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JD should hang up the phone!

5:57pm: Bill Shaikin of the LA Times reports that the Dodgers and Blue Jays spent the afternoon “negotiating extensively” over Roy Halladay. Apparently talks aren’t “dead” after all. The Dodgers would allow the Jays to get a “haul of prospects” but are trying to acquire Halladay without giving up Clayton Kershaw or Chad Billingsley.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

I’d really like to throw my support behind this one, but you didn’t even spell his name correctly in the title

The Jays sent a scout to watch Rangers left-hander Derek Holland pitch at home against the Mariners Thursday night on short notice. And one executive who has spoken with the Rangers believes Texas still has a realistic chance of landing Halladay.

The Rangers face significant obstacles in trying to obtain Halladay, who has not ruled waiving his no-trade clause to pitch in Texas. The team is reluctant to trade prospects. And owner Tom Hicks faces financial difficulties, leading many in baseball to question whether his team could absorb Halladay’s remaining salary for 2009 — approximately $4.75 million.

i’ll probably be ok with a deal involving two of our top 4 guys

of how this was Nolan’s doing and that JD did not want to do this, blah blah blah…power struggle, etc. etc….

I hope if they do get Halladay they can sign him long term. If they can do that I honestly wouldn’t care what two or three top-tier prospects they have to give up. But if they don’t it’s sure gonna suck once he’s gone and we watch one or two of the players they gave up become All Stars for the Torontos.

This would be a very difficult decision and I can’t really say which way I’d go on it, honestly. I mean having Roy Halladay here for the stretch plus next year is real big, but if these prospects turn out the way people seem to think they are that sure is a hell of a lot to give up. It’s going to take some serious balls to make this decision.

But if its Feliz, Catcher, and some B-B+ arms I say do it.

I’m one who believes Feliz will be a dominant closer, but Holland will be a good 3 at best. Borbon I think will be Marlon Byrd (not comparing skill sets, just potential/hype vs. reality). Smoak I think will be Will Clark. So hopefully we’ll get Halladay for Holland and Borbon and 2 other guys.

Douchebag Ricciardi told us all that the deadline for any Halladay deal was July 28th. Remember?

What? You mean a GM was full of shit around trade deadline time? Get out. Shame on any media outlet that actually reported that garbage.

the day of the deadline?? or the day before?

Here is what BTB thinks…

Here’s a quick and dirty estimate of what prospect packages would equal Halladay’s trade value. Based on past trading history, some are more likely than others.

•One stud position player. (Win for Blue Jays.)
•One top 50 position player.
•Two top 100 position players.
•One top 10 pitching prospect and a grade B prospect.
•Two top 75 pitching prospects.
•Four grade B prospects.
•Twelve to twenty grade C prospects. (The Ricky Williams strategy?)

I am confident that JD has done his homework and knows what Halladay is worth. According to BtB, Smoak by himself is enough for Halladay.

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high on Holland!

This is the highest he will ever be for sure!

#rangers came close to landing halladay sometime today. chances dont appear great now. but 13 hours to go!

texasrangers.com has an article on main page indicating that the no trade clause with Halladay is what kept the trade from happening. I’m not sure who the Rangers would have given up, but I’m not sure if i would have wanted Halladay anyway, he probably would have gotten injured if he was a Ranger. The next time Halladay and whatever team he’s on at the time come to play Texas is Arlington, all Ranger fans should give Halladay nothing less then the worst booing imaginable. He’s apparently afraid of the Texas Heat, I say the Texas fans should give him plenty of it too.