TORONTO -- Mark Shapiro will be one of the busiest men in baseball over the next several weeks as he transitions to his new role as the Blue Jays' president and CEO.
Shapiro made a couple of major announcements Monday during his introductory news conference -- Tony LaCava was promoted to interim GM and John Gibbons will return as manager in 2016 -- but that was only a sliver of the topics he discussed with the media.
Here are some of the highlights:
1. Renovations at Rogers Centre and the installation of natural grass
"I'm aware of some of the issues, I had a very top-line discussion with [vice president of business operations] Stephen Brooks.