I was downright shocked to see the Philadelphia Phillies pull off the Roy Halladay trade.
I figured that with Cliff Lee’s performance in the 2009 postseason, they were satisfied with the deal they pulled off to get him, and were content going with him and Cole Hamels atop their rotation.
I’m sure they probably would have been had Lee been open to signing a long-term extension. I think it needs to be pointed out that the reason they went after Halladay was because he was willing to sign long-term.
There is a lot of security knowing you’ve got a one-two of Halladay and Hamels past 2010. Credit to them, as they also picked up a few prospects in an attempt to replace the ones they gave up getting both Lee and Halladay.
There are a few other comments that need to be made about ...
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