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Friday, February 23
Meeting with White Sox still to come, then a decision


DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Sandy Alderson met with Toronto general manager Gord Ash for about two hours Friday to hear the Blue Jays' case for reworking the trade last month that sent David Wells to Chicago for injured pitcher Mike Sirotka.

Ed Burns, a lawyer for the commissioner's office, also attended the meeting, as did Toronto assistant GM Dave Stewart and Sirotka.

"We were looking to confirm information today, perhaps to fill in gaps when we had a question or some confusion," said Alderson, executive vice president for baseball operations in the commissioner's office.

Toronto wants the deal reworked because Sirotka is injured. The White Sox say no changes should be made to the six-player trade. Commissioner Bud Selig asked Alderson to give him a recommendation.

"We expect to interview representatives of the White Sox over the weekend," Alderson said. "We hope to get this resolved as quickly as possible. The commissioner has said that he wanted a thorough examination of the facts."

Alderson spoke by telephone with the White Sox on Friday and will head to their training camp in Tucson, Ariz.

"It was a review of the facts submitted, an opportunity to expound and explain some of the things," Ash said.

"It was nothing to get to excited about," Sirotka said. "I just reinforced what I had already said of how things happened, like how the doctor's visits went. I just told all the details as they happened. The injury happened to me and I'm the only one who knows how it happened."

Sirotka didn't think the Blue Jays would get very far with their request.

"To speculate -- nothing too drastic is going to happen. That's just my opinion," he said.

Alderson wants to move quickly, but wouldn't pin himself down with a deadline. He didn't see the start of spring training games next week as a significant time for a decision.

"It's important for both Chicago and Toronto and the players involved to be able to go forward with preparations for the season, without this being a constantly looming distraction," Alderson said.

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