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Halladay And The AL East
The Red Sox phoned the Blue Jays about Roy Halladay, according to Joe McDonald of the Providence Journal. Jon Heyman hears that the Jays are reluctant to deal within the AL East, but they'll have the option to. McDonald reports that the Red Sox and Yankees are on a list of teams Halladay has told the Jays he would accept trades to. The Blue Jays are scouting "all minor league levels" of the Yankees and Red Sox, according to McDonald.
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The last thing baseball needs is one of the Terrible Two getting Halladay. But I guess it was only a matter of time before they made a more serious entrance into talks. =/
Posted by: thephrontiersman | July 10, 2009 at 01:22 PM
Roger Clemens, David Cone, AJ Burnett, Roy Halladay...
I've said this before, but I really believe that if the Yanks end up with Halladay and take on the majority of that contract (w/o trading away some high paid guys) there needs to be some real discussion about a salary cap.
I wish they would announce which teams he agreed to go to, maybe it would get me to stop picturing him in a Dodgers uniform.
Posted by: ThinkBlue | July 10, 2009 at 01:23 PM
I cant see BOS parting with Buccholz/Bard/Bowden; i dont know what NYY could offer to please TOR; and i flat out know TB wont have the payroll flexibility. So you can rule out the AL Est.
Posted by: el clash combo | July 10, 2009 at 01:23 PM
I don't know why you would be mad to see him go to let's say Boston. They have some of the best trade pieces in the game and if you take a big chunk of their minor league talent then you not only improve yourself in the future but weaken the red sox. Yes if they got him for a package equal to what someone outside the division offered i'd be mad if i was a jays fan but division trades can pay off big time.
Posted by: bravesfan22193 | July 10, 2009 at 01:29 PM
You have to have the Yanks and Sox in the discussion if you want to maximize the potential of the deal. At least if he went to one of those teams, we could still watch him a few times a year.
Posted by: Idwiz | July 10, 2009 at 01:34 PM
Terrible two? Last time I checked the Yankeees payroll was 80 million more than the Sox..
Posted by: fitz | July 10, 2009 at 01:38 PM
I don't really see how the Rays could get Halladay. They may have called the Blue Jays but it must have been about somebody else. The only way the Rays could get him is by parting with either Carl Crawford, Pat Burrell or Scott Kazmir. Thats the only way they could make the payroll work.
Posted by: KEllis | July 10, 2009 at 01:39 PM
This is a bad post, and usually I defend every post on this site. But there is no way he is traded within the AL East. Boston doesn't need him and won't give up the prospects to get him, Yankees the same, and the RAys don't have the payroll flexibility.
Unless of course, the O's jump in!!!
Posted by: B3NG4L | July 10, 2009 at 01:45 PM
"I've said this before, but I really believe that if the Yanks end up with Halladay and take on the majority of that contract (w/o trading away some high paid guys) there needs to be some real discussion about a salary cap."
Pointless to consider IMO, it won't ever happen.
Posted by: CubbyFan23 | July 10, 2009 at 01:52 PM
If Halladay was a dominat hitter instead of a SP, like a Pujols type on the market, then Boston would be all in, but not for a SP that they are set at both now and in the future, especially with what it would cost.
Posted by: johns | July 10, 2009 at 02:01 PM
"If Halladay was a dominat hitter instead of a SP, like a Pujols type on the market, then Boston would be all in, but not for a SP that they are set at both now and in the future, especially with what it would cost."
Exactly.
Posted by: B3NG4L | July 10, 2009 at 02:02 PM
"I've said this before, but I really believe that if the Yanks end up with Halladay and take on the majority of that contract (w/o trading away some high paid guys) there needs to be some real discussion about a salary cap."
Small market teams would be against a salary cap too. Most owners are rich enough to have a payroll around 150, some even more, but choose not too. They want to keep that money to themselves.
Posted by: B3NG4L | July 10, 2009 at 02:04 PM
I really cannot see the redsox going after Halladay. Theo has stubbornly held onto Bowden and Buchholtz because they are the future when Wake and Smoltz are gone. He didnt hold them to use for a year and a half with halladay.
Posted by: RedSox413 | July 10, 2009 at 03:27 PM
I just can't see the Yanks making that deal. It would require 1 of 2 potential FOR type starters like JOba and HUghes, plus our future CF in Austin Jackson and C/DH type in Jesus Montero. Regardless of what you might think of them the Yanks are high on all 4 of them and considering we would only have Halladay for 1 1/2 and how high our payroll already is, we need to develop cheep talent to offset the contracts of Tex, CC and Arod. I think the Yanks and Jays are simply going thru the motion.
Posted by: YanksFanSince78 | July 10, 2009 at 04:39 PM
Redsox413,
By the time Wake is gone, the next batch of ML pitchers, that is post Bucholz and Bowden will be ready in Tazawa, Doubront, Pimental, Kelly of which a couple will be in the same category (hopefully) of Bucholz and Bowden.
Smoltz will probably not even be with Boston next year, but I wouldn't count out Wake for another 2-3 more seasons.
Posted by: johns | July 10, 2009 at 05:20 PM
Johns, i agree smoltz wont be around next year so buchholtz will step in there, and then bowden has another year of two to get seasoned in the minors. Or he is available if someone gets injured. I dont think Tazawa, Pimental, Kelly will be ready by next year.
Posted by: RedSox413 | July 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM
i Can see the yanks giving up hughs but not jackson or joba
Posted by: hecmigton | July 11, 2009 at 11:04 AM