December 12, 2009

Lee and Halladay

Ken Rosenthal postulates a three-way deal in which the Mariners get Cliff Lee, the Phillies get Roy Halladay, and the Blue Jays get prospects, including some Canadian born players:

Best of all, the Mariners could make it work.

Two of the Mariners’ top prospects, outfielder Michael Saunders and right-hander Phillipe Aumont, are Canadian. How appropriate: Anthopoulos is Canadian, team president Paul Beeston is Canadian and the organization is re-emphasizing all things Canadian. A Dominican infielder, Carlos Triunfel, also would figure to be on the Jays’ wish list, along with an American catcher, Adam Moore.

The Jays would not land all of those players; they might get only two, with the Phillies providing the others. The Phils would be reluctant to put lefty J.A. Happ or minor-league right-hander Kyle Drabek in the same trade as Lee, but they could start their end of the deal with one of two minor-league outfielders, Domonic Brown or Michael Taylor, and go from there.

That’s very clever.

2 thoughts on “Lee and Halladay

  1. benjah

    ken says this is just speculation. then why write it?? seriously, ken is a dope, and i for one do not consider his notions to be newsworthy. find some actual facts, and go with those.

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