Rank recent Blue Jays managers

[keggy]

Yeah Tim Johnson was probably the worst one we had. I don't remember if he actually knew the game or not but his constant lying got him fired after just a single season. I remember some of the players talking tons of s*** about him on his way out.

 

Tim Johnson also put Chris Carpenter's arm through a shredder. Back before people cared about pitch counts, not ending the career of young pitchers was probably the manager's single most important job. To this day, I believe Carpenter could've had his best years in Toronto if they didn't make him try to throw a shutout every game.

 

For that reason alone Buck should be ranked higher than old school 90s arm destroyers like Fregosi and Gaston.

[Terminator]

Tim Johnson also put Chris Carpenter's arm through a shredder. Back before people cared about pitch counts, not ending the career of young pitchers was probably the manager's single most important job. To this day, I believe Carpenter could've had his best years in Toronto if they didn't make him try to throw a shutout every game.

 

For that reason alone Buck should be ranked higher than old school 90s arm destroyers like Fregosi and Gaston.

 

Ah yeah I vaguely remember that. I was pretty young so I don’t remember a ton but the general consensus (which didn’t mean much especially in ‘98) was that he was a good manager bc the team won 88 games. But that team was stacked. Clemens had an all time great season to go along with big years from Delgado, Green and even Tony Fernandez.