Mets reject Halladay trade proposal

[mikero]

http://www.fannation.com/si_blogs/mlb_t ... p-for-mets

Toronto's request of the Mets for star pitcher Roy Halladay was for top outfield prospect Fernando Martinez, young pitchers Bobby Parnell and Jon Niese and shortstop prospect Ruben Tejada, sources tell SI.com.

Since the Mets arent in contention, they probably didn't want to mortgage their future on Halladay. However, this trade does give some insight into the asking price for Doc. Does anyone know anything about these prospects/their calibre?

[mini]

Keith Law's twitter is saying that this rumour is bogus and was never offered up by J.P. (thankfully because I think we can do better).
http://twitter.com/keithlaw

[zilby]

RICCIARDI FAIL

[YogiStewart]

makes no sense.
teams are approaching the jays. the jays are not (apparently) soliciting trade info.

so i think its crap

[Schad]

RICCIARDI FAIL

Read the post above. And even if he had offered the deal, I don't see why making a trade proposal that isn't accepted is a 'fail'. Really, if he made an offer that the Mets took instantly, 99 times out of a 100 it'd be because he didn't ask for enough.

[zilby]

RICCIARDI FAIL

Read the post above. And even if he had offered the deal, I don't see why making a trade proposal that isn't accepted is a 'fail'. Really, if he made an offer that the Mets took instantly, 99 times out of a 100 it'd be because he didn't ask for enough.

ya but he set himself up to get completely ripped off. no way would any GM do that.

[RiZ]

IF he did make an offer that was rejected it could be his way of setting the bar really high so that he doesnt receive useless offers