Sounds even more tempting. I’d hate to lose one of our good pitchers, but that’s the name of the trading game. We’d still be short one in our five-man, but with a legit ace like Halladay locked in at the top of the rotation, I’d be much more comfy letting someone like Palmer or SOS fill the fifth spot.

I also hope they don’t trade Naps though. Especially if we lose Vlad, we need Nap’s pop.

Also, this trade would mean we can let Lackey walk, still have an ace, re-sign Figgins, and still have money to spare. Hmm.

The assumption is that if the Angels are able to trade for Halladay it would be an “alternative” to bringing back Lackey. But, I’d sure like to think that maybe just maybe we could get both Halladay AND Lackey. I know how much the organization values pitching. And this would give us almost a dream starting rotation. One that would surpass even the Evil Empire.

We’ve got a boatload of catching depth (Budde and Wilson scream out to be moved at this point, Conger/Ramirez are legitimate good prospects, and there’s always the tandem at the big-club level). We’ve got a boatload of pitching prospects, none of whom appears to me to be untouchable. If we want to roll the dice we can always move Izturis. You can harvest a lot of bodies from just those groups.

But turning the starting rotation into 3 pitchers & 2 prayers? No thanks.

It isn’t THAT difficult giving up a pitcher like Santana, it would be SO hard giving up Wood at this point.

We’ve waited this long for Wood to finally get a full season under his belt and while it looks like he finally will with Figgins walking that we would give him up. Who else would play third next year? Izturis?

I know you have to give something thats potentially power but at this point it just seems like Wood should be untouchable.

Arte sez he can only afford one of Lackey and Figgins. Halladay pretty much wipes those two out.

To get Halladay say we give them Wood and Weaver and Wilson … we just created two holes and cannot fill them. Doesn’t sound like the Angels.

BUT

With Saunders/Santana/Weaver all making more than the major league minimum in arbitration, would the Jays take Napoli/O’Sullivan/Reckling instead?

Gary Matthews, Juan Rivera, Jeff Mathis and Treveor Reckling

FOR

Roy Halladay and Vernon Wells

Having watched ‘Halladay" over the last 5 or 6 years,he def is a big game pitcher and a guy that is going to have prob 5 bad starts a year..
 He is only 32 so I assume he has 4 or 5 decent years left in him,though he has had injury issues many a seasons (shoulder,leg).
 I would not want to give up Weaver or Saunders for Halladay…I would feel it would defeat the purpose,those 2 pitchers are grinders and give a great effort every game..
 I’d prefer Roy over Lackey,it would just depend what players you trade to get Halladay,and Lackey seems to want a huge contract..
 Tough decisions for the GM,either way looks like Figgins is on his way out the door,which is unfortunate because he is a phenomenal 3rd basemen,but again will want 2 much money over a long period of time.

 And please no Vernon Wells,what a washed up loser who doesn’t care about anything but the money he rakes in..Fraud..

Will HH be starting a Miguel Cabrera trade thread? Or are you guys down on all night benders, chicken & waffles, etc.? Of course I’m in.

I’d love to see Matt Welch crunch the numbers.

Ok, since it’s that time of year, and we can always throw WHAT if scenarious out there…

Trade Saunders, O’sullivan and Brown plus a no-name or two for Halladay
Re-sign Lackey for whatever it takes.
Re-Sign Vladdy
Trade Conger, Napoli, Reckling + two no-names for Miguel Cabrera who’s on the block apparently?(back at 3b?)

Imagine it for just a minute (and I know I’m dreaming but again, it’s the hot stove, it’s the point…)

SP:
Halladay
Lackey
Weaver
Kazmir
Santana

Lineup:

SS Aybar
RF Abreu
CF Hunter
3B Cabrera
1B Morales
DH Guerrero
2B Kendrick
LF Rivera
C Mathis

I’d literally faint if this were ever an Angels lineup.

The new Beast of the east would be second to the best from the west.

nevermind the fact that our payroll would be….north of 150M…but whatever..

Halladay
Kazmir
Weaver
Saunders
whothefuckcareswealreadyhavethebestrotationinthegamebyfar

But I suspect we don’t have or are willing to part with the goods that Boston will to get Halladay.