One of my bosses just emailed me. Apparently they are starting to notice that there is ZERO accountability around the office (I noticed this my first day) and are now trying to crack down. I guess I will just have to head to the underground in order to continue with my nefarious deeds. Now, on to said deeds...
It has been a tough 24 hours for Jon Heyman following two erroneous reports that stated the Mets turned down a trade for Halladay and that Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel's jobs were safe (far from it). So it is with some skepticism that I point you in the follow direction...Phillies will NOT be trading Drabek.
Now, if this report is true, which I will assume until further notice, I think the Phillies are signaling they are out of the running for Halladay. Sure Carlos Carrasco is a great prospect, but he is not Kyle Drabek, or J.A Happ, AND Toronto is holding all the cards. Remember, at worse, they hang on to Halladay for another year and a half, get some compensation picks for him leaving as a type A free agent, and all is well. The best is that they get some team to pony up 2-3 grade 'A' prospects plus another toss in or two and they walk away with a deeper farm system. You have to figure that Drabek not being included is a total deal breaker, at least if I was in Ricciardi's shoes, it would be. We're not talking about sending you a 2 starter here, this is Roy Halladay, the best pitcher in the AL and probably all of baseball. I either get what I want or you can see how far Pedro Martinez gets you.
A simple reminder of economics for those of you who may have misremembered...when demand is greater than supply, the price will be driven up.
Or, the Phillies are going to head in the Cliff Lee direction.
No comments:
Post a Comment