DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The Toronto Blue Jays returned to the postseason in 2015 following a 22-year absence from playoff baseball, but some wondered how the upheaval in the front office would impact their quest to reach the postseason for a second straight season.
President and CEO Mark Shapiro, who had assumed control of the club at the end of the 2015 campaign, turned to Ross Atkins -- a longtime member of his front office with the Cleveland Indians -- to take over for departed general manager Alex Anthopoulos, making the South Florida native the sixth GM in Toronto's history.