Monday, December 14, 2009
Holy Smokes- after reports saying John Lackey is close to signing with Boston, Seattle wastes no time in jumping into the biggest blockbuster of the offseason less far and works out a 3 team deal with Philly and Toronto to get Cliff Lee. Roy Halladay is finally on his way to Philly, and Toronto likely ended up with a very very sound package for one of the games best. As of right now, no one is 100% of the prospects being moved to Toronto from either team, but I can make a pretty good guess in terms of what it would possibly take to get something of this magnitude done. The question I have is- why would Philly make this move? They traded 4 solid prospects to Cleveland to get Lee, and then have likely given up at least 2 or 3 more to get Halladay while still trading Lee. Seems like a sideways move in a sense to me. Supposedly Roy Halladay will be signing a 5 year 100 million dollar extension with Philly so if Cole Hamels goes back to his 2008 form- the Phillies are loading up for another WS run. Absolutely shocking.
This is what I believe Toronto would be getting in return for giving up Halladay-
From Seattle- Phillipe Aumont, Brandon Morrow
From Philadelphia- Dominick Brown, Kyle Drabek, Michael Taylor
Toronto- Won this deal. Somehow they got maximum value for their best pitcher. If they got Drabek and Aumont in the deal- it’s going to be worth it in terms of a rebuilding process. Michael Taylor and/or Dominick Brown only make it better.
Seattle- Won the deal. Cliff lee is going to compliment Felix so well and all of a sudden- are the M’s the now favorites in the American League west?
Philly- I know they got Halladay- but they also lost 7 prospects. I’m going to say they neither won the deal or lost the deal. 7 or 8 prospects for Lee and Halladay and then losing Lee is going to be steep on top of a 100 million dollar deal. However, obviously if Halladay stays healthy- the Phillies are once again the National League favorites.
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I completely agree with you, why on earth would the phillies do this? To me the real winner in this if it goes down the way they are saying is Seattle. I believe they only have to give up 2 prospects and they get one of the best pitchers in the game. Toronto did well but didn’t win in this deal because they did lose Halladay. However, they do get some very good prospects it seems like. Seems like the Phillies would of been giving up a lot less if they would of gotten Halladay last year…I just don’t know what they are thinking, but they are getting Halladay. At this point though, I know Halladay is filthy, but Lee is young…I would rather have Lee than Halladay. Halladay is just a little too injury prone to me, it seems like he is always coming up with nagging injuries. Huge trade though.