My bizarre Roy Halladay obsession

by **Trent Steele** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:30:48

gpicaro wrote:
The Red Tornado wrote:Jered Weaver = Blanton
Trevor Reckling or Jordan Walden = Carrasco or Savery
Brandon Wood= Taylor or Brown
Erick Aybar or Howie Kendrick= ?? Maybe Donald?

I think I would be alright with Blanton, Carrasco, Brown, and Donald for Halladay.

Except Weaver and Blanton are comparable only in the sense they are both white and pitch

by **The Red Tornado** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:33:31

Trent Steele wrote:
gpicaro wrote:
The Red Tornado wrote:Jered Weaver = Blanton
Trevor Reckling or Jordan Walden = Carrasco or Savery
Brandon Wood= Taylor or Brown
Erick Aybar or Howie Kendrick= ?? Maybe Donald?

I think I would be alright with Blanton, Carrasco, Brown, and Donald for Halladay.

Except Weaver and Blanton are comparable only in the sense they are both white and pitch

well Id agree but I was trying to think of a young cheap pitcher, Blanton has been pretty good lately tho

by **Trent Steele** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:38:16

The Red Tornado wrote:
Trent Steele wrote:
gpicaro wrote:
The Red Tornado wrote:Jered Weaver = Blanton
Trevor Reckling or Jordan Walden = Carrasco or Savery
Brandon Wood= Taylor or Brown
Erick Aybar or Howie Kendrick= ?? Maybe Donald?

I think I would be alright with Blanton, Carrasco, Brown, and Donald for Halladay.

Except Weaver and Blanton are comparable only in the sense they are both white and pitch

well Id agree but I was trying to think of a young cheap pitcher, Blanton has been pretty good lately tho

I know. There's no real comp for Weaver. Maybe Myers when he was pitching.

I think the Angels deal is fugazi. They are not giving up Weaver with Lackey a shell of himself and a FA at the end of the year, with Santana basically cooked, and with Adenhart RIP. No way.

by **FTN** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:42:11

yeah that deal doesn't make sense from the Angels perspective. Weaver is pitching over his head, but he's younger, cheaper, and moving him for Halladay doesn't address any of their issues.

They seem to hate Wood, and their brilliant manager hates Kendrick, so those two guys are expendable. Walden and Reckling are both good prospects, but both still have a lot to prove.

by **Trent Steele** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:48:25

FTN wrote:yeah that deal doesn't make sense from the Angels perspective. Weaver is pitching over his head, but he's younger, cheaper, and moving him for Halladay doesn't address any of their issues.

They seem to hate Wood, and their brilliant manager hates Kendrick, so those two guys are expendable. Walden and Reckling are both good prospects, but both still have a lot to prove.

Kendrick needs to hit about .320 to have any real value. I'm not sure I wouldn't rather have Donald.

by **smitty** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:48:40

The Red Tornado wrote:
well Id agree but I was trying to think of a young cheap pitcher, Blanton has been pretty good lately tho

2.64 ERA since May 26th. He's kinda like Weaver. Maybe Happ too. Obviously there are differences but pretty good youngish pitcher describes all three to a certain extent.

by **cshort** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:49:40

The Angels deal is just someone throwing names out, it's not based on reality. Think about it - how often do these deals include 4 significant players/prospects? The majority have one (or two) significant prospects/major league ready players, with some middle of the road guys. I think what you'll see over the next few weeks is Ricciardi feeding garbage to the press, hoping to drive up the price. Hopefully Rube was reading Moneyball while Ed Wade was talking about trade strategy.

by **Trent Steele** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:50:18

Happ, Donald and Drabek for Halladay - yea or nay?

Jim Callis (2:02 PM)

The Phillies would do that in a second but I don't see the Jays biting on that one. For me, Donald and Happ have ceilings as solid regulars, and the Jays are going to want more than one guy with a lot of upside for Halladay.

by **Trent Steele** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:50:57

Logan (CA)

Do you think this deal gets Halladay for the Phils: Taylor, Drabek, Marson, and PTBNL

Jim Callis (2:05 PM)

That one also might work.

by **CFP** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:52:16

Jays just released B.J. Ryan according to sources

by **Trent Steele** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:53:20

Richard (Philadelphia)

Dominic Brown or Michael Taylor?

Jim Callis (2:57 PM)

Taylor.

by **Ace Rothstein** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:54:20

CFP wrote:Jays just released B.J. Ryan according to sources

more characters for the pen

by **stevemc** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 15:58:56

CFP wrote:Jays just released B.J. Ryan according to sources

e-gad!

09:$10M, 10:$10M

by **TheDude24** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 16:21:15

Why can't we just give up something like what the Yankees gave up for Abreu? That would be nice for once.

by **Ace Rothstein** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 17:04:31

who is this kid on DNL talking Halladay

by **Soren** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 17:07:40

TheDude24 wrote:Why can't we just give up something like what the Yankees gave up for Abreu? That would be nice for once.

because JP isn't Ed Wade?

by **WilliamC** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 17:10:41

My main man Gillick was the one who traded Bob.

by **traderdave** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 17:11:13

ek wrote:Stark is coming on at 4:15 on 950 AM to talk about Halladay. FYI

Anything new come out of this talk?

by **BIGPHILLY** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 17:13:05

Stark comments were about Pedro I believe.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/stor ... BHeadlines

by **gpicaro** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 17:13:42

Ace Rothstein wrote:who is this kid on DNL talking Halladay

I was thinking the exact same thing. He looks like he's 12.

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