Coaching Staff

Candaele is entering first season as the Bisons manager, having been named the team's 22nd Modern Era Manager on March 8. This is Candaele's third season as a manager in the Toronto Blue Jays system (fourth overall), having served as skipper of the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays of the Florida State League in 2018 (69-68) and the short-season Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League in 2019 (30-46). In 2020, he oversaw all Blue Jays minor leaguers that were not assigned to the club’s alternate training site in Rochester.

Prior to joining the Blue Jays, Candaele was the Seattle Mariners first base coach and outfield/baserunning instructor in 2016 and 2017 and spent five years in the Texas Rangers organization as the minor league field coordinator (2015) and a minor league infield and baserunning coordinator (2011-2014). From 2000-2010, Candaele held various coaching positions at San Luis Obispo (CA) High School and in summer collegiate baseball leagues.

Candaele spent three seasons of his 18-year professional playing career with the Bisons (1995-1997), appearing in 270 games and averaging .265 with 79 extra base hits (17 home runs), 113 RBI and 155 runs scored. He was an American Association All-Star in 1996 in a year he hit .311 with 66 runs scored in 94 games. A favorite among Buffalo fans and his teammates, Candaele was voted by his fellow Bisons as the club’s 1997 Most Inspirational Player. That season, when a torn knee ligament in Game Three of the AA semifinals caused Candaele to miss the remainder of the playoffs, many of his Bisons teammates had “CC 10” written in their caps as they captured the team’s first Triple-A Championship since 1961.

Originally signed by Montreal in 1982, Candaele played 754 Major League games with the Expos, Astros and Indians with a .250 average, 11 home runs and 139 RBI. He appeared in two games for Cleveland during the 1996 American League Divisional Series and played every position in his Big League career other than pitcher and catcher.

Born in Lompoc, CA, Candaele attended the University of Arizona and helped the Wildcats to a 1980 NCAA Championship. His mother, Helen Callaghan, was a member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and was often referred to as “The Ted Williams of women’s baseball” (Candaele’s aunt, Margaret, also played in the league). It is believed that Helen and Casey are the only mother-son combination to have both played professional baseball.

Hart returns for his third season as the Herd's hitting coach, helping the team improve in several offensive categories each of his first two seasons. The Bisons improved their team batting average (.261), home runs (156) and RBI (655), among other categories from 2018 to 2019. Additionally, he worked with several of the top Blue Jays prospects who have made an impact in Toronto, including Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

He is entering his sixth season in the Blue Jays system, beginning his tenure with the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays. Hart began his coaching career with the Milwaukee Brewers organization from 2006-2009, before joining the Miami Marlins from 2010-2015. He served as the hitting coach for the Single-A Jupiter Hammerheads from 2012-2015 for the Marlins organization.

Hart played eight minor league seasons from 1998-2005, reaching the Triple-A level with Omaha in 2002 and again in 2004. In 713 career games, the infielder hit .242 with 17 home runs and 248 RBI and a .371 on-base percentage. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 23rd round of 1998 MLB Amateur Draft out of the University of Oklahoma.

Ware is in his first season as the Bisons pitching coach, though he was appointed to the position prior to the canceled 2020 season. He served as the pitching coordinator for the Blue Jays organization for three years, 2017-2019. He has previously served as a pitching coach in the Jays organization, first in 2014 for the Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League, his first season back with the organization that drafted him in the 1st round, 35th overall, in the 1991 draft.

Ware also served as the pitching coach in 2015 for the Single-A Lansing Lugnuts. His coaching career began in 2007 with the New York Yankees organization. He spent seven seasons as a pitching coach in the Yankees chain, including his final three years with Single-A Tampa from 2011-2013.

Ware appeared in 18 Major League games during his 11-year playing career, making nine starts and nine relief appearances with the Blue Jays, 1995-1996. A first round pick by Toronto in the 1991 Draft, Ware was a perfect 7-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 16 starts with the Syracuse SkyChiefs during the 1995 season, prompting his first big league promotion.

White is in his fourth season as a Bisons coach and his third year as position coach for the team. He served as the club's hitting coach in 2017. White is just the second person in the team's modern era to serve four seasons as a Bisons coach, joining former pitching coach Jackie Brown (1988-1991)

The seven-time gold glover primarily works with the Herd's outfielders and on base running. In 2019, the Herd finished third in the International League in stolen bases with 120, while Anthony Alford ranked fourth individually with 22.

White is a three-time World Series champion, both in 1992 and 1993 with the Blue Jays, along with 1997 as a member of the Florida Marlins. He served as the outfielder and baserunning coordinator in the Washington Nationals farm system from 2008-2010 and as the minor league baserunning coordinator for the Chicago White Sox from 2011-2012.

White was drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1981 draft out of Park West, HS in Manhattan, NY. He played 17 seasons of Major League Baseball, appearing in 1,941 games with the Angels (1985-1990, Blue Jays (1991-1995), Marlins (1996-1997), Diamondbacks (1998), Dodgers (1999-2000) and Brewers (2001).He finished 5th in Rookie of the Year voting in 1987 with California, hitting .263 with a career-high 24 home runs and 87 RBI...Also stole 32 bases that season. White made three All-Star appearances, first with Angels in 1989, then with Toronto (1993) and Arizona (1998) and won seven gold gloves, including all five seasons he played in Toronto, 1991-1995. White played 656 games with the Blue Jays, more than any other team, and helped Toronto to their back-to-back titles in 1992 and 1993...Hit .270 with 155 doubles, 34 triples, 72 home runs, 274 RBI and 126 stolen bases in his Blue Jays career. He was a career .296-hitter in five postseason appearances with three home runs, 20 RBI and seven stolen bases in 49 games.