It appears that John Gibbons' second stint as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays will be over at the conclusion of this season. Gibbons has been at the helm since 2013 and previously managed the club between 2004 and the middle of the 2008 season. The writing was on the wall when Jays GM Ross Atkins announced that he would be revisiting Gibbons' status at season's end even though he was already under contract in 2019. It is worth noting that Gibbons signaled he wasn't keen on going through another rebuilding process. After appearing in back to back ALCS match ups in 2015 and 2016, the team has not been the same since the departure of Edwin Encarnacion. Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson have followed him out the door and lord knows if Troy Tulowitzki will ever play again.
Had Gibbons remained he would have eclipsed Cito Gaston as the club's longest serving manager. But that doesn't mean much when Gaston can boast of back to back World Series titles.
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