DJF on the Farrell situation:
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Speaking of compensation, Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe has some theories, suggesting that “the compensation for Farrell will be a pitcher on the cusp of being helpful to the big league team and a Double A prospect. The Red Sox will get a non-prospect in return to make it a real trade.”
He throws out several names, none of which will please the “Pedroia or bust” crowd, or even those who think that the Jays have to “at least” get Dan Bard, but that seem reasonably realistic: Chris Carpenter (the bad one), Clay Mortensen, Alex Wilson or Zach Stewart on the big league side, and Juan Carlos Linares, Kolbrin Vitek, Ivan DeJesus Jr., or Che-Hsuan Lin as prospects.
Not exactly what you were hoping for, huh? Me either, but the fact of the matter seems to be that if the Jays are entertaining this, and very obviously not going to the same lengths they did last year to keep the fact that they’re participating in talks under wraps, it strongly suggests that they really may be ready to part with their manager.
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Its looking like it is highly likely that Farrell goes to Boston. I like Farrell, but losing him won't hurt my feelings too much, especially if we can get a decent arm in return.