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Atkins: Blue Jays want to give Gibbons extension
- Updated: December 7, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — General manager Ross Atkins reiterated his stance on Tuesday afternoon that the Blue Jays intend to sign manager John Gibbons to a contract extension.
Gibbons is set to enter the final year of his contract, but Toronto remains committed to extending the deal beyond 2017. Atkins said on Tuesday afternoon that the talks initially were scheduled to take place this week, but Gibbons had to miss Major League Baseball’s annual Winter Meetings because of the flu.
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The 54-year-old Gibbons led the Blue Jays to the American League Championship Series during each of the last two seasons. He owns a 644-614 career record for Toronto in two separate stints as manager of the ballclub.
“We were planning on having that dialogue here to just reopen it while we were together,” Atkins told a group of reporters. “We’ll make sure that happens.”
Gibbons was brought back as Toronto’s …
