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Blue Jays will give new manager say in his coaching staff

We already knew that John Gibbons would not return next year, but the Blue Jays took it another step further on with their coaching staff.

On Friday the front office let their coaching staff know that they will not be guaranteed a job next year, and that the yet-to-be-hired next skipper will be making the majority of those decisions. This sort of practice is common in the MLB, as most of the time managers want to build their own staff around them, which helps reinforce solidarity in their message.

That coaching staff includes several veteran names like Pete Walker as the pitching coach, Brook Jacoby as the hitting coach, DeMarlo Hale as the bench coach, Tim Leiper at first base, Luis Rivera at third, and more (the complete list can be found here).