BREAKING: Jays make MASSIVE moves... This is WILD | Toronto Blue Jays News

We have some big news to go over today. The Toronto Blue Jays have just changed forever following some massive moves that they have just made as breaking news has dropped surrounding John Schneider and Ross Atkins. Not only getting extensions, but now ahead of what's going to be one of the most anticipated seasons in recent memory. The core of the Toronto Blue Jays team from the top down is solidified and this team has all of a sudden become one of the more stable teams in the MLB. We're going to break down these extensions, discuss most importantly the details. people are talking about, discuss what it means going forward as well as a ton of other updates you're going to want to stay tuned to the very end of the video ladies and gentlemen before we get into it all a very quick reminder to hit that subscribe button you guys are an absolute beast for the support now folks i had a video a couple hours ago on the moves and moves they're going to be making things like that there are more moves on the horizon here this uh you know into the next couple days opening day on friday but we have some big news that dropped and it is extensions not just to John Schneider and we'll dive into a bunch of things in a minute here but also of course, Ross Atkins. You can see here, news. John Schneider and Ross Atkins signed contracts with the Blue Jays. Five years for Ross, two more years for Schneider, which brings John Schneider into the 2028 season. And folks, this is pretty surprising. Not the John Schneider one, but Ross Atkins. And things just completely changed. The Jays changed forever with this. And you might think that's an exaggeration. That's hyperbole. Ultimately here, this is extremely, extremely huge news because most people thought John Schneider was going to get extended. I mean, he makes the World Series. He got through kind of that litmus test of being a manager had one bad season. It is what it is. Ross Atkins. He had some ups and downs as GM. I mean, just a couple of years ago, we're talking about how he's surely going to get fired after that 74 win season. They signed him to a five-year contract extension, ladies and gentlemen, which is quite the hefty contract. Now you look at it from the perspective of the Toronto Blue Jays. They clearly trust, and we'll dive into some comments from Mark Shapiro on the truth behind it. they clearly trust Ross Atkins. I'm fine with it. I know a lot of you guys don't necessarily, some of you don't love Ross Atkins and things like that, which is why I'm curious to see what you guys think about it in the comment section. But this is massive, massive news. Now, see here, the Blue Jays have a rare level of stability from the top down. Shapiro extended in December. I think Shapiro has done an absolutely fantastic, superb job, whether that be from the, of course, top to bottom, especially when you look at it from the perspective of all the stadium renovations they went through he's done a fantastic job now you look at Ross Atkins extended today now for the next five years he's going to be involved for a very very long time with this team and now of course he's going to be the one who spearheads the moves going forward you can't fault him for any move he's made this offseason really it's hard to fault him for you know any of their lack of success in the playoffs they look great and of course i mean prior to last year of course i'm referring to because last year they made the World Series it's well deserved five years a little bit steep but again i'm not going to complain John Schneider clears day his is only two years and of course they extended Vladimir and Ross helped get that done but it is huge news and completely changes the way that things look going forward and again two years for John Schneider they'll reevaluate in 2028 which again a couple years from now not bad we have some comments though John Schneider said that negotiations on his extension and we knew there were ongoing negotiations this is stuff that you know especially for managers and GMs it's a bit more interesting to talk about compared to players but he said negotiations on extension led to a couple of sleepless nights not going to lie but it's really cool to remain with the only organization he's been a part of something that i don't take for granted at all and he's obviously uh i guess he grew up as a manager with Vladimir Guerrero Jr Bo Bichette all those guys and he ultimately and deserved it right he took over for Charlie Montoyo he looked extremely extremely a little bit raw as a manager especially in his first few years but now all of a sudden he is uh he's He's in a very, very good spot as a manager, and he's turned into one of the better managers in the MLB. And of course, that's because he made the World Series. You can talk about his Brandon Little moves. I'm happy with John Schneider as manager. I think it makes a ton of sense. Now, again, he said his negotiations led to a couple of sleepless nights. We don't know the details on that. We don't really know the money figure. It's not as big of a thing for managers. And obviously, it is for the actual managers. But those negotiations aren't quite as public knowledge as some of the other ones. But you can see here from Hayes and TSN, Shapiro and Atkins are going to put in a 15-plus year run with the Jays. we'll see about that one but they will actually ultimately by the end of the contract organization top down hopefully they will be officially going down as two of the most influential figures in toronto sports history which is crazy with the i mean ross atkins much part of it here since 2016 that's going to end up being yeah 15 year run after ross atkins contract is up for john schneider obviously he's been a part of it as well in a different way it's incredible to me it's a little bit wild that again i was doing videos on this a couple years ago and we were talking about how Ross Atkins might get fired, I mean not even a couple years ago literally this time last year why is Ross Atkins still part of the team? Why, you know, as Ross, he did it right, like he built a good team. Now he went into this offseason clearly the players respect him. Clearly guys like Dylan Cease who love Toronto clearly also of course he's feeling really good. If you didn't watch my video earlier, feel free to check it out. He chose to sign with the Blue Jays right away and a lot of free agents are starting to do that and the Jays have built a culture from Mark Shapiro, Ross Atkins and beyond that is sustained for success. And you can see here from Keegan Matheson, I'm a big believer that once a manager clears the bar of being a good manager, they need to fit the team. Cito Gaston fit the World Series teams. John Gibbons fit the veteran roster. John Schneider fits this team, a Blue Jays lifer who has grown into this. And this is somebody in Keegan Matheson who's been on my channel, of course, but has also been on the field constantly, of course, being a reporter. He's been around the team constantly for years now and is one of the better reporters for kind of, you know, knowing the vibe. he says John Schneider fits it clearly and fits it well. Can't disagree with him, I think John Schneider is the kind of epitome I mean the players love him, right? And I think a lot of that is the culture that's been built up Ernie Clement and beyond, like Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of course now Bo Bichette is gone, there is a culture that finally we we have and no other team really has at the level of Toronto Blue Jays and they wanted to solidify that culture through stability and I'm very glad they did that, but we did see some comments from both Shapiro and Ross uh speaking about it. Let's dive into them. So this is from Shapiro on the top Ross has done an outstanding job in building a deep foundation with an accomplished baseball operations team I'm a strong supporter of stability and continuity it's easy for me to believe in Ross as I've seen him transition from player to young front office executive to established executive and I'm extremely confident that his leadership will help us achieve our goal of bringing a World Series championship, not championship championships back to Canada I've always liked Mark Shapiro speaks pretty good ultimately here, he is going to be the guy who kind of spearheads all this, and he did. And I think bringing back Ross Atkins is solid. Some of you guys aren't going to agree, I'm sure, but you see in the second one, this is from Ross himself. I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity to continue to get better alongside the remarkable people in this organization. Toronto is a special place and I want to thank our fans across Canada for making this one of the best environments in all sports. And thank you, of course, to all the guys up top. The owner, Edward Rogers, Tony Stellare, Mark Shapiro, Rogers for the continued trust and support and I look forward to continuing to learn and build a Toronto Blue Jays championship so all exciting stuff the Jays changed forever as of today these are monumental moves here obviously we can talk about Vladimir Guerrero Jr. that is probably bigger but like these are the guys who make the decisions and for a very long time there was hesitancy since Ross and Mark Shapiro came over from Cleveland about our about their ability to build a sustained winner folks they uh they did it at this juncture and this team has been really good for a really long time They haven't had the playoff success until last year, and now hopefully they can go ahead and do it going forward. So let me know down below what your thoughts are on that as we all now enter the next few days ahead of the biggest season of a lot of our most anticipated season of a lot of our lives. Of course, some of them in the 90s as well. It's going to be exciting. They have some moves to make. Keep an eye out on Chase Lee making the Toronto Blue Jays. It's down. Reports came out to Chase Lee and one other player in Spencer Miles, and we're going to keep you up to date every step of the way. Thank you guys for watching. You guys are absolute beasts. Cheers. Thank you.