No chance we could get him though.....

 

 

Jays Quietly Discussing Halladay?

By Tim Dierkes [July 24 at 11:24am CST]

According to Dan Graziano of the Newark Star-Ledger:

 

Roy Halladay is apparently unhappy in Toronto and has let management know it, and management has apparently responded by doing some quiet surveying of teams (such as St. Louis and the Dodgers) that are far, far away from the AL East in an effort to see what it could get for the 2003 Cy Young Award winner.

 

Apparently, the returns other teams are getting for top-talent pitchers such as CC Sabathia, Rich Harden and Erik Bedard has inspired the Blue Jays to at least find out what it could get for one of the best pitchers in the American League. It remains unlikely that they'd deal him, but you never know.

 

Halladay has been ridiculously good this year, and he is signed through 2010 at a below-market rate. Doc is the face of the franchise, though, and if anything the Jays might try to extend him further.

 

In case anyone is curious:

 

'08: $10M

'09: $14.25M

'10: $15.75M

 

Not gonna happen.

Not a chance in hell.

 

It would be sweet though.

Here's the question you have to answer first. Would you give up either Danks or Quentin to pull off that deal? Because without one of those 2 I can't imagine we'd have the bullets right now.

Dream on, unless they would like to

 

Doc for PK

In case anyone is curious:

 

'08: $10M

'09: $14.25M

'10: $15.75M

 

Not gonna happen.

Lose some salary off our book like Count, Thome, Uribe, Crede and our team is better with Halladay.

I'd have to think a deal like Fields, Poreda, Broadway, and Floyd would get the job done. And I'd personally be all over that deal. To lock up a true ace like Halladay for three years is priceless. I think a rotation of Halladay, Buehrle, Vazquez, Danks, and Contreras would be pretty tough. Contreras is the obvious weakness here, but he's going to be just impossible to get rid of.

Lose some salary off our book like Count, Thome, Uribe, Crede and our team is better with Halladay.

It's not an issue at all financially, the money is and would be there to pay him, he'd just be impossible to acquire.

I'd LOVE to see the Brewers somehow acquire Halladay, they should still have the necessary talent to pull off such a coup.

I'd LOVE to see the Brewers somehow acquire Halladay, they should still have the necessary talent to pull off such a coup.

 

oh that would be sweet

 

unless we played them in the WS, then it would suck

I'd LOVE to see the Brewers somehow acquire Halladay, they should still have the necessary talent to pull off such a coup.

I dunno, they really did spend their best shot in LaPorta going for CC.

Halladay being on this team would be ridiculous. We just don't have the assets to do it. Yes, we have some high potential guys in the lower minors, but the Blue Jays would want as much of a "sure-thing" as they could get, and we don't have that to offer prospect-wise.

I'd pretty much cry for joy if we somehow got him, and I'd deal anything in our minor league system, and probably half the players on this team for him, but I don't see it happening.

I dunno, they really did spend their best shot in LaPorta going for CC.

 

I thought they had a AA shortstop considered to be untouchable who they held in higher regard than LaPorta?

I thought they had a AA shortstop considered to be untouchable who they held in higher regard than LaPorta?

Really not sure who that could be. None of their prospect lists were topped by anyone other than LaPorta and Parra coming in to this season, and none of their SS guys are lighting it up this year as far as I can see. Was it Alcides Escobar? That's my guess if you heard something like that, but I don't see it.

I'd have to think a deal like Fields, Poreda, Broadway, and Floyd would get the job done. And I'd personally be all over that deal. To lock up a true ace like Halladay for three years is priceless. I think a rotation of Halladay, Buehrle, Vazquez, Danks, and Contreras would be pretty tough. Contreras is the obvious weakness here, but he's going to be just impossible to get rid of.

 

No. Way too much in young talent for a good pitcher with arm problems. Plus why would you give up a rising quality pitcher like Floyd? You keep what you have in my book

Edited July 24, 200817 yr by elrockinMT

Obviously it's a pipe dream as we don't have the bullets, but WOW it's ridiculous to think about.

I believe you guys are thinking of Gamel.

I'd have to think a deal like Fields, Poreda, Broadway, and Floyd would get the job done. And I'd personally be all over that deal. To lock up a true ace like Halladay for three years is priceless. I think a rotation of Halladay, Buehrle, Vazquez, Danks, and Contreras would be pretty tough. Contreras is the obvious weakness here, but he's going to be just impossible to get rid of.

Not a chance in hell.

I dunno, they really did spend their best shot in LaPorta going for CC.

I read some scout's take that LaPorta was only the 3rd best prospect on his team in the Brewers system.

If the Brewers somehow land Halladay I dont know how they arent instantly the favorite to reach the world series if not win it. They would have the best trio since Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz.

I'd give them Juan Uribe and a 24-pack of soda for Halladay? Fair, right?

throw in some of my feces and you've got a deal.

throw in some of my feces and you've got a deal.

 

I am trolling Soxtalk today just to read more about your poo fantasies. I know it is highly sophomoric humor but you got me laughing at something. Thanks.

No. Way too much in young talent for a good pitcher with arm problems. Plus why would you give up a rising quality pitcher like Floyd? You keep what you have in my book

 

Arm trouble? You mean in 2005 when a liner fractured his tibia? Doc has been the biggest horse in the league for quite some time. If you wouldn't give up Floyd for a Roy Halladay signed under market value for 3 years, you've lost your mind.