Comments on: What price Halladay

By: King of Fruitless Hypotheticals

King of Fruitless Hypotheticals — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:21:15 +0000

Wells, rios and halladay for Ajax, Nova, a
nd if you act now–cause we can’t do this all day– buy one Duncan get one free.

By: emac2

emac2 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:39:17 +0000

With Gardner out taking Wells giant contract in a Halladay deal might be more doable. If I were he Jays I would prefer to dump that contract then get a couple of good prospects.

Wells and Halladay

for

Jackson. Melancon, McAllister, Deleon and Nova.

By: DreDog

DreDog — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:23:14 +0000

Mike A would do the trade straight up, and I would too. It’s bot absurd when you consider that Joba won’t be able to give you Hallasay innings for 2 years when Jeter, A-Rod, Mo, Jorge are 2 years older or retired.

It’s a win now move. Considering the team makeup, win now is not a bad idea.

http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-495169

By: YankeeGrunt

YankeeGrunt — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:48:23 +0000

I disagree. The idea of using B-level starters as relievers has paid very big dividends over the past couple years. Prior to last year our pen was a joke, even with regular injections over priced free agents or trades (Farnsworth the epitome of this) we hadn’t had decent 7-8 inning options since Nelson and Stanton. Enter Coke, Robertson and Edwar Ramirez and they’re suddenly respectable. Not elite, but respectable.

Throwing “a Hughes” – by that you mean a guy with front of the rotation talent – into a setup role long term is an option that no team would take, $200 million or not, because one of the things both the Sabermetrics guys and the “Baseball guys” agree on is that 200 innings of sub-4.00 ERA is a lot more valuable than 70 innings of even sub-3.00 ERA. Even the Yankees can’t make #1 starter arms in their young twenties grow on trees.

By: Yages

Yages — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:27:59 +0000

This is like exchanging a cooked steak for an entire cow. Sure, you can eat the steak right away…

By: Trapped In El Duque's Glove

Trapped In El Duque's Glove — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:55:45 +0000

I think the key phrase was “limitless innings”, as in Roy would replace Joba for the rest of this season without any worry about hitting an innings limit.

After that it’s just a straight one-for-one.

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By: xkevin1x

xkevin1x — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:15:31 +0000

Joba for Halladay does fulfill a need. Barring a monumental collapse, the 2009 yankees are headed for the playoffs. As of now, the playoff rotation is CC, AJ, Pettitte and ?????. Joba will hit his innings cap and will have to be moved to the bullpen. I personally like the Joba for Halladay swap – it makes the Yankees the clear front runners for this season and next. Joba has talent, but seems unlikely to put it all together before his shoulder gives out.

Its funny that everyone at RAB acts like Joba for Halladay is ridiculous, but I don’t think that Toronto would be willing to do the deal. Ricciadi can get more….

By: xkevin1x

xkevin1x — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:06:55 +0000

I think this had to be talking about the failed Washburn trade last season. I am in Seattle – there is an absolute lovefest for Gutierrez here. I can’t imagine the Ms have much use for Gardner or Cabrera, let alone both,

By: zs190

zs190 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:05:13 +0000

My bad, maybe Pena come back up? He’s played CF the last couple games.