Unless the Blue Jays bring in someone who can teach their pitchers to work undetected with Will Smith or Michael Pineda’s sticky accessories ...
Unless they hire as manager Joe McCarthy, who had his own set of accessories named Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Earle Combs, plus pitchers Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock and Urban Shocker ...
Unless either happens, it won’t matter who is the pitching coach, the manager or general manager with this year’s Blue Jays team.
The paper-thin Jays will have to ride this out.
Replacing John Gibbons won’t change a thing.
Look at the lineup he ran out against former Seattle Mariners Cy Young Award winner Felix Hernandez:
Ezequiel Carrera, Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, Russell Martin, Chris Colabello, Kevin Pillar, Danny Valencia, Ryan Goins and Munenori Kawasaki.