God bless Stripling. He is quietly having a great year, and it is scary to think where the Jays would be without him.
As for Montoyo, great human being, but in way over his head as the manager of a contending team. He managed the pitching staff atrociously, had the team unprepared to compete against the good divisional rivals, and was far too passive as a bench boss. This is a year overdue, but better late than never.
I am now much more optimistic about the season. Great to get the W tonight and get a bit of a winning streak started. The team seemed to respond to Schneider's more active tactics.
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