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Doc a hot topic in pitch-poor market
Doc a hot topic in pitch-poor market
CHICAGO -- One of the most intriguing questions now was the most intriguing at the July 31 trade deadline as well: Will Toronto trade Roy Halladay? In some respects, little has changed. Blue Jays officials are saying they are going to have to be w...
Roy Halladay Back on the Market
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Halladay a hot topic in pitch-poor market
Halladay a hot topic in pitch-poor market
nypost.com — CHICAGO -- One of the most intriguing questions now was the most intriguing at the July 31... trade deadline as well: Will Toronto trade Roy Halladay? In some respects, little has changed. Blue Jays officials are saying they are going to have to be w... (more) Halladay a hot topic in pitch-poor market
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Jays Looking For Quality Over Quantity In Any Halladay Deal
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... The Blue Jays will look for quality over quantity if they deal Roy Halladay this winter, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. As one Blue Jays official says, the team will obtain two draft picks if they let Doc walk after 2010, so top young talent is a must in any trade. ...

Rangers Would Consider Dealing For Bradley
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... about Milton Bradley and, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Rangers might be one of them. Team officials told Sherman they would consider bringing Bradley back if the Cubs were willing to take on a considerable chunk of the $21MM he'll make over the course of the next two seasons. ...

Odds & Ends: Felix, Jays, Valentine
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... One GM asked Joel Sherman of the New York Post why Felix Hernandez would consider signing long-term with the Mariners when the Yankees could conceivably offer $200MM in two winters when he's a free agent. ...

Board game founder rumored back to Rangers
Uwe Blog — ... With the off-season here, rumors take on a little more weight. Joel Sherman points to the Rangers as a definite possibility for Bradley, although the Cubbies would need to eat most of his contract. ...

HOT STOVE REPORT: CASHMAN,HALLADAY, METS & MORE
BigLeagueScrew — ... Mets’ blood, and will try to land a 2nd tier player in free agency or via a trade. In other team news, it’s also reported that Luis Castillo may be on the move and that FAs Bengie Molina and Orlando Hudson are high on the team’s wish list. *** News and notes from around the league…White Sox GM Ken Williams has said he’s looking for a legitimate lead-off hitter, but Chone Figgins is not on their radar…the Texas Rangers are open to the idea of re-acquiring noted team cancer Milton Bradley…American Idle Carl ...

HOT STOVE REPORT: CASHMAN, HALLADAY, METS & MORE
BigLeagueScrew — ... Mets’ blood, and will try to land a 2nd tier player in free agency or via a trade. In other team news, it’s also reported that Luis Castillo may be on the move and that FAs Bengie Molina and Orlando Hudson are high on the team’s wish list. *** News and notes from around the league…White Sox GM Ken Williams has said he’s looking for a legitimate lead-off hitter, but Chone Figgins is not on their radar…the Texas Rangers are open to the idea of re-acquiring noted team cancer Milton Bradley…American Idle Carl ...

Saturday Morning Rangers Notes: The Hunt For Center Field
Baseball Time in Arlington — ... Well, surprise, surprise -- for the moment, Hamilton is the team's nominal center fielder, but the New York Post's Joel Sherman writes that the Rangers are preparing to finally move him into a full-time right field/designated hitter role, so it seems that we're now down to Borbon or Marlon Byrd or Mike Cameron ... or a guy like Upton or Curtis Granderson, both of whom you could call "franchise center fielders" with varying degrees of conviction. Unfortunately, their moderate declines in 2009 aren't really going to culminate in much lower asking prices, but I like the idea of ...

El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox — ... The Jays move from their desire for "…one above-average impact guy than eight ordinary guys” since they only have one real dance partner remaining. It is a ...

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