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Toronto general manager J.P. Ricciardi said he would consider trading the right-hander. Since then, a half-dozen teams have seriously engaged the Blue Jays, a million rumors have leaked from those talks

Halladay is first in complete games (42, and no one else has 30), tied for first in victories (129) and shutouts (11), second in earned-run average (to Johan Santana(notes)) and homers allowed per nine innings (to Brandon Webb(notes)), sixth in innings pitched and walks per nine and seventh in total strikeouts.

Now, at the price of J.A. Happ(notes), Kyle Drabek and Dominic Brown – well, giving up a major league starter and the best pitcher and position player in the minor league system is ludicrous.

Any team walking at Halladay’s price is considering [Cliff] Lee, including Philadelphia, the Angels and Boston …

[JP would] like to replenish an average-at-best system from the outside. It’s not just Halladay on the block. He’s shopping Scott Rolen(notes), Marco Scutaro(notes), Scott Downs(notes), Lyle Overbay(notes) and, of course, the albatross contracts of Vernon Wells(notes) and Alex Rios(notes). The total haul for all of them wouldn’t equal what Halladay alone can pull

Youngblood wrote:Any chance the Phillies still deal for Doc to make them virtually unstoppable this year? Sure, they'd have to kill their farm system after getting Lee but a starting rotation including Hamels, Lee and Halladay would be amazing.