Thursday, October 29, 2015

GM Alex Anthopoulos leaving Blue Jays, rejects 5-year offer (Yahoo Sports)

Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos attends a season-ending news conference in Toronto on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Anthopoulos helped build a baseball team that ended its 22-year playoff drought before losing to the Kansas City Royals in the American League Championship Series. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos is leaving the team, rejecting a five-year contract extension to remain. The announcement Thursday comes as former Cleveland Indians President Mark Shapiro becomes Toronto's new president. Shapiro replaces Paul Beeston, who is retiring.




from Yahoo Sports http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/top/SIG=134udb8rh/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-gm-alex-anthopoulos-leaving-blue-jays-153154399--mlb.html

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