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Jays won’t re-sign Halladay; let the bidding begin

November 21st, 2009, 5:37 pm · 3 Comments · posted by Mark Whicker, ocregister.com

Toronto Blue Jays president Paul Beeston told the New York Post that the club is resigned to the fact that Roy Halladay will not re-sign them after his contract runs out at the end of 2010.

So, let the auction begin.

Halladay has told Toronto media folks that he’s antsy to win, and he’s 32 years old. The former Cy Young Award winner obviously will be pursued by Boston, the Yankees, Philadelphia and other rich franchises, and the Blue Jays will not be dealing from a position of strength as they were last summer.

The Angels refused to keep talking with Toronto when then-general manager J.P. Ricciardi uttered the magic words “Erick Aybar,” but there’s a new GM (Alex Anthopoulos) to deal with now.

And if the Yankees really are going after Halladay how does that affect their attitude toward signing John Lackey? And how much will “Doc” want? He’s already getting $15.75M for 2010.

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 3 Comments

  • Brian says:
    November 21, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    Wow, not dealing from a position of strength, what a joke. Unlike JP AA is willing to do business with the East. This is not about prospects this is about winning a WS. Phillies won’t win without him Angles with Lackey won’t win without him Dodgers won’t win without him and so on and so on. Who ever want’s to win the WS needs him only exception is the Yankees and to keep him away from Boston they’ll do it. Making the playoffs we know the usual but winning the WS is another story. Without 2 Aces forget about it. Halliday is a HORSE THERE IS NO OTHER LIKE HIM, HE GIVES YOU EVERYTHING IN EVERYWAY. So if the Angels don’t want to win the WS thats fine they’ll be other teams that do. Its the Angels that are dealing from a postion of weakness. Tha Jays don’t need them for a trading partner but they won’t win without him NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

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    • Rev Halofan says:
      November 22, 2009 at 12:41 pm

      So how come Toronto has not won anything with Roy Halladay ?

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      • actionjackson says:
        November 22, 2009 at 6:05 pm

        Pat Gillick left after the 1994 season. Since then it’s been Gord Ash, who always seemed to be one step forward, two steps back, one step sideways etc and J.P. Ricciardi (PR genius) who did more talking than acting. Ash always seemed to make a move towards contention followed by a move towards re-building and as a result the organization just wound chasing its tail. J.P. was very good with the bargain bin and several minor trades, but to win in the East, you’ve got to be bold and not care about what the fans think. His legacy will be as a bargain hunter who couldn’t recognize that all 8 editions of his teams were not good enough to play meaningful baseball in August. His inability to recognize this and pull the trigger on a big league talent for prospects deadline deal has left the organization even more barren then when he took over and claimed the cupboard was “bare”.

        Doc would help any team who’s a piece or two away from grabbing the prize, but he couldn’t do it all here. There were some good teams, they just weren’t 95 wins good, and that’s not on Doc. That’s on management for not surrounding him with enough talent.

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