Halladay for the price of... Cliff Lee?
Written by Mike Mariano   
Monday, 14 December 2009 13:43

Floating around the rumor mill is the possibility that the Phillies are working a three-or-four-team-trade where the Phillies part ways with Cliff Lee and prospects and end up with Roy Halladay.  Yes, that would sabotage the possibility of having both but as time passes that is beginning to look more and more like a pipe dream at this point.  The costs are simply to high in the long run to have both guys on payroll, along with the offensive stars we already employ.  Both guys are looking for long-term deals and the thinking is that trading for Halladay and ensuring the long term deal is a better option than gambling that Cliff Lee can be signed before he hits the open market.  Which would you rather?

Roy Halladay: Perpetual Cy Young candidate and among best in the game, Great Nickname (Doc Halladay)

Cliff Lee:  Fan favorite, Cy Young, a year and 1000 innings younger, slightly cheaper in the long run.

Personally, I'm partial to Cliff.  If you're going to hand out a long term deal to either of those guys you have to remember one thing: you pay for the past, you get the future.  Roy is absolutely superior to Cliff over their careers and over the past 3-5 years, however it's the next 3-5 that concerns me.  Durability is one of the best attributes a pitcher can have and Roy is a 200 inning horse the past four seasons.  At what point will that run out and will he return to the days of disabled lists and arm injuries?  Cliff may only be a year younger than Roy, but his arm might be five years younger than Roy's.



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It's not broken
written by Drew K., December 14, 2009
Why fix what's not broken? After the Halladay race last year no one took him and how did he perform? I'd say Lee did what he needed to and more last year to convince that we should keep him. Why take a chance on something that's assumed when you have something proven already here?
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written by Benny B, December 14, 2009
Doesn't make sense. The upgrade that you would get from Lee to Halladay is negligible. They a both top tier aces but if you are going to try to keep one of them, one would think that Lee could be had for less years & less money than Halliday would demand.

Anyway, if you can't have them both at the same time (even if for only a year), why bother going through all this trouble? Plus, as Mike points out 3-4 team blockbuster deals rarely pan out--too many moving parts.
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written by jerseybuc, December 14, 2009
who is running the phillies Andy Reid??? you swap Lee for Halladay and you lose a few prospects? Lee is money!
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written by philliephan2, December 14, 2009
say it ain't so ... keep Lee and the prospects and roll the dice on Lee wanting to stay in Philly.

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