Halladay to Phillies, Lee to Mariners blockbuster agreed to

[redsrbetter]

Toronto gets: Kyle Drabek, Michael Taylor, Travis D’Arnaud
Philadelphia gets: Roy Halladay, Phillippe Aumont, Tyson Gillies, Juan Ramirez (he now goes by J.C.), $6 million in cash
Seattle gets: Cliff Lee

A's getting involved?

PHILLIES GET …
RHP Roy Halladay (from Toronto)
*RHP Phillippe Aumont (from Seattle)
*OF Tyson Gillies (from Seattle)
*RHP Juan Ramirez (from Seattle)
$6 million cash (from Toronto)

MARINERS GET …
LHP Cliff Lee (from Philadelphia)

BLUE JAYS GET …
*C Travis d'Arnaud (from Philadelphia)
*RHP Kyle Drabek (from Philadelphia)
*1B/3B Brett Wallace (from Oakland)

A'S GET …
*OF Michael Taylor (from Philadelphia via Toronto)

[Saber]

That would reduce the value coming to Toronto.

[Halladay_is_God]

Keith Law - The FAN 590 Toronto - Audio on Demand

Keith Law talks on the trade, more from the Jays side but does talk about the Seattle and Philly too

[Impossibles]

That would reduce the value coming to Toronto.

Debatable, a lot of people think Wallace has a star potential. Kind of a wash but Jays needed guys who can play the infield more than they need outfielders.

[Saber]

A lot of people also think Wallace is a first baseman. Taylor is a right fielder. That, and Taylor is arguably as good a hitter.

[Halladay_is_God]

if Wallace can play 3B in the majors, it works out nicely for the Jays but I still highly doubt Wallace can stick at 3B

the Jays have a big hole in the farm at 3B

[Impossibles]

A lot of people also think Wallace is a first baseman. Taylor is a right fielder. That, and Taylor is arguably as good a hitter.

Taylor has been flipped back and forth between LF and RF in the minors, so he's probably more of a left fielder. He's HUGE, 6'6" and 260 lbs, doesn't seem like your prototypical right fielder.

Jays have no good 1B prospects in the system. They drafted a kid named Cooper a couple years ago but he really had a down year.

[Impossibles]

Ugh...one of the prospects has failed their physical and the deal may be on hold. Rumors are its Drabek or Aumont.

[Halladay_is_God]

my guess its Aumont

[redsrbetter]

Wow, even with so many players involved, I did not expect this. Can the receiving team of the player involved still accept the deal even with a player coming back who has not passed a physical?

I believe it is up to the team, right?

If not, what happens next? Do they have to replace said player with someone else?

[Halladay_is_God]

you're right its up to the team to accept or not

they can try and replace the player with someone if need by but that depends on who it is, i can't see them replacing Aumont or Drabek with another prospect, they will have to rework it somehow

[Halladay_is_God]

Phillies call a press conference at 5pm EST to finally announce the acquisition of Roy Halladay from the Toronto Blue Jays for three prospects

maybe the earlier report was a dud?

[Saber]

Yeah, turns out the failed physical was bogus.

[Impossibles]

Yup, done deal now.

Deal is as reported:

•The Phillies get Roy Halladay, Phillippe Aumont, Tyson Gillies, Juan Ramirez, and $6MM. The Phillies will give Halladay a three-year extension plus vesting options.
•The Mariners get Cliff Lee.
•The Blue Jays get Kyle Drabek, Brett Wallace, and Travis d'Arnaud.
•The A's get Michael Taylor.

Anybody remember a bigger trade?

What's really crazy is that the Phillies have traded (I think) 8 of their top 10 prospects (from BA's list) this year.

Its going to be quite interesting to see how the Taylor/Wallace swap works out, that could end up being the deal that defines if Anthopolous took the right offer.

Boy, AA's got some big cohones, this is no small move.

[Foster]

AA had to make some sort of move, and he sure did make a big one.
He showed up in a bit of a mess, and had to do something to show that A) He's not JP B) Try to improve the team and C) actually do something to change the culture of the Jays.

My Score
A) Check
B) Unkown
C) Check

2 out of 3 ain't bad.