Halladay is so good, he has his own trade deadline
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:07 pm
No link, but Wilner just said on The Fan that Riccardi has set a specific deadline for dealing Doc. He says he'll stop entertaining offers one week from now on the 28th.
It seems to me that this ultimatum serves two purposes. First of all it puts pressure on buyers to up their offers, but it will also allow JP to work on other deals before the deadline instead of wasting time on a potential Halladay deal which would likely be a deep long shot by that time. Considering how long the Doc trade talk has been going on, if they can't get it done in another week it's not going to happen.
I wonder if Rolen/Scut/??? can be flipped for a younger player at either (likely not both) of those positions?
Edit: Here's a link http://baseball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ ... aday_deal/
It seems to me that this ultimatum serves two purposes. First of all it puts pressure on buyers to up their offers, but it will also allow JP to work on other deals before the deadline instead of wasting time on a potential Halladay deal which would likely be a deep long shot by that time. Considering how long the Doc trade talk has been going on, if they can't get it done in another week it's not going to happen.
I wonder if Rolen/Scut/??? can be flipped for a younger player at either (likely not both) of those positions?
Edit: Here's a link http://baseball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ ... aday_deal/