Missing the Boat
The way the playoffs
unfolded this season, a bundle of teams may have felt that they
really 'missed the boat' on trading for Halladay. The Dodgers, Rockies,
Red Sox and most certainly the Phillies could have obviously used his services. Today, a handful of those clubs front offices must be wondering
'what if?' In my honest opinion, not trading/throwing the farm for Roy Halladay drastically hindered the Dodgers chance of making it to the World Series, and the Phillies chance of winning the World Series.
J.P. said himself that he wasn't getting the offers, to pull a deal for Halladay! If that is true, and it is hard to know with Ricciardi, I'm honestly baffled. Why were teams not throwing the
farm to get Halladay? For the Phillies, no doubt Halladay would have been more 10 times more of a force than Pedro Martinez and his 85 MPH craftiness in Games 2 and 6 of the World Series. If I were them, I would have given the Jays Dominic Brown, Kyle Drabek and J.A. Happ for Roy Halladay in a second. Apparently, the Jays were only offered any ONE of those guys, along with some mid-level prosects. When I heard that I thought, "Really? Who are they? It is Roy Halladay!!!" Those three players might have fine careers, but probably nowhere will they have the value of the Doc. Halladay is a man that dominate big game situations. Two Halladay complete games in the World Series, no doubt wins it for the Phils. We all know he is capable of it. As a Jays fan, I see the guy do it time and again. Lee + Halladay, anchoring that rotation would have been deadly!
That said, I definately agree that this offseason teams may/SHOULD
be rethinking what they would do to get Halladay. He should have
'plenty of suitors,' quoting Major League Bastian
The way teams 'missed the boat' on Halladay at the deadline in '09. Arrrrghhhh! Just silly, in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I would hate to see Halladay leave Toronto, but I also really hated seeing the Yankees win their 27th World Series and knowing that 'by far' they were the best team on the field.
Ah, those Yankees.
Really, people totally underrated Halladay. Everyone's getting so greedy and think they can get away with trading nothing for something, and unless you're the Indians or the Nationals, the team is out of luck.
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It will be interesting to see if Halladay does end up somewhere else this off season.
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I actually think JP Richardi miised the boat a bit and maybe got a big greedy for a moment.
When both the Phillies and Red Sox threw those prospects towards the Jays, they should of grab them and ran with it.
Only reason I am saying that is the type of return now for Roy Halladay will be a bit smaller, but still will be a substancial haul.
Hopefully someone will throw either an outfield or third base prospect your way and you can let Snider prove he derserve a roster spot.
With the Alex Gonzalez signing, the team is beginning to take a bit more shape right now.
If you do get Nick Johnson, that would be a nice grab off the FRee Agent market.
Gonzo was a nice turkey day surprise.
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The Phillies went and got Cliff Lee.
I can't imagine they would have had the funds to get Halladay as well.
That being said.
The Dodgers likely had the funds to afford Halladay - even with the League's most expensive fourth outfielder.
The Red Sox are going hard at Roy, apparently. I do not think, however, that they will get him. Theo is too crafty to overpay.
Step up, Mets. Overpay away.
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Thanks for the comments guys!
RaysRenegade,
All the rumours pointed towards the Jays, only being able to snag one feature propect out of those deals. No team was really ready to load up with two or three even??? No doubt, in my opinion, the Jays would see the same offers this upcoming trade deadline, as well.
I hope you are right Rays, because that is exactly what the Jays need. Young hitters that can play outfield, or the corners. The
Gonzolez signing does fill a void. Although Scutaro had an immaculate fielding percentage, I questioned his range. At the very least, the signing makes us better defensively. We will have to see how much Scutaro will get this offseason to compare. Too bad I ate nachos today! My turkey was excellent in October though.
Byrne,
The Halladay rumours were swirling, even after the Lee deal. On the surface it seemed like trading for Lee would have been enough, but we alternative options fail. I thought Cole Hamels might have been able to step it up, but no! Pedro lost two key games, and if they did pull that deal for Doc. They are champions no doubt.
If an extension is part of the package for Doc, then ya, I agree he will get tons. MLBtraderumours has the Yankees and Red Sox competing against each other in this pretty hard. Those teams have very little to offer in prospects. The Red Sox more than the Yankees, but not by much. I honestly don't know where Doc will end up, but he definately worth a substantial offer in my opinion. All those not willing to give it up for him, are 'Missing the Boat.'
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The Red Sox are certainly interested in him tis offseason, and I think they would be willing to give up a lot. Buchholz and Kelley. Now THAT's a mutually beneficial trade.
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i hope the return for halladay is a good one for you guys. dont mean to say that like he is as good as gone. i would like to see him still be a jay, but theres nothing you can do to fix the economics of the MLB
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