Comments on: Drilling down on Roy Halladay

By: Rumor du jour: An extension window for Halladay | River Avenue Blues

Rumor du jour: An extension window for Halladay | River Avenue Blues — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:55 +0000

[...] a follow-up to yesterday’s discussion on Roy Halladay, Jordian Bastian of MLB.com throws a wrench into the plans. According to Bastian’s sources, [...]

By: The Artist

The Artist — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:39:17 +0000

Bravo to both of you. Hilarious stuff!

By: Steve S

Steve S — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:42:57 +0000

They can’t move a position prospect at this point. They have infused a lot of youth into the pitching in the last three years but now its time to add to Cano with respect to young impact bats. I know everyone will say you can do Jackson but considering the fact that John Lackey is available, if you really want to add a front end starter, then why not just do that and have Jackson as depth in case you do resign Damon and he gets hurt or if Swisher regresses at all. They are at a crossroads now. They have Cano, Tex, Swisher as guys who are in their peak years and can be great to good players. They have Arod, Jeter and Posada as guys who have crossed the age 35 year and you have to anticipate some decline in the results (if it doesnt happen great but you have to expect it to some extent). Its a nice mix but giving up those young position prospects for a guy like Halladay when you have other options (not as good) seems like a mistake.

Now that I have had time to reflect on it, the argument over Johan shouldn’t be over the result of 2008 and essentially tieing him to Joba and Phil, rather the Johan decision became so difficult because they had invested so much in these kids while wasting so much on other veterans. They are probably a couple of years (and a couple of more solid drafts) away from being in a position where they really contemplate dealing high end prospects for veterans. Now if a guy like Felix Hernandez becomes available, then you think about it.

By: All Praise Be To Mo

All Praise Be To Mo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:45:30 +0000

Hmmmm, Lee is friends with CC, even during the World Series he was over at CC’s house for dinner. He’s a FA to be and the Yanks are known to love him. Why not go to FA and see HOW much the Yanks are interested? What could it cost him? At worst the Yanks being involved gets at least another 20-30 million in his pocket from Philly.

By: Mac

Mac — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:10:08 +0000

Not True.

By: Mac

Mac — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:04:40 +0000

Fact: The Red Sox were 3rd in MLB in runs scored

By: Brien Jackson

Brien Jackson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:49:38 +0000

“Why in Mo’s name would they want to give up Joba, Ajax, Hughes, IPK or anyone else and still end up with TWO of the above prospects when they could give up NONE?”

Because some prospects are going to be the odd men out with regards to the roster and run out of options eventually.

By: Brien Jackson

Brien Jackson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:38:26 +0000

I kind of doubt that.

By: Brien Jackson

Brien Jackson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:36:41 +0000

I’m not so sure that’s right. I think the precedent Cashman set with the Santana deal was that they didn’t want to give up TOP prospects in a trade when there were likely to be other good options available through free agency. Namely he didn’t want to trade Phil Hughes when there was a very good chance of signing CC Sabathia a year later. I don’t necessarily think that would carry over to ALL potential trades.

By: theyankeewarrior

theyankeewarrior — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:30:39 +0000

Agreeeeed