Posted in Baseball on Mar 4th, 2010
Ok, that headline may be a bit misleading. Making his Philadelphia Phillies Spring Training debut on Thursday against the New York Yankees, newly acquired pitcher Roy Halladay gave up no hits and struck out three in two innings. It’s quite possible that he won’t give up a hit a all year.
During the top [...]
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Posted in Baseball, Trades, Transactions on Dec 14th, 2009
According to SI.com, the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a deal to acquire pitcher Roy Halladay from the Toronto Blue Jays. According to reports, the Phillies would send stud left-hander Cliff Lee to the Seattle Mariners and the Mariners send the prospects to Toronto.
According to reports, the Phillies are trying to lock up Halladay [...]
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Posted in Baseball on Dec 14th, 2009
According to numerous websites, including Philly.com and Foxsports.com, Roy Halladay is in Philadelphia with his agent.
Rumors continue to swirl that he is in town to talk about a long-term extension with the Phillies and take a physical. Foxsports say that it could be a potential three-team deal and that Cliff Lee could be [...]
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Posted in Baseball on Dec 11th, 2009
A source tells Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated that the Phillies appear to be out in the lead for the services of Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay.
“They’ve been very aggressive,” one baseball source told Verducci. “They’re putting together a package, even if they need another team. They’re trying to find the players [on [...]
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Posted in Baseball on Dec 1st, 2009
Roy Halladay’s representatives tell ESPN’s Buster Olney that he wants to be traded before spring training or he won’t accept a trade at all. Halladay has a full-on no-trade clause in his contract and he is clearly using that to get the hell out of Dodge (he actually plays in Toronto).
PHOTO CAPTION: Roy Halladay pitches [...]
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Posted in Baseball on Nov 29th, 2009
The Toronto Blue Jays are still dangling Roy Halladay in front of his potential suiters, but as it was during the MLB trade deadline last season, the demands are too high.
PHOTO CAPTION: MLB organizations continue to chase after Roy Halladay
General Manager Theo Epstein and the Boston Red Sox would love to have Halladay’s services for [...]
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Posted in Baseball on Nov 25th, 2009
A league source tells the New York Daily News that the Boston Red Sox are “putting on a full-court press” in an attempt to get Toronto Blue Jays stud Roy Halladay.
“They would love to get it wrapped up before the winter meetings,” the source said of the Red Sox.
This is an attempt to [...]
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Posted in Baseball on Nov 19th, 2009
According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Los Angeles Dodgers are focused on getting Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay.
“The Dodgers badly need an ace and are focusing on Blue Jay ace Roy Halladay. The Dodgers would have to give up Billingsley and others,” he tweets.
We think they might do Billingsley, but [...]
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Posted in Baseball on Nov 18th, 2009
A source tells the Hot Stove Blog that if it means getting more in return for pitcher Roy Halladay, the Toronto Blue Jays will grant a team a window of time to negotiate an extension with the horse pitcher. Currently, Halladay is only signed through 2010 and obviously no one will want to give [...]
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Posted in Baseball on Nov 11th, 2009
MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki, who used to cover the Phillies for the Philadelphia Inquirer, writes that sources tell him that a deal that would land the Phillies Roy Halladay is “unlikely.” There were rumors that the Phillies were going to make a play for him and that a deal might include Cole Hamels, but GM [...]
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