View Single Post
Old 11-15-2019, 05:27 PM   #1784
Roof-Daddy
Franchise Player
 
Roof-Daddy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Exp:
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by fleury View Post
Anyone know if this is a legit loss? Or was he expendable?
How Blue Jays are impacted by Ben Cherington’s move to Pittsburgh


Quote:
Meanwhile, the repercussions of this move will be felt in Toronto. Since joining the Blue Jays as VP of baseball operations in September of 2016, Cherington’s public profile has stayed low, but he has been an integral part of the Toronto front office. His absence will now be felt in player development, where he had worked closely with Gil Kim, and during the off-season when he helped create and execute the club’s strategy.

At the same time, this news won’t come as a shock to the Blue Jays, who were updated regularly as the interview process unfolded. When the GM Meetings took place in Scottsdale, Ariz., this week, Atkins, Joe Sheehan, Tony LaCava, Andrew Tinnish, Mike Murov and Steve Sanders represented the Blue Jays’ front office, but not Cherington.

Earlier this week, Atkins explained in general terms that the Blue Jays don’t believe in freezing executives out completely even when there’s proprietary information in play.

“A potential employee leaving us and going elsewhere, having information about one particular strategy that we may have on a free agent or trade acquisition and in the end, being open and honest and not closing down databases and information to our potential strategies is the approach that we’ve taken,” Atkins said. “I can see that there could be
Also:

Pirates pluck Ben Cherington from the Blue Jays to be their next general manager
Roof-Daddy is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Roof-Daddy For This Useful Post: