That Twitter link does not seem to be working for me - but if this is true, Wagner won't be working this season, either! I'm frankly surprised. It's not like they have a lot of replacements warming up in the bullpen. Unless Ben Shulman is the choice, maybe a part of a deal with his dad on the TV side?

Otherwise, I'd have a hard time coming up with a name that could replace him. 

Fortunately for SN, Wagner was not as well established or there as long as Cheek or Howarth, so replacing him might not be as painful as their departures were. I still miss Jerry's calls but as a fellow prostate cancer survivor, I understand why his health and family had to come first. 

Anyone but Ben Schulman, over the top with talk.  Not enough play-by-play.

Is Ben Shulman the replacement? 

I've got $5 on no more radio-only broadcast.

RadioAaron wrote:

I've got $5 on no more radio-only broadcast.

That seems to be the speculation on Twitter. And so far, the fans don't seem happy. 

RadioAaron wrote:

I've got $5 on no more radio-only broadcast.

... or a simucast of the television audio.

Rogers ruins everything.
 

Rogers just confirms they have no idea how to run a baseball team and demonstrate a lack of concern for the fans.  Just hire two guys from Cleveland, who did nothing there, to run their moneymaker.  Ben Schulman, like father like son, too much talk, not much play-by-play.  Imagine listening to a radio broadcast of the TV feed and hearing, "Did you see that fan in the stands?"  

Jerry Howarth calls the Rogers move "embarrassing."

“First of all, over his six seasons the network never did give Ben a former player to work with full-time on the radio,” Howarth told the Toronto Sun via email. “That would have not only established a good chemistry between them but would also inform the audience with keen insights as to what was happening down on the field and why from that player’s perspective.

“That is so vital and essential to the broadcast for the audience each and every day.”

Legendary Blue Jays broadcaster Jerry Howarth rips Rogers for Ben Wagner’s dismissal

laffin wrote:

Rogers just confirms they have no idea how to run a baseball team and demonstrate a lack of concern for the fans.  Just hire two guys from Cleveland, who did nothing there, to run their moneymaker.  Ben Schulman, like father like son, too much talk, not much play-by-play.  Imagine listening to a radio broadcast of the TV feed and hearing, "Did you see that fan in the stands?"  

We don’t have to imagine it. They already did it for a time. It was useless.

Jerry Howarth became a Canadian citizen in 1994.