No idea how good a general manager Tony LaCava will be when the time finally comes.
We know one thing.
LaCava is a good soldier and a loyal company man.
For background’s sake, new Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro tapped into his Cleveland Indians roots to hire Ross Atkins as his general manager over interim GM LaCava.
And on Monday at the winter meetings, who was asked to play Meet the Press in the daily Jays briefing?
Not Atkins.
It was LaCava answering 23 minutes of questions and doing TV sessions.
That would be like losing out for a promotion and then being asked “ah, would you mind doing the work anyway for a few days?