SI reports Halladay headed to Phillies, Lee to Ms in three-way trade

[SubwayFanatic]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...l?eref=BrkNews

[TheJobaRules]

Poor mets lol

[TheHugeUnit2]

Wow, I guess I can see why they did that now. Lee didn't want to sign long term and Roy I guess did.

[RhodyYanksFan]

Is Halladay that much better than Lee? I don't get it. The headline should be how much this helps the Mariners.

[Rice14]

Wow. Poor Cliff Lee, on the move again. King Felix and Lee gives the Mariners a pretty potent 1-2 punch.

Wonder how much the Phils had to lay out for the extension?

At least the Mets can console themselves with Chris Coste.

[Brooklyn Yankee Fan]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/1...-monday-1.html

The art of Twitter, gotta love it.

[b-ball-lunachick]

Well we get Lee back in the AL but it's not as bad as having Halladay in the AL East...he's going to be REALLY nasty in the NL...will be interesting to see when they want to pinch hit for him and he wants to stay in the game...he can get feisty

[cupcollector99]

anything that keeps him out of the AL is fine by me.

[TheoShmeo]

I will not miss seeing Roy Halladay in the AL East.

[kan_t]

I will not miss seeing Roy Halladay in the AL East.

Me too.

[Torre Must Go]

Good news. Won't miss seeing Halladay and worrying if the Yankees get him whenever they play Blue Jays anymore.

[DiMaggio5CF]

Halladay to Philly, Lee to Seattle, Lackey to Boston.

Let's hope Joba and Hughes will both figure out how to be starting pitchers very quickly... and Burnett will stay healthy.

[blumj]

Good Luck NL East, you're going to need it.

[fredgmuggs]

Well we get Lee back in the AL but it's not as bad as having Halladay in the AL East...he's going to be REALLY nasty in the NL...will be interesting to see when they want to pinch hit for him and he wants to stay in the game...he can get feisty

That link said it wasn't confirmed that Lee was involved in the trade although it's likely. I'm still waiting to see what all the pieces in the trade will be.

[DiMaggio5CF]

I know Halladay probably loves Philly because it's East Coast and their ST home is very close to his Florida home. But if he doesn't sign and waits until next year, assuming a good and healthy season, he'd get $25 million per for five years in a bidding war between the Yankees and Red Sox on the open market. So even though Philly seemingly wanted to make this deal because they think they can re-sign Halladay and not Lee, I think Halladay is a fool if his asking price is less than $20 million per for four years.

[DiMaggio5CF]

In other news, the Mets can get Bay, Molina, and Holliday, and they will still have completely dropped the ball this off-season by failing to add anything credible to the rotation behind Santana.

[tdel23]

Philly would be better off keeping Lee. A 1-2 of Halladay and Lee would be lethal.

[Stick Michael]

I have a feeling this trade isn't as close as being reported. It may get done, but with the alleged extension not yet negotiated and no mention of Mariners' part of the trade it wouldn't surprise me if this isn't a done deal.

[DiMaggio5CF]

Philly would be better off keeping Lee. A 1-2 of Halladay and Lee would be lethal.

Agreed. If you're going to make a move that big, and you apparently have the money to pay Halladay beyond this year, find a way to come up with the money to keep both this year, and you're probably the best team in baseball.

[JeterForPresident]

Agreed. If you're going to make a move that big, and you apparently have the money to pay Halladay beyond this year, find a way to come up with the money to keep both this year, and you're probably the best team in baseball.

From what Heyman was saying on Francesa, it seems that Lee wants to get to FA and get his big pay day.

Halladay likes Philly, likes that there ST facility is located near his home, and was willing to sign an extension with Philly.

So I guess Philly decided Halladay for a few years is better than Lee for one, and baseball is lucky that they aren't able to keep both pitchers because a 1-2 of Halladay and Lee would be dangerous.

[JWHIII]

Rosenthal called this a few days ago

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/1...-into-one-deal

[thaa]

I have a feeling this trade isn't as close as being reported. It may get done, but with the alleged extension not yet negotiated and no mention of Mariners' part of the trade it wouldn't surprise me if this isn't a done deal.

A half-hour ago, the Toronto radio guy was reporting that the Jays' GM was unable to talk to media for what the GM called "a couple of days." Probably means he's waiting on medical reports.

[tdel23]

From what Heyman was saying on Francesa, it seems that Lee wants to get to FA and get his big pay day.

Halladay likes Philly, likes that there ST facility is located near his home, and was willing to sign an extension with Philly.

So I guess Philly decided Halladay for a few years is better than Lee for one, and baseball is lucky that they aren't able to keep both pitchers because a 1-2 of Halladay and Lee would be dangerous.

I can see Philly being nervous about trying to resign both pitchers, but if I'm the Philly GM I take my chances of a 1-2 punch of Lee and Doc leading me to a World Series. At the end of the year if you can't sign Lee you get the 2 draft picks.

[MTYankee23]

I can see Philly being nervous about trying to resign both pitchers, but if I'm the Philly GM I take my chances of a 1-2 punch of Lee and Doc leading me to a World Series. At the end of the year if you can't sign Lee you get the 2 draft picks.

Yeah, what's worse is they had the opportunity to do this at the '08 trading deadline, so they could have ridden the 1-2 punch to 2 potential World Series while they were still in the Utley/Howard/Werth window. At that point, they could have tried shedding some other salary (Lidge, Moyer, Ibanez, etc.) to keep that intact.

[NYYDragoon]

Wow, the M's are serious, aren't they?