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Blue Jays: The Marlins saved Anthopoulos from greater disaster

It’s a lot more fun when our beloved Blue Jays are being aggressive during the off-season, as we’ve all seen with the signing and introduction of Hyun-Jin Ryu recently. However, being aggressive doesn’t always work out for the best, which is why many front offices play things pretty safe a lot of the time.

That wasn’t the strategy employed by Alex Anthopoulos all that often, and especially not the case during the off-season of 2012. In fact, some new details emerged on Friday thanks to a podcast from former Marlins’ General Manager, David Sampson.