The Toronto Blue Jays have landed Mark Shapiro of the Cleveland Indians as their incoming president and CEO following the departure of Paul Beeston. By all accounts, the Blue Jays are welcoming a high-quality baseball man who is well respected across the injury, but according to Bob Elliot of the Toronto Sun, Shapiro was not option ‘A’.
This isn’t groundbreaking news, but the detail behind Toronto’s pursuit of former Detroit Tigers’ general manager Dave Dombrowski offers us some insight into what Shapiro’s role should be going forward. After meeting with Edward Rogers and Guy Laurence, the new CEO of Rogers Communications, it was Dombrowski who decided against taking the job in Toronto as it would entail little work in terms of player personnel and baseball management.