Halladay IV: A New Hope

by **stevemc** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 17:07:37

ek wrote:he said he is going to be traded either at the deadline or the offseason

that is hysterical because I watched an interview with him from yesterday that totally contradicts this. He was asked if the return for Halladay would be less in the off-season than now and his response was (paraphrase) "I don't see us trading him in the off-season if we don't deal him this month".

by **PA_Dan** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 17:10:30

Gammons:

Dodgers Assistant GM Logan White has been in Toronto for the last two series, and L.A. is still hoping to stay in the Halladay sweepstakes, according to ESPN's Peter Gammons. Contrary to reports from other teams, the Dodgers will take Halladay's contract, and they have several Single-A and Double-A prospects to trade, such as shortstop Dee Gordon (Tom's son), 3B Josh Bell, OF-1B Andrew Lambo and OF Ethan Martin.

There are two problems: L.A. does not have top pitching prospects at the upper minor league levels and no Toronto scouts have been in to watch the Dodgers' major league team in the last week. Still, one executive Wednesday said, "keep your eye on the Dodgers." L.A. has also been looking at Jays relievers, such as Jason Frasor.

by **philliesphhan** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 17:10:38

When all this is over, he's going to admit that he doesn't know who Halladay is.

by **lowcountry** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 17:15:22

If J.P. Riccardi told me it was raining outside, I'd go check before I bothered to look for an umbrella.

Every single thing the guy says contradicts something he said five or ten minutes ago.

by **bleh** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 17:16:55

Maybe Rubes can hint about having a job opening for JP "if the price is right"

by **mcare89** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 17:21:32

bleh wrote:Maybe Rubes can hint about having a job opening for JP "if the price is right"

We do need more assistant general managers.

by **HillMD** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 17:22:14

lowcountry wrote:If J.P. Riccardi told me it was raining outside, I'd go check before I bothered to look for an umbrella.

Every single thing the guy says contradicts something he said five or ten minutes ago.

The line is "If he told me it would be sunny tomorrow, I'd buy an umbrella."

by **lowcountry** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 17:30:25

HillMD wrote:
lowcountry wrote:If J.P. Riccardi told me it was raining outside, I'd go check before I bothered to look for an umbrella.

Every single thing the guy says contradicts something he said five or ten minutes ago.

The line is "If he told me it would be sunny tomorrow, I'd buy an umbrella."

Not really my point, but oh well.

The guy simply can't tell the truth. And he's a terrible liar.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 17:32:44

i'm going to have to go back and read "chasing steinbrenner" again

by **VFB** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 21:00:52

Rotowire

Jul 22 The Brewers had their top scouts watch Lee pitch on Tuesday night against Toronto, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Recommendation: Lee would come with a very steep price tag so it's still unlikely that he gets traded, but Indians will at least listen to offers.

Cleveland 1
Toronto 0

by **Trent Steele** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 22:12:59

ek wrote:this is david murphy so it's FWIW. I don't have a lot of faith in him

Despite what you've read, I believe the Phils odds of landing Halladay have increased over the last week. . .

. . .wouldnt be shocked if Drabek, Taylor, Donald are all in play.

The question is who is feeding him this info and why.

by **FTN** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 22:13:31

ek wrote:gammons says heyman was fed the bogus mets rumor by that crazy asst gm

by **drsmooth** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 22:21:49

PA_Dan wrote:Gammons:

Still, one executive Wednesday said, "keep your eye on the Dodgers."

I'll keep my eye on them

the stinkeye

by **JFLNYC** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 00:29:39

Drabek gets the win tonight:

IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
8.0 6 2 2 1 7 0 3.12

by **VFB** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 00:48:12

we're doing it!

by **Woody** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 08:46:08

Well yeah, but I'm sure that's really really really far down on the list of deciding factors

by **JFLNYC** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 08:49:53

Brian (NJ)

Put together a package that is fair to both the Phillies and Jays for Doc.

Jim Callis (2:59 PM)

Michael Taylor, Jason Donald, Carlos Carrasco, Jason Knapp.

In a chat from ESPN.com yesterday.

by **Woody** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 08:50:39

Done and done. okbai

by **Grotewold** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 09:08:57

Callis has his finger on the pulse

by **Brantt** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 09:12:51

JFLNYC wrote:
Brian (NJ)

Put together a package that is fair to both the Phillies and Jays for Doc.

Jim Callis (2:59 PM)

Michael Taylor, Jason Donald, Carlos Carrasco, Jason Knapp.

In a chat from ESPN.com yesterday.

Done.

Getting Halladay and keeping Drabek and Brown would be outstanding.

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