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The Canadian Press: Anthopoulos looking to make Blue Jays a sustained winner, won't take shortcuts
3 hours ago TORONTO Alex Anthopoulos unveiled his long awaited blueprint for the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday and a by-product of his ambitious philosophy is likely more waiting for fans desperate to see a winner. The rookie general manager from Montreal's vision is to build a franchise that ...
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fan590.com — Conference Call with the Blue Jays General Manager (more) Alex Anthopoulos
Halladay trade likely as Jays look to rebuild
nationalpost.com — The Toronto Blue Jays are looking long-term towards becoming a contending team again, likely without ace pitcher... Roy Halladay. Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said as much in a conference call on Saturday prior to his departure to meet his ... (more) Halladay trade likely as Jays look to rebuild
New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox both shopping for Roy Halladay
New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox both shopping for Roy Halladay
nydailynews.com — The Blue Jays haven't decided whether or not to trade Roy Halladay this winter, but if they... choose to move the former Cy Young winner , a bidding war could break out between the Yankees and Red Sox . According to a source, Blue Jays president Paul ... (more) New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox both shopping for Roy ...
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Alex Anthopoulos Lays Out His Vision
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine — ... free agent market.  Although AA didn;t say it I got the impression that he would like the two picks the team would get if Scutaro signed elsewhere, anyone else get that? It does sound as though he has been very busy with the trade talk and who knows what will come of that. I will add links to the scribes stories as they come out over the next 12-24 hours. Jeremy Sandler, National Post: Halladay trade likely as the Jays look to rebuild Shi Davidi, Canadian Press:  Anthopoulos looking to make Blue Jays a sustained winner, won't take ...

More Hints That Halladay Will Be Traded
The Real Dirty Mets Blog — ... But according to The Canadian Press, new Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos is shaping his vision of the franchise going forward and he’s not sure that Halladay fits in. ...

Alex the Builder
The Tao of Stieb — I suppose I would quibble with the semantics of it all. "....Anthopoulos characterizes the Blue Jays as a team that's building, rather than rebuilding. "I think when people talk about a rebuild, it would be tearing down a team and trading away numbers of players. I don't know that we have that necessarily," he said. "I think we have a lot of good young players, I just don't think we have enough. I think we need to continue to add to those players." If you can't extend your franchise cornerstone (Halladay), and are looking to trade ...

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