The Blue Jays’ new manager Charlie Montoyo has a lot of interesting dynamics to his job this year, his first in Toronto. In the first season of a rebuild the expectations should be pretty low in the win-loss column, but his handling of the young players navigating the big leagues for the first time will be a crucial part of his new gig.
In recent years the Blue Jays have had the benefit of easing their young players into the lineup, especially one that had so many established veterans kicking around. Whether it was departed leaders like Josh Donaldson, Russell Martin, and Jose Bautista, or those veterans that still remain like Justin Smoak, Kendrys Morales, and others, the Blue Jays had the benefit of not putting too much pressure on the kids right away.