Per Buster Olney, Halladay "trade me before the season"

[HCYanks]

Geh. I don't even really want Doc, I just don't want him in Boston or Anaheim.

[Wade2k6]

It really doesn't matter to me where he goes, except I don't want him going to Boston. Angels will get Halladay (assuming), but they'd still probably lose Lackey, Figgins, and possibly Guerrero. I'm not really scared about the Angels. If Boston gets him though, their staff will be ridiculous. Lester, Beckett, Halladay? That is a dominant top 3 in the playoffs.

[cold5]

It really doesn't matter to me where he goes, except I don't want him going to Boston. Angels will get Halladay (assuming), but they'd still probably lose Lackey, Figgins, and possibly Guerrero. I'm not really scared about the Angels. If Boston gets him though, their staff will be ridiculous. Lester, Beckett, Halladay? That is a dominant top 3 in the playoffs.

Wouldn't be sure about Angels losing Lackey. Talk about them adding Halladay and either keeping Lackey or trading for another top pitcher. Vlad very well could come back to them. They need a DH. There's a big DH market and by the end of January good chance Vlad or a good DH bat is still on the market.