Blue Jays manager John Schneider is clearly ready to do anything to help his team win.
Literally, anything.
After the Blue Jays pulled starter Yusei Kikuchi for reliever Trevor Richards at the top of the fifth inning, Schneider was thrust into an unusual duty.
The backup catcher is usually the one to warm up the new pitchers that come into the game, but with Alejandro Kirk in the team’s locker room, it was Schneider who ran out behind the plate instead.
Schneider, who played catcher during his minor-league career, grabbed Danny Jansen’s glove and went out to catch a few pitches from Richards.
The Blue Jays manager wasn’t willing to fully put his body on the line, however, as he avoided a pitch in the dirt from Richards and let it go to the backstop instead.
Schneider last played in 2007 for the double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats.