Prepare for a lot of over reaction by the Canadian national sports media who don't understand baseball that well and a vocal group of fair weather Jays fans. Sounds like Farrell is going to Boston for sure now, with Rosenthal reporting the two sides are getting very close to agreeing on compensation. To me, this is a no brainer, and you make this move 100 times out of a 100 if you're the Jays. The difference in terms of wins between good managers and bad ones is a game or so during the season and their impact is tough to even measure. To get actual on field talent for your manager is great. There really should be no other storylines to this, but people will dump on the Jays organization and so on and so on. Good for the Blue Jays
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