"It matters little to Jays' GM Alex Anthopoulos, the encouraging pats on the back he might receive for being runner-up to the Texas Rangers on the posting bid for Yu Darvish.

Sources in baseball insist that the Jays' bid for the 25-year-old Japanese star was over $50 million, barely edged out by the winning bid of $51.7 million reported to be posted by Rangers GM Jon Daniels.

"I understand the passion and the interest levels in our team," Anthopoulos said via conference call Tuesday morning. "I have people come up to me in the street every day. It's on us to provide a winning product. That's what you want, but we want to make sure it's done the right way.""