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Originally Posted by adc
Why is Shapiro's ego a problem here?
Isn't he just doing what Rogers hired him to do?
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Yeah, I don't see how this is on Shapiro at all. The reason he left Cleveland is because he wanted to get his toes back in baseball operations. He accepted the job here based on having final say in baseball decisions. Just because the Jays finally had a bit of success, he's supposed to relinquish that control he was promised and essentially uproot his family for nothing?
He was only hired in August, but I'm sure he was wooed well before that. It's a very unfortunate situation all around where I'm sure Rogers made the decision to move in a different direction from AA before the Jays caught fire and they were already in negotiations with several options. The problem here is optics. The Jays essentially hired AA's replacement while he was still with the team. I don't know how you make that transition without it being messy.