Wednesday, November 25, 2009

All things being equal, trade him out of the division

Roy Halladay of course. Not that there is very much of interest yet on the trading Roy front, just a lot of people imagining things between writers, bloggers and their "sources". But the latest from these people in the "know" is that Boston is going to make a serious push, and if that is true, can the Yankees be far behind?

Now I know that this opinion is not exactly trend setting, but I think it's pretty valid. If the Jays actually plan on being competitive in 2011 or 2012, they don't need to make their main competition any stronger in those years. So unless you think one of those 2 teams is going to cripple themselves with the trade (how likely is that?), and you think you can get close to equal value from somebody outside the division, hold out.

If you can trade him somewhere that the Jays are never likely to face him again, even better. Because I really don't wan't this as a topic every time the Jays roll into his town or him into Toronto. Is it ok to pray for a trade to the NL followed shortly by th end of inter league play?

I assume all this is obvious to the people that matter. If the Jays do end up trading Halladay in the division, I'm going to put that in the "don't plan on competing any time soon" evidence pile.

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