Blue Jays sign manager John Schneider & GM Ross Atkins to extensions

[p]Schneider, 46, has spent all five seasons as a manager in the MLB with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/toronto-blue-jays/zcDLaZ3b/"]Blue Jays[/a]. He took the reins in 2022 after the team fired Charlie Montoyo and has since posted a 303-257 record. [/p][p]The Jays took the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-dodgers/nwPDBpVc/"]Los Angeles Dodgers[/a] to seven games in the 2025 World Series, one that many are considering the best World Series in modern history.[/p][embed guid="3f31e0fa-8e81-46a8-958e-baab3e653a77" url="https://x.com/BlueJays/status/2036051933715108273?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Despite their World Series loss, Schneider led his team to a 94-68 record and their first American League East division title since 2015. [/p][p]Toronto have put up at least 89 wins in three of the four seasons with Schneider as manager and are predicted to finish second behind the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-yankees/SrC4LDIT/"]New York Yankees[/a] this year with an 85-77 record.[/p][embed guid="f9c2e5e6-830f-40f9-9aec-dd7594914ee3" url="https://x.com/TJStats/status/2036077153209442771?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Jays have been busy with Atkins, 52, at the helm this offseason. They lost [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bichette-bo/fiIFMrb9/"]Bo Bichette[/a] to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-mets/I5wWW4UM/"]New York Mets[/a], but made some big splashes with starting pitchers Dylan Cease (7 years, $210 million) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ponce-cody/OhJmrtFC/"]Cody Ponce[/a] (3 years, $30 million), along with top relief pitcher [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rogers-taylor/IkXua5RM/"]Tyler Rogers[/a] (3 years, $37 million), and top Japanese free agent [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/okamoto-kazuma/2iphqXCP/"]Kazuma Okamoto[/a] (4 years, $60 million) off the international market. [/p][p]Atkins, who has been with the team since 2015 as their GM, also brought back veteran and future Hall of Fame starting pitcher [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scherzer-max/C2omJYWm/"]Max Scherzer[/a] on a one-year, $3 million deal and inked their star player, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guerrero-jr-vladimir/QJ6EIGgH/"]Vladimir Guerrero Jr.[/a], to a massive 14-year, $500 million contract ahead of last season - he's coming off a season where he put up career-low numbers (23 home runs, 84 RBI - min. 150 games). [/p][p]The team is expected to make another World Series push this year after their season begins on March 27th against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/athletics/xIYDcQid/"]Athletics[/a].[/p]