TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays fired manager Charlie Montoyo on Wednesday and appointed bench coach John Schneider as interim manager for the rest of the season.
Triple-A manager Casey Candel was named interim bench coach.
The 13th manager in the history of the Blue Jays and Puerto Rico’s first manager, Montoyo scored 236–236 runs in four seasons. Toronto beat Philadelphia on Tuesday to break a four-game losing streak and improve the season to 46-42, which saw them finish as a wild-card team in the AL East on Wednesday despite a fourth-place finish in the playoffs . will put
Blue Jays are 3-9 in July. They went 1-6 on the road trip against Oakland, which has the worst record in the Majors, and Seattle, which ended Sunday with a four-game sweep against the Mariners.
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Toronto’s skid began on July 2, when it swept in a doubleheader against Tampa Bay. Budzinski’s teenage daughter, Julia, Montoyo and after learning of the deaths of first base coach Mark Budzinski, leave the dugout during Game 2.
Several members of the Blue Jays organization went to Virginia together on Monday to attend Julia Budzinski’s funeral.
Montoyo, 57, replaced John Gibbons as Blue Jays manager after the end of the 2018 season. Montorio’s contract was extended on 1 April until 2023.
Due to border restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Montoyo oversaw a difficult period in Blue Jays history, with the team playing home games in three cities last season, including two minor league parks. Toronto also played its 2020 home schedule at its Triple-A Stadium in Buffalo, New York.
Montoyo led Toronto to a 32-28 record and a wild-card playoff berth in the extended playoffs after the 2020 season, but the Blue Jays were swept away to eventual AL champions Tampa Bay in the opening round. was. Toronto went 91-71 in 2021 and missed a game to tie for an AL wild card.
Prior to joining the Blue Jays, Montoyo spent six seasons on Tampa Bay’s major league coaching staff, including their final three as bench coach. Prior to that, he spent 18 seasons as a minor league manager at the Rays System and also served with the Puerto Rican team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
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