TORONTO – Drownproofing is a U.S. Navy SEAL water-training exercise that tests the ability of recruits to remain composed under extreme duress, requiring them to complete multiple tasks in the deep end of a pool with their hands and feet tied. Avoiding panic, managing the situation and utilizing energy effectively are essential to success in the moment, survival in the field, eventually. And it’s an apt analogy for the Toronto Blue Jays that John Schneider has been using with his players in recent days.

“You can either go to the bottom and bob back up for air, or you can just start (expletive) thrashing and you’re going to die,” the manager explained. “And I don’t want them to start (thrashing around) because it’s easy to do that, and hard to do the other thing.”

The Blue Jays, in the de

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