video games, has a 20-24 report away from dwelling, and has solely outscored its opponents by 10 runs this season. The Blue Jays began sturdy, posting a 14-8 report in April, however have begun the month of July on a 3-9 skid, marred by a five-game dropping streak and a latest four-game sweep by the hands of the Seattle Mariners, a group in direct competitors with them for a postseason berth.
Montoyo’s tenure ends with him precisely at .500. Under his steerage, the Blue Jays went 236-236. He was a longtime coach within the Rays’ group earlier than touchdown with Toronto. Montoyo was the Rays’ third base coach from 2015-17 and served as bench coach in 2018 earlier than shifting north of the border. Prior to becoming a member of the Rays’ main league workers, he managed their Triple-A affiliate Durham Bulls from 2007 to 2014.
As a participant, he appeared in 1,028 minor league video games and all of 4 main league ones. His solely style of The Show got here in 1993, when he made 5 plate appearances for the Montreal Expos, gathering two hits and three RBI. A local of Puerto Rico who performed collegiately at Louisiana Tech, Montoyo had been teaching in skilled baseball since 1997. His managerial days within the Tampa Bay system included stints at rookie ball, Low-A, Single-A, High-A, Double-A and Triple-A. His 1,501 wins as a minor league supervisor over 22 seasons speaks to how lengthy it took for him to get an MLB likelihood.
With Montoyo’s firing, the Red Sox’s Alex Cora is the one Latin-born supervisor within the huge leagues. The Yankees’ subsequent sequence with the Blue Jays is about for August 18-21 at Yankee Stadium.
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