Mark Shapiro Archives - Baseball Essential

Should Mark Shapiro be viewed as Toronto’s villain?

Dec 10, 2015

American League, Features, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Toronto Blue Jays

Every good story has a hero and a villain, and the one that's playing out in Toronto right now is no different. Toronto was getting the fairy tale story every market dreams of. The Blue Jays went from a .500...

Have the Blue Jays given up on David Price?

Joshua Sadlock

Nov 28, 2015

American League, Features, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Toronto Blue Jays

At the time of the trade, David Price seemed like a rental for a team in win-now mode. Though there have been reports that David Price would prefer to stay with the Toronto Blue Jays, there are far clearer indi...

Blue Jays’ GM Anthopoulos Rejects Contract, Will Leave Team

Mark Hoffberg

Oct 29, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays

In news that has shocked the Toronto sports landscape, Toronto Blue Jays GM and Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations Alex Anthopoulos has rejected a new deal from the ballclub and will leave at the end ...

Mark Shapiro Named Blue Jays Club President

Shawn Palmer

Aug 30, 2015

American League, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball

According to Jon Heyman, Cleveland Indians team president Mark Shapiro will become the next team president for the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto's current team president, Paul Beeston, is retiring at the end of th...

Tagged Mark Shapiro

Should Mark Shapiro be viewed as Toronto’s villain?

Have the Blue Jays given up on David Price?

Blue Jays’ GM Anthopoulos Rejects Contract, Will Leave Team

Mark Shapiro Named Blue Jays Club President