http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=4637105
Highlights:
6. Which player is most likely to be traded during the winter -- Roy Halladay, Adrian Gonzalez or Felix Hernandez?
Responses: Gonzalez 9, Halladay 8, Hernandez 0. One executive declined to respond. Another doesn't expect any of the three to be moved, and a third predicts that one of Atlanta's starting pitchers -- Derek Lowe or Javier Vazquez -- will be dealt before any of these three.
Halladay, of course, was the focus of a major bidding war in July, but the Jays decided to hang on to him rather than make a deal that didn't thrill them. Halladay will make $15.75 million in 2010. Assuming he returns, new GM Alex Anthopoulos can either shop him at the deadline or keep him and pocket the draft picks.
8. Which player is more difficult to trade -- Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley, because of his reputation and other baggage, or Blue Jays outfielder Vernon Wells, because of his contract?
Responses: Wells 20, Bradley 0.
After signing a three-year, $30 million contract with the Cubs, Bradley posted a lower slugging percentage (.397) than Marco Scutaro and Ryan Sweeney. He alienated his teammates, manager and an entire fan base to the point that the Cubs couldn't wait to send him home in September. He has a lengthy inventory of antisocial outbursts in his past, he's played for seven teams since 2001 and he's owed $21 million during the next two seasons.
And still, this one wasn't close.......
"That may be the worst contract in baseball history," a National League official said. "Worse than Barry Zito."