With all respect to Roy's no trade clause and his loyalty to the team over the years. Roy and his representation can take this and this as far as I'm concerned and shove it deep. They are looking out for his best interests, the Jays need to look out for theirs.
The idea that a team other than a serious contender is going to be taking a serious shot at him is pretty ridiculous. The idea that Roy gets to decide to pick which one based on where he likes to go to Spring Training is silly. The fact that these stories show up on the Jays website makes me nervous that they are just piling up the excuses in advance for why they ended up trading him to the Yankees for not very much, so everybody already understands he controlled where he was going, and Joba Chamberlain and some 2B that never makes it above AA was all they could get.
The whole trade me before Spring Training or else ultimatum is obviously a crock. What the agent hopes to gain by making a pronouncement like that who knows. Maybe it's good for his office politics or Roy and some of his other clients think he's not tough enough, but it's just bizarre.
In one of these stories it would be nice to see somebody say (maybe Beeston if atos can't) "we appreciate everything Roy has done and know that he has a no trade clause, we gave him the contract, but we are going to look for the best deal for us, at the best time for us. If that doesn't make Roy ecstatic then he can shop his wares after 2010. This isn't the Toronto Roy Halladay's." When does this management team think that it's going to be a good idea to start saying they care about everybody who isn't Roy Halladay?
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