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| Anthopoulos |
In a major surprise,
the GM of the division-winning Toronto Blue Jays has turned down a contract extension with the team.
Alex Anthopoulos, who engineered a series of acquisitions that put the Jays into playoff contention, leaves the club after compiling a 489-483 record during his tenure. This year alone, he added
Josh Donaldson,
Troy Tulowitski,
David Price,
Ben Revere,
Mark Lowe and
LaTroy Hawkins to the Toronto roster. In a similar move to the Red Sox, the Blue Jays announced the appointment of
Mark Shapiro as president and CEO in August. Anthopoulos—like
Ben Cherington—
may have felt upstaged by the move and decided to move on rather than play "second fiddle". The upshot is that a formidable Boston rival in the AL East is now cast into disarray.
