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Shapiro: AA will be kept, Dickey's option picked up, hope to sign Price

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What does he mean AA will be kept

 

This is not s charity job. AA is a highly respected GM with 5 jobs open around MLB

 

Sounds like he just made a comment that AA will be extended according to a quote on CBS Sports.

 

This is not a surprise of.course

 

The team and attendance figures have saved AA's ass this year

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Source? I thought Shaprio said he wasn't discussing anything until the season was over

 

Heyman CBS

 

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This may be just a case of a Twitter mouthpiece regurgitating platitudes from Heyman as if theyre actual quotes from Shapiro. I'm thinking they're not.
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This sounds like BS, or an extremely condensed version of what Shapiro actually said.

 

AA will be kept - I mean ok, he is working in his home country...but he is a free agent. "We came to an agreement to extend is contract" would be the right way to say this, not unilaterally stating he will be kept as if he has a contract to be fired from otherwise.

 

Regarding Dickey - if AA is to be kept, should that not be his decision to pick up the option? Although this looks like an obvious statement with how he's pitched recently.

 

Regarding Price - Good news, hope it's not a rash decision/platitude by the new guy to try to placate the fans.

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Stroman could be one but yes we do, but there are lots of arms on the market this offseason.

 

You assume that any of them want to come to Canada.

Besides, if you spent stupid money on a pitcher, might as well be Price.

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^ exactly great points

 

Shapiro probably wants to control.everything. can't see AA sticking around

 

Its been known he wants to keep AA as GM and he will focus more on the president role not baseball operations. AA loves Toronto and Canada so I have a hard time seeing him go elsewhere if he's offered the GM role in Toronto.

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^ exactly great points

 

Shapiro probably wants to control.everything. can't see AA sticking around

 

Why not. He must be happy with what he's inheriting. And he can always pull rank.

 

AA is getting extended I have zero doubt

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Anthopoulos is essentially a free agent. Maybe Seattle, Philly or Detroit give him a better offer or has a better ownership situation.

 

Unless they offer something like 20 million/year I can't see AA leaving. He's got a young family and is Canadian. People like him don't seem to be swayed by a couple million either.

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Sounds like he just made a comment that AA will be extended according to a quote on CBS Sports.

 

This is not a surprise of.course

 

The team and attendance figures have saved AA's ass this year

 

 

It's the other way around, to a good extent, it's AA's drafting, development and trades that have saved his own ass and have resulted in a very good team attracting sold-out crowds and record-breaking tv ratings for his employer. All of this before Shapiro has made a single move, not that I'm against his hiring, au contraire, I like his hiring.

 

We'll see what happens.

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Its been known he wants to keep AA as GM and he will focus more on the president role not baseball operations. AA loves Toronto and Canada so I have a hard time seeing him go elsewhere if he's offered the GM role in Toronto.

 

That contradicts the kind of stuff coming out of his mouth

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^ exactly great points

 

Shapiro probably wants to control.everything. can't see AA sticking around

 

You must be tired of being wrong.

 

AA will be re-signed.

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Anthopoulos is essentially a free agent. Maybe Seattle, Philly or Detroit give him a better offer or has a better ownership situation.

 

They probably would give a better offer but unless they blow him out of the water I doubt he goes anywhere.

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They probably would give a better offer but unless they blow him out of the water I doubt he goes anywhere.

 

Seattle and Philly is no go as both presidents want a say in baseball operations (though Macphail is legit good unlike the Seattle President). Why leave Toronto to go to a worse situation

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