According to multiple sources close to CSNNE.com’s Sean McAdam, the Toronto Blue Jays have offered Boston Red Sox’s pitching coach John Farrell the managerial job, and Farrell needs only to come to an agreement on a contract. WEEI’s Alex Speier says that it would be surprising at this point if Farrell did not take over [...]
10/23/10
According to MLB Network’s Peter Gammons, three general managers insisted that 48-year-old John Farrell will get the Toronto Blue Jays managerial job and a source close to FOXSports’ Jon Paul Morosi confirmed that Farrell is the front-runner to become the next manager of the Blue Jays. The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo says that Farrell is [...]
10/22/10
According to sources close to WEEI’s Rob Bradford, Red Sox’s DeMarlo Hale and John Farrell are among the finalists for the vacant Blue Jay’s managerial position. Former Major League catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. is also a finalist. Toronto is expected to finalize its search by next week.
Earlier this week, The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo said [...]
10/20/10
The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo says via Twitter that the Red Sox’s bench coach DeMarlo Hale is getting a second interview for the vacant Toronto Blue Jays managerial position.
Hale’s name was previously mentioned as a possible candidate for the Seattle Mariners and Florida Marlins position. The Mariners have since hired Eric Wedge.
The Blue Jays have [...]
10/18/10
Here’s the latest from The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo:
– Cafardo puts together a list of of the Toronto Blue Jay managerial candidates (take a deep breathe, it’s a doozy): Don Baylor, Tim Bogar, Brian Butterfield, John Ferrell, Sal Fasano, DeMarlo Hale, Nick Leyva, Bob Melvin, Rick Renteria, Ron Roenicke, Luis Rivera, Rob Thomson, Bobby Valentine, [...]
10/17/10
Cito Gaston is retiring at the end of the season. The Blue Jays manager, seems intent on hanging it up and spending more time with his family. In July, we heard the rumors that Sal Fasano could be a dark horse to be the Blue Jays manager in 2011. The 38 year-old managed the Blue [...]
09/18/10
7/2 10:50: One person in the know, according to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated, says that it is difficult to imagine Blue Jays’ GM Alex Anthopoulos being “quite that bold” as to hire a 38-year-old who just finished his playing career in 2008 and has only been a manager for a few months at Single-A.
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