New York Times: Jays wanted Clay Buchholz for Farrell

polo007 · Post #1 » by **polo007** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:56 am

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as @Ken _Rosenthal reported, BoSox tried to pry Farrell from Toronto. I heard Jays asked for Clay Buchholz in return, which ended talks.

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Mattd97 · Post #2 » by **Mattd97** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:15 am

hahaha love it

beater97 · Post #3 » by **beater97** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:20 am

Great news.

Post #4 » by **OldNo7** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:21 am

Good for you AA, good for you.

tecumseh18 · Post #5 » by **tecumseh18** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:29 am

AA is certainly earning a reputation around the league as being someone with whom you do not, uh, mess with. Not capitulating to Beede, for example, becomes part of the legend.

But in this case, why not adopt a more receptive stance and try to pry a high-end prospect from the Sox, along with leaving your fierce division rival with Farrell as their manager? Sounds like a win-win.

gei · Post #6 » by **gei** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:46 pm

Nice.

number15 · Post #7 » by **number15** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:27 pm

sounds like another way of saying "Not for Sale"..... Boston just doesn't get it.

I recently read somewhere that Farrel is still their top choice. Thats why they came back and asked AA even after apparently moving on long ago. Their front office wants Farrel still. If im AA i keep the price that high. If they bite, good, if not, they can go hire Bobby Valentine.

flatjacket1 · Post #8 » by **flatjacket1** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:30 pm

We should have asked for Lester

number15 · Post #9 » by **number15** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:35 pm

flatjacket1 wrote:We should have asked for Lester

well now your reaching...........

LBJSeizedMyID · Post #10 » by **LBJSeizedMyID** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:46 pm

I don't think it's necessarily reaching. If anything, think it just means that Farrell wasn't untouchable.

A-Mac78 · Post #11 » by **A-Mac78** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:12 am

Haha good on AA. Boston D-bags expecting to poach our manager.

baulderdash77 · Post #12 » by **baulderdash77** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:23 pm

I love the response. AA is nobody's pushover.

SharoneWright · Post #13 » by **SharoneWright** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:37 pm

My favourite part of this is that when/if the Sox stumble early in the season, you know they're gonna have scads of fans saying they should have just gone ahead and given up Buchholz for Farrell...

mikero · Post #14 » by **mikero** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:40 pm

AA is the man haha

The funny thing is the Red Sox are expecting just as big a return from the Cubs for Epstein even though they already released him.

cb4_89 · Post #15 » by **cb4_89** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:22 pm

LOL AA trolling.

kavan · Post #16 » by **kavan** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:19 pm

Eye for an Eye love it!