IainDaniel

Since when?

He has been doing Jays game on Sportsnet with Pat Tabler.

Sure you weren't just getting the Jays feed?

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IainDaniel

I see he was just a fill in for the sick Jerry Alman

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

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IainDaniel

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

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Thank you Jays!

IainDaniel

Jesse Litsch is done for the season, Tommy John Surgery.

Tough break, kid looked good.

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IainDaniel

That is a major beating to the pitching staff over the last year and bit.

Janssen (just returned, torn labrum)
BJ Ryan (Returned earlier this season - Tommy John)
Marcum (Labrum)
McGowan (Labrum)
and now Litsch (Tommy John)

Le sigh.

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IainDaniel

Major blow to the Jays if true.

But inevitable, cause year in and year out, there is no way in hell the Jays could compete with the Yanks and Bosox.

Ricciardi might consider trading ace Halladay

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IainDaniel

List continues to grow. Richmond Shoulder Tendinitis.

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GM preps Halladay for potential trade


By Buster Olney
ESPN The Magazine

Toronto Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi has spoken with Roy Halladay and prepared him for the possibility that he will bring trade possibilities to the pitcher in the weeks or months ahead.
Halladay, 32, has a no-trade clause that will allow him to dictate whether he will be dealt before he becomes eligible for free agency next fall.
"He's open to at least listening," said Ricciardi. "He's not going to be a guy who will let you do all the work [preparing for a possible trade], and then he's not willing to listen. If it makes sense, he will listen."
The Jays' situation with Halladay is much like that which faced the Minnesota Twins during the 2007 season with ace Johan Santana: The left-hander was set to become eligible for free agency in 2008, and after Santana turned down an offer from Minnesota, the Twins dealt him to the Mets.
"I want to stay, but I think it's a situation you have to evaluate," Halladay said before Tuesday night's game against Tampa Bay. "I'm really not at that situation just yet. If something does come up, you weigh your options at that point. I hate to put the cart in front of the horse and start saying 'Do I want to do that?' I think you just evaluate the situations when they come."
Halladay is eligible for free agency after the 2010 season, and so the Jays essentially will have three windows of opportunity in which they could consider dealing the former Cy Young Award winner -- in the 24 days before the July 31 trade deadline; during the offseason; or next season.
"Really at this point, I just want to focus on my job here," Halladay said.
And the Jays have begun the process of casting a line in the water to see what they could get in return for the right-hander, whose work ethic is as highly regarded as his ability.
"We're not inclined to move him, but we're going to see what's out there," said Ricciardi.

If Halladay walks away as a free agent after the 2010 season, the Jays would get the equivalent of two high draft picks as compensation, so that level of value would be a starting point for any interested team. Halladay would fit any team, of course.

Right now, the team most aggressively searching for a front-line starting pitcher is the Philadelphia Phillies, who no doubt would covet Halladay for their particular park for his ability to generate ground balls and missed swings -- he has a ground ball/fly ball ratio of 1.30, to go along 98 strikeouts in 116 innings this season. The question about the Phillies -- as it is with most teams these days, when the value of young players has never been higher -- is whether they would be willing to give up what the Jays would require in trade.

The Boston Red Sox could afford Halladay and know firsthand that he is capable of pitching effectively in the AL East -- something they and the New York Yankees doubted about Jake Peavy -- but Boston has stubbornly clung to its young pitching, and might be reluctant to trade a package of prospects for Halladay. The Yankees have been devoted to the rebuilding of their farm system, and would have to swap some of the young stars they have developed to get Halladay.

Both the Red Sox and Yankees dabbled in the Santana trade talks, but neither front office was fully invested in the pursuit of the left-hander, who was three years younger than Halladay is now.

The New York Mets may or may not have the caliber of prospects that the Jays would require to make the deal; the same could be said for the Chicago Cubs. The Jays would want one of the Dodgers' best young starters for Halladay -- either Clayton Kershaw or Chad Billingsley -- and that figures to be a deal-breaker for L.A.

The Blue Jays began Tuesday at 43-41, seven games back of Boston in the AL East and six out of the wild card -- behind six other teams.
"All I can do is try to avoid that becoming a distraction and go from there," Halladay said. "It's a situation where, I think, if it's best for the team, it's best for me, then it just means you go from there. It's basically just saying this is an option that we have and maybe we'll look at it. I think that's really the extent at this point."

Halladay, who is 10-2 with a 2.79 ERA for the Jays this year, is earning $14.25 million this year, and will make $15.75 million next season.
Ricciardi was vague when asked if salary would be a factor. The Blue Jays' payroll is just short of $81 million, 16th out of 30 big league teams.

"I'm not so sure payroll-wise where we're going to be able to be after 2010. I'm not so sure that the player wants to stay here beyond 2010. I'm not sure of those things," he said. "So those are all things we have to weigh out. He's under contract through next year and worst-case scenario, he does not sign back with us and we get two draft picks."

Interim CEO Paul Beeston declined to comment on dealing Halladay but did say the team's payroll for next season is still a work in progress. The Blue Jays have $82.45 million committed to Halladay and seven others next year.
"We will be getting into it over the next month," Beeston said. "We'll be looking at next year, we'll do a three-year plan and a five-year plan as best we can project it."

The only salary commitments the Blue Jays have between 2011 and 2014 are to Vernon Wells, Alex Rios and Aaron Hill, worth about $40 million per season.
Buster Olney is a senior baseball writer for ESPN The Magazine. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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Roy Halladay offers will be considered, Toronto Blue Jays GM says - ESPN

Link.

The Mets could sure use him but they don't have the players the jays want.


You know Ian, you can always switch teams. Never to late to wear pinstripes.

I Are Baboon

I really couldn't see the Jays trading Halladay to an AL East rival.

IainDaniel

Correct.

San Fran has some good prospects and are in the playoff picture

same with the Brewers.

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I Are Baboon

One problem is that whoever gets him will have to ante up a huge contract extension. He's been one of the best pitchers in MLB the last 5-6 years. If Sabathia can get $160 million, Halladay isn't going to settle for $50 million. I don't think a team is going to give up 4-5 top prospects unless they can lock up Halladay for five years or so.

IainDaniel

True. however the Jays can still get some get prospects based on the fact that he still has another year on his contract, and only at $15 mil.

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IainDaniel

Wow! couldn't even get someone to eat a bit of his contract.

Blue Jays release oft-injured Ryan | MLB.com: News

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I Are Baboon

So Iain, where is Gay Halladay going?

IainDaniel

Prolly the Phillies would be my guess.

Sad to see him go.

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That would be a good pick up for the Phils. I can see his winning Pct. go higher.

Triple Threat

Toronto can trade him to the Yankees. I'm sure Cashman would be willing to trade Wang, Ransom, and a couple of minor-leaguers.

IainDaniel

The mets rejected a trade.

Roy Hallday for Fernando Martinez, Bobby Parnell, Jon Niese and Ruben Tejada

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IainDaniel

We don't want that shit. lol

That said Cashman is all proud that he got sabbathia without giving up players like what happened with santana.

He forgets to realize he got the lesser of the two pitchers, and paid 28 million more dollars.

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Ransom really sucks..
Pena did a much better job, he would make a heckova backup player for the Yankees.

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If Halliday was Domenican I'm sure the trade would have went thru.

Fernando needs another year or two in the minors.

IainDaniel

Yep Omar is a screw up.

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They false rumors.

IainDaniel

So I just heard.

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I would have traded them for Doc.

IainDaniel

I would have shot ricchardi.

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Lol

IainDaniel

Halladay Rumours:

Jays in Talks with Dodgers have asked for:starting pitcher Joe Saunders, top infield prospect Brandon Wood, shortstop Erick Aybar and a minor-leaguer from a group that includes outfielder Peter Bourjos and pitchers Trevor Reckling and Sean O'Sullivan

Jays asked from Philles (rejected): pitchers J.A. Happ and Kyle Drabek plus outfield prospect Dominic Brown

Phillies Counter offer (rejected): Happ and three prospects — outfielder Michael Taylor, pitcher Carlos Carrasco and shortstop Jason Donald

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

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