The Red Sox and Cubs have not finalized the compensation Boston will receive for allowing executive Theo Epstein to leave for Chicago. Epstein left as the general manager of the Red Sox to become the president of the Cubs. There had been some speculation that Boston would complete their managerial search before Chicago as part of the agreement on compensation. The Red Sox and Cubs have a similar list of candidates, but new general manager Ben Cherington shot down the idea. "No," he said. "We will keep the manager issue separate. As I said before, the right person to be manager for the Red Sox is not necessarily the right person to be manager of the Cubs. They are different (organizations) with different challenges. We have talked to some of the same people. But that doesn't mean that the same guy is the right person for both jobs." When it comes to compensation, it has been reported that the sides met Tuesday to discuss resolving the drawn-out negotiations. A trade between the two clubs could be one possible resolution. "That's one possibility," Cherington said. "There's no secret that there's a bit of a disagreement between the two teams on what the compensation should be. Theo and I talked today. My hope is that we will talk tonight or in the next couple of days. I'm still optimistic we will find a resolution."