Alex Anthopoulos was affectionately referred to as the “Silent Assasin” during his Blue Jays tenure and is best known in Atlanta for locking up both Ronald Acuna and Ozzie Albies on team-friendly contracts.
However, Anthopoulos is at the head of some controversy regarding comments he made on a recent conference call to reporters. During the call, A.A. advised he has spoken to 27 clubs in regards to getting a sense of what they were going to look to do in free agency.
Every day you get more information. And we’ve had time to connect with 27 of the clubs — obviously the Astros and (Nationals) being in the World Series, they were tied up — but we had a chance to get a sense of what the other clubs are going to look to do in free agency, who might be available in trades.