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SUNDAY, 8:12am: Despite speculation to the contrary, the Red Sox won't take on Adam Lind as part of the deal, tweets Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com.
SATURDAY, 11:17pm: The Blue Jays will receive Mike Aviles in the deal, according to Rob Bradford of WEEI.com. Meanwhile, Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun (via Twitter) wouldn't be surprised to see Adam Lind head to the Red Sox.
Aviles saw his role reduced towards the end of the season in Boston as the club slotted Jose Iglesias in as the starting shortstop for the bulk of September. The 31-year-old took a step back offensively in 2012 as he hit just .250/.282/.381 with 13 homers. In parts of five big league seasons for the Royals and Red Sox, Aviles owns a .277/.308/.408 batting line. Aviles, who earned $1.2MM last season, will head to arbitration once again this winter and is set to hit the open market after the 2014 season.
10:18pm: The Red Sox have hired John Farrell to be their next manager, according to Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com (via Twitter). The compensation package going to the Blue Jays will be announced in the next couple of days, but the deal has been finalized, tweets Alex Speier of WEEI.com. Speier adds that Farrell's contract will extend through 2015, giving him two more years under contract than he had with the Blue Jays.
In the trade, there will be a player going in each direction, a source tells Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports (via Twitter). Furthermore, the player going from the Red Sox to the Blue Jays was a major leaguer in 2012, Morosi tweets.
Boston has been linked to their former pitching coach ever since Bobby Valentine appeared to be losing his grip on the club this year. Meanwhile, Blue Jays General Manager Alex Anthopoulos repeatedly deflected questions about the possibility of Farrell going back to Boston and even instituted a club policy of blocking personnel from leaving for a lateral move. The team went through great lengths to keep Farrell's contract status under wraps, but the skipper recently disclosed that 2013 was the last year of his deal in Toronto.
We saw two compensation deals for baseball decision makers last season. Theo Epstein went from the Red Sox over to the Cubs front office while manager Ozzie Guillen was traded from the White Sox to the Marlins. Chicago received Double-A reliever Jhan Marinez and Triple-A shortstop Ozzie Martinez for their skipper. While both were ranked highly within the Marlins' farm system, neither player is viewed as an elite prospect. Meanwhile, the Cubs and Red Sox had a long protracted battle over what the compensation package should be before finally agreeing upon pitching prospect Chris Carpenter and players to be named later.
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