“It’s definitely different. To be real blunt, I hate it. I can’t stand it,” Lauer told the Jays beat back in mid-April. “You work with what you got. Part of it, too, we’re trying to mix some things up. We’re trying to find ways to win, so I think it’s a game plan we had, and I think we went out there and tried to execute the best we could… That’s really all you can do… It messes with your pre-game routine… We’re creatures of habit. It changes the rhythm and routine. It’s a little harder to time things out… You can make it work the best you can. Hopefully, it’s not something that we will continue doing. But that’s above my pay grade.”

“I respect everyone’s opinion,” Schneider told the beat. “I know the end of his quote was, ‘It’s above my pay grade,’ and it definitely is above his pay grade as to how we use him. We’re trying to win, you know what I mean? My job is to put him in spots to try to have success. That’s what I try to do. He’s aware of that. He gets that. Anyone who’s been bounced around a little bit, he wants to start, I get it. But he’s on board with us just trying to win and, go out and execute until we take the ball from you, big fella, and do it again the next time.”

“I think some of that, or a lot of that was kinda taken out of context… There were no hurt feelings. It was a very simple question, I thought….I think if you ask most starters in the league they would probably have the same response that they don’t like it…..We’re all here to win ball games. It’s not about any individual player. Yeah, that was a lot more than I expected it to turn into. I got a lot of hate for that.”