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Gibbons happy with early results of revamped lineup
- Updated: May 20, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — For the second consecutive day, the Blue Jays went with a revamped lineup that places a bulk of its heft near the top of the batting order.
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons, who returned from a three-game suspension for Friday’s game against the Twins, said he was pleased with the early returns from Thursday, when Toronto unveiled a new-look lineup with Jose Bautista in the leadoff spot for the first time since 2010.
Toronto, which snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 win in the opener of a four-game series on Thursday, tried its new lineup again on Friday.
“You win the game, you always think it looks good,” Gibbons said.
Gibbons said he and his coaching staff had been kicking around the idea of shuffling the lineup for several days. As Toronto’s losing streak mounted and the offence struggled in a three-game series sweep against the Rays earlier this week, Bautista came to his manager and offered to move to the top.
“One thing you do in this game, and all the teams do it, when you hit stretches where you’re struggling, different things, especially offensively, the big thing is how do you …
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