John Gibbons, Blue Jays Agree to Contract Extension Through 2019

One day before the start of the 2017 Major League Baseball season, the Toronto Blue Jays have officially announced their contract extension with manager John Gibbons.

MLB Network's Jon Morosi added Gibbons' new deal with the Blue Jays runs through 2019 with a team option for 2020.

Gibbons' previous contract had a unique rollover clause, which TSN.ca reported "would preclude him from reaching 'lame-duck' status. In that previous contract, a proviso existed whereby every Jan. 1, the contract became guaranteed for the following year with another option tacked on to it."

A contract extension has been expected for some time, with Gibbons expressing his gratitude toward the organization for his new deal March 22, per Mark Zwolinski of the Toronto Star:

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I wasn't obsessed with it. This organization has been great to me, and you never know how long these things last [manager positions]. Coming into it, with a new regime and all, I never knew what to expect at first. I'm glad to be with it still; Toronto has been my whole major league manager career … you sometimes think a guy from Texas, it doesn't happen a lot that way. It's been great, and I'm very excited ...

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Gibbons is in his second stint as Toronto's manager. He previously led the Blue Jays from 2004-08 and was rehired after the 2012 season.

In his second go-around leading the Blue Jays, Gibbons has a 339-309 record and has led the team to the American League Championship Series each of the last two seasons.