Well it's official. After a lot of speculation and reports from "sourcea" the Phils introduced ace starting pitcher Roy Halladay today as the newest member of the Phillies. Unfortunately, he came at a very steep price. To get him the Phils had to send top prospects pitcher Kyle Drabek, and outfielder Micheal Taylor, plus catcher Travis Arnaud to the Blue Jays. They then also had to trade last year's ace Cliff Lee to the Mariners to free up room on the payroll for Halladay, and replenish the farm system with Seattle's top prospects, pitcher Phillipe Aumont, outfielder Tyson Gillies, and pitcher Juan Ramirez. While those 3 may someday be as good as Drabek and Taylor were, they won't be ready to help the Phils as soon as Drabek and Taylor would have been. Also having Lee and Halladay together would have given the Phils a better chance at a title than just having Halladay will. Hopefully, Halladay will at least guarantee the Philsa trip back to world series and maybe this time they'll have enough to win it. Also you have to hope the prospects the Phils got back from Seattle do pan out. Then this deal will seem much better than it already does
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
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Well I'm sorry to see Lee go but of course Roy Halladay is a great pitcher too. Also I cant say I know much about the prospects but I guess we'll see if thats a good call later on...If only we had the Yankees salary and we could have had both those stars.
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yeah if only
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