ROGERS today announced that J.P. RICCIARDI will be leaving his position as Senior Vice President, Baseball Operations & General Manager of the Toronto Blue Jays effective immediately. Mr. Ricciardi joined the Blue Jays in 2001.
"This was a tough decision and a difficult one for me personally as I have enjoyed J.P.'s friendship and his perspective on the game," said Paul Beeston, acting President, and CEO. "J.P. has put an incredible amount of effort into improving the team and he has brought along a number of great young players. However, I feel that it is time for a change and accordingly we have decided to move on."
Alexander Anthopoulos, Vice President, Baseball Operations & Assistant General Manager will fill the role commencing today.
I assume Anthopoulos is the new full time GM.
Best wishes to JP who was neither as good as his supporters thought, nor as bad as his opponents thought.
Also good luck to Alex Anthopoulos who has a big job to do at a young age. Anthopoulos is a bit of a unknown entity as he has yet to show what his personal beliefs are outside of JP's world. And he inherits the mess with Cito Gaston. Here's hoping Anthopoulos follows the path of another unknown Theo Epstein.
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