Cito Gaston announced that that next
season will be his last as manager of the Blue Jays. The Toronto staff
have some big changes in store, as hitting coach Gene Tenace will
retire and as mentioned in the previous post, pitching coach Brad
Arnsberg has left to join Brad Mills in Houston. Bruce Walton will take
over as pitching coach while Dwayne Murphy will be the new hitting
coach. Gaston has agreed to a four-year consulting role with the club
following the 2010 season.
Gaston touched on a variety of topics, which Jordan Bastian of MLB.com did a fine job of documenting, but perhaps the most interesting were his comments on Roy Halladay:
Gaston touched on a variety of topics, which Jordan Bastian of MLB.com did a fine job of documenting, but perhaps the most interesting were his comments on Roy Halladay:
"My gut is that I think Doc wants to be on a winning team -- whether he comes back here next year or is going to be gone the next year. I'm pretty sure that's what he's probably going to do, because he's probably sitting there looking at A.J. out there pitching, knowing that that's where he'd like to be. It's not about money with Doc. It's about him being on a winning team. I can't speak for Doc, but my gut feeling is if he's here next year with us, then he'll probably leave after next year. Hopefully, if that's the case, then we can get something for him before he leaves."You're up, Alex Anthopoulos.
