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- Updated: October 24, 2016
TORONTO — The Blue Jays are planning to bring back their entire coaching staff next season, with the exception of assistant hitting coach Eric Owens.
Toronto general manager Ross Atkins made the announcement on Monday afternoon during his end-of-the-year availability with the media. Owens’ contract will not be renewed, and he will instead seek other employment opportunities outside the organization.
Manager John Gibbons will return in 2017 alongside pitching coach Pete Walker, hitting coach Brook Jacoby, first-base coach Tim Leiper, third-base coach Luis Rivera, bench coach DeMarlo Hale and bullpen coach Rick Langford.
“Everyone has been invited back and wants to be back and is motivated to be a part of this other than Eric Owens, who we’ve made a decision to let him look for other alternatives,” Atkins said. “So he will not be returning, but everybody else will be back.”
Atkins would not say for sure whether the club will hire another assistant hitting coach to replace Owens. The GM …
