WT: Riccardi doesn't foresee firesale
Posted: Wed Apr 8, 2009 6:32 am
http://baseball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ ... fire_sale/
And by firesale they're basically referring to trading Halladay. I certainly am not a proponent of trading Doc, but if the right offer comes along you have to consider it. Just a few years ago the BoSox got traded Hanley Ramirez for Josh Beckett; it would take that kind of top-flight prospect for such a trade to even be considered.
I seriously doubt that he'll ever be traded for purely financial reasons. The fact of the matter is that he's actually on a relatively cheap contract considering what aces get on the open market, and because he's the face of the franchise I've got to believe that dumping Halladay would actually have a negative economic effect on the team. It would be extremely hard to justify the deal to the public.
Now if any team was willing to touch Ryan I'd dump him in a second.
And by firesale they're basically referring to trading Halladay. I certainly am not a proponent of trading Doc, but if the right offer comes along you have to consider it. Just a few years ago the BoSox got traded Hanley Ramirez for Josh Beckett; it would take that kind of top-flight prospect for such a trade to even be considered.
I seriously doubt that he'll ever be traded for purely financial reasons. The fact of the matter is that he's actually on a relatively cheap contract considering what aces get on the open market, and because he's the face of the franchise I've got to believe that dumping Halladay would actually have a negative economic effect on the team. It would be extremely hard to justify the deal to the public.
Now if any team was willing to touch Ryan I'd dump him in a second.