Blue Jays Won't Let Red Sox Take John Farrell

Blue Jays president Paul Beeston and general manager Alex Anthopolous issued a joint statement Tuesday declaring the Jays have altered its policy regarding employees moving to another organization if it is considered a lateral move. The change would seem to be in response to the rumors regarding Toronto manager John Farrell potentially talking to the Red Sox about their vacant managerial opening.

"The Toronto Blue Jays have amended their policy and will not grant permission for lateral moves," the statement read (WEEI).

This is a complete 180 from what he had heard in the past. They would allow anyone to leave if they wanted to without any compensation. I am sure if the Sox gave up enough they could still get Ferrell, but I don't see it happening anymore.

Ben Cherington is being introduced today, so I wouldn't expect any kind of update on the compensation for Theo, or the search for a new manager until after that.

I Guess I Have To Mention Theo Officially Gone

Under Epstein's guidance, Boston went 839-619 (.575) in the regular season and 34-23 in the playoffs. Ben Cherington is the new guy and I'm sure he will do fine as he's probably the same thing as Theo except without the Brookline roots.

Again we have no idea what we are going to get because Bud Selig is a scumbag, but don't expect anything awesome.

I like what the Cubs have done though with their upper management by making Theo the Head of Baseball Operations and Padres GM Jed Hoyer their GM. I think they will definitely change the way the Cubs approach the offseason.

The Red Sox are rumored to bring John Farrell back, which I don't know why Toronto would do that, but that's whats rumored.