According to MLB Network’s Peter Gammons, three general managers insisted that 48-year-old John Farrell will get the Toronto Blue Jays managerial job and a source close to FOXSports’ Jon Paul Morosi confirmed that Farrell is the front-runner to become the next manager of the Blue Jays. The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo says that Farrell is “now likely headed for Toronto.”

CSNNE.com’s Sean McAdam says via Twiter that Sandy Alomar Jr. has been told that he is out of the running for the Blue Jay’s job. McAdam later added that Hale has been told that he’s out of running for the job.

The Blue Jays had a long list of possible candidates including: DeMarlo Hale, Sandy Alomar Jr., Don Baylor, Tim Bogar, Brian Butterfield, Sal Fasano, Nick Leyva, Bob Melvin, Rick Renteria, Ron Roenicke, Luis Rivera, Rob Thomson, Bobby Valentine, Joe Cora, Clint Hurdle, Pat Listach, Dave Martinez, Juan Samuel, Ryne Sandberg and Don Wakamatsu.