Poll: Three Best Prospects for Halladay
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com quotes Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi as saying his team is not necessarily shopping RHP Roy Halladay, but he is open to listening to offers.
That said, last week, in a report for the Globe and Mail in Toronto, Jeff Blair said the Jays will essentially give away Alex Rios or Vernon Wells, so long as it saves them money to help re-sign Halladay.
However, as Rosenthal explains, “The Blue Jays know that Halladay would prefer to pitch for a winner anyway when he becomes a free agent after next season.”
The 32–year-old Halladay is 10–2 with a 2.79 ERA in 16 starts for the Jays this season, three of which were complete games.
…tough call for the Blue Jays… i suspect they’d like to rid themselves of the money due rios and wells anyway, regardless of halladay… that said, it’s still a tough trick to turn… i mean, j.p. could trade Halladay and rios, while eating some of rios’s contract, and re-stock their farm system for the next few years… either way, he still has the Red Sox, Yankees and Rays to contend with, year in and year out…
Rosenthal lists 11 teams who he speculates could have interest in Halladay, including the Mets, who would need to trade OF Fernando Martinez, SS Wilmer Flores and RHP Brad Holt in a deal.
…in other words, the Mets would need to part with their three best prospects… of course, going to battle with with Johan Santana and Roy Halladay with Francisco Rodriguez in the bullpen is intriguing…
…if i had to bet on a landing spot for halladay, though, assuming he ever gets traded, i’d bet on the Dodgers, who have a ton of young pitching to give back in a deal, and who are about as far from Toronto as you can get…
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