insider.espn.go.com - 14 days ago
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More than 125 pitchers will be available in the winter after all the free-agent filings and non-tenders are completed. But far too few front-line starting pitchers -- the kind who can lead a pitching staff through a long summer, the type who can carry the responsibility of being a staff's ace ...
nationalpost.com - 16 days ago
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nationalpost.com —
The Toronto Blue Jays are looking long-term towards
becoming a contending team again, likely without ace pitcher
Roy Halladay. Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said as much in a conference call on Saturday prior to his departure to meet his ...
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Halladay trade likely as Jays look to rebuild
nydailynews.com - 11 days ago
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nydailynews.com —
The Blue Jays haven't decided whether or not
to trade Roy Halladay this winter, but if they
choose to move the former Cy Young winner , a bidding war could break out between the Yankees and Red Sox . According to a source, Blue Jays president Paul ...
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New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox both shopping for Roy ...
msn.foxsports.com - 14 days ago
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msn.foxsports.com —
Tuesday Jays looking to get younger -- 12:57
a.m. The Blue Jays have won between 83 and
88 games seven times in the past 12 seasons. Their goal under new general manager Alex Anthopolous is to reach the next level and finish with 95 or more wins. Such ...
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Should the Brewers Sign John Lackey?
Jorge Says No! —
I'm skeptical, but Buster Olney is more optomisitic than I: "Remember, it was only a year ago when Milwaukee offered CC Sabathia a $100 million deal, so the Brewers clearly are prepared to pay big dollars for a big-time starting pitcher. And they have a clear need: Even with rising star Yovani Gallardo anchoring the staff, Milwaukee ranked dead last in starters' ERA at 5.37 and 27th in rotation innings this past season. The Brewers conceivably could enter into trade conversations for Vazquez or Halladay, but this ...
Monday morning Rangers items
Lone Star Ball —
... Buster Olney, on his subscriber blog yesterday, talked about clubs that may be worthy to take the plunge on a front end starter. The #2 team on the list (behind the Brewers) is the Rangers: ...
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bases.nbcsports.com 14 days ago — There's no CC Sabathia available this offseason, but between John Lackey, Roy Halladay and Javier Vazquez, there are at least three options available for a team looking to upgrade the rotation. ESPN's Buster Olney looks at possible landing pads ...
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Alex Anthopoulos Lays Out His Vision
battersbox.ca 15 days ago — Alex Anthopoulos has completed his due diligence with the players, coaches, other GM and agents and he held a conference call today to answer questions about his plans. The conference call can be heard here . The call is 35 minutes long.
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Plenty of interest in Blue Jaysâ Halladay
calgaryherald.com 13 days ago — TORONTO â About the easiest thing to find as baseballâs general managerâs meetings started in Chicago Monday were teams that would like to add Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay. Since 2002, no pitcher in Major League Baseball has more wins than ...
Jays Willing to Trade Halladay In Division
nybaseballdigest.com 12 days ago — You just know that Roy Halladay and the Yankees will be a storyline this offseason. Many, including me, have speculated that Toronto would be adverse to dealing Doc in the AL East. Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald debunks that theory by quoting Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos as saying that it ...
Jays Will Allow Teams To Negotiate Extension With Halladay
drunkjaysfans.com 5 days ago — I guess that because the good doctor picked up a few third place Cy Young votes today, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com couldn’t exactly actually make the most interesting thing he learned today central to his story, but I’m pretty sure that this was the ...
Alex the Builder
taoofstieb.blogspot.com 16 days ago — I suppose I would quibble with the semantics of it all. "....Anthopoulos characterizes the Blue Jays as a team that's building, rather than rebuilding. "I think when people talk about a rebuild, it would be tearing down a team and trading away numbers of players. I don't know that we have ...
Sources: Angels still in hunt to re-sign Lackey
msn.foxsports.com 12 days ago — The Angels remain interested in re-signing their free-agent right-hander, according to major-league sources. Plan B, if Lackey signs with another club, could be a renewed effort to trade for Blue Jays right-hander Roy Halladay. Either way, securing a ...
Yankees will inquire about Blue Jays ace Halladay
baseballthinkfactory.org 12 days ago — The world champion Yankees will inquire about superstar pitcher Roy Halladay, setting up a potential bidding competition that didn’t exist last summer when now-deposed Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi made it clear he wanted to avoid trading Halladay within the ...
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