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Heyman On Halladay, Pedro, Ackley, Andruw

By Ben Nicholson-Smith [July 10, 2009 at 12:57pm CST]

SI.com's Jon Heyman hears that the Blue Jays could keep Roy Halladay, especially since Toronto fans would not be receptive to a deal that sends their ace elsewhere. If the Jays do deal Halladay, they say they're looking for two premium prospects who will be ready for the majors next year and two other prospects who are further away from making big league contributions. Here are the details and the rest of Heyman's rumors:

One executive says the Phillies, Giants and Angels have the best shots at acquiring Halladay.
The Yankees and Mets have both spoken with the Blue Jays.
It seems odd for teams to set some prospects off limits when the Jays are making Halladay available, but teams like the Rangers and Giants could conceivably deal for Doc and hold onto one or two of their top prospects.
Executives haven't heard that the Blue Jays are trying to unload Vernon Wells' salary in a combined deal with Halladay.
No executives believe teams would take Wells under any circumstances. They have "no shot" at moving him, according to one executive.
Heyman credits Pedro Martinez's agent, Fern Cuza, for some impressive deals but doubts the report that suggested the Phillies will pay Pedro $4MM, unless it's prorated.
Scott Boras met Mariners people to discuss second-overall pick Dustin Ackley, but the two sides made little progress.
Heyman praises Andruw Jones for turning down offers from the Braves and Yankees to sign in Texas with coach Rudy Jaramillo.

Comments

Halladay with the Giants? O lord.

Posted by: Braddd | July 10, 2009 at 01:02 PM

GOodness gracious, if the GIants acquire Halladay, I think they would be the team to beat in the NL west. Think about it. Matt Cain would be a 3 starter. Cain could be the opening day starter for 25 other ball clubs. But the question would be who to trade? I dont know but the better question would be who would be the opening day starter next year? Anyways, if those three guys start in a series, the Giants will more than likely sweep the team 75% of the time.

Posted by: BrentWt34 | July 10, 2009 at 01:12 PM

Imagine a 3 game series with the Giants and you have to face Halladay, Lincecum, and Cain.

Unfair.

Posted by: GD31892 | July 10, 2009 at 01:12 PM

Not really, considering you'd only have to get 1 or 2 runs.

Posted by: B3NG4L | July 10, 2009 at 01:40 PM

The Cub's and the Blue Jay's can trade bad contracts.

Wells 09: $1.5M, 10: $12.5M, 11:$23M, 12:$21M, 13:$21M, 14:$21M =100M

Soriano 09: $16M, 10-14: $18M annually =106M

Posted by: Rob | July 10, 2009 at 01:44 PM

"GOodness gracious, if the GIants acquire Halladay, I think they would be the team to beat in the NL west."

Wow, Halladay/Lincecum/Cain/Zito/Johnson would be nuts!

And honestly, they could trade some of the many, many arms they have in the minors and get it done. Those arms arent going to be needed as much with 4 of those 5 locked in for at least 2 years, and it would make them favorites for at least the wildcard, if they couldnt catch division. Who needs hitting when you dont give up any runs!

Get it done, I want to see possibly the best rotation ever assembled!

Posted by: SuzysMan | July 10, 2009 at 01:50 PM

Bumgarner, Posey, Angel V. are off limits...Any other combinations of prospects that could land Halladay and maybe Rios, Giants become instant favs for this and next year.

Posted by: mib | July 10, 2009 at 02:19 PM

Heyman is a moron. Andruw's offers from the Braves an Yankees were for minor league deals. Only Texas gave him a MLB contract. Jaramillo had nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Land-Man | July 10, 2009 at 02:37 PM

"Jaramillo had nothing to do with it."
He turned Andruws carreer around the man is a genius because he was lost!! I dont even think Lost is the word for how Andruw was performing at the plate.

Posted by: Bravesfansince1990 | July 10, 2009 at 02:53 PM

I'm happy for Andruw and Jaramillo did fix his swing. I'm saying he would've signed with Atlanta in a second if they had offered him a major league contract.

Posted by: Land-Man | July 10, 2009 at 03:12 PM

"I'm happy for Andruw and Jaramillo did fix his swing. I'm saying he would've signed with Atlanta in a second if they had offered him a major league contract."

Texas gave him a minor league deal as well.

Posted by: Braddd | July 10, 2009 at 03:45 PM

"Bumgarner, Posey, Angel V. are off limits...Any other combinations of prospects that could land Halladay and maybe Rios, Giants become instant favs for this and next year.

Posted by: mib | July 10, 2009 at 02:19 PM"

Yeah too bad those guy would have to be involved.

Posted by: 661dodgerblue | July 10, 2009 at 04:34 PM

661dodgerblue

not exactly
we could probably put together a package with guys like Tim Alderson, Nick Noonan, Conor Gillaspie, Kevin Pucetas, Daryl Maday, Darren Ford, and Brett Pill to get Halladay and maybe Rios or Rolen

Posted by: Bleacher_bum_SF | July 10, 2009 at 05:02 PM

"Heyman is a moron. Andruw's offers from the Braves an Yankees were for minor league deals. Only Texas gave him a MLB contract. Jaramillo had nothing to do with it."

I think you might be the moron...Texas offered him a minor league contract as well, he picked Texas to work with Rudy because that was the best chance he had to get his swing back!!!

Posted by: JH32 | July 10, 2009 at 05:29 PM

"Heyman is a moron. Andruw's offers from the Braves an Yankees were for minor league deals. Only Texas gave him a MLB contract. Jaramillo had nothing to do with it."

No sir you are the moron. Texas also gave him a minor league deal. Jaramillo had everything to do with it. He turned Andruws career back around!

Posted by: cempkey | July 13, 2009 at 03:20 PM

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