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July 7th, 2009 
BroadStreetHero According to Ken Rosenthal, Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay is “all but out” of Toronto. They apparently are ready to deal the Cy Young winner, but teams who are interested will pay a steep price to get him. For the Phillies that would mean losing many of these players/prospects:
- J.A. Happ (SP): Phillies #3 pitching prospect, currently in rotation
- John Mayberry, Jr. (OF): Phillies #8 prospect
- Carlos Carrasco (SP): Phillies #1 pitching prospect, 7th overall
- Michael Taylor (OF): Phillies #6 prospect
- Kyle Drabek (SP): Phillies #2 pitching prospect
- Lou Marson (C)
- Jason Donald (SS): Phillies #4 prospect
- Jason Knapp (SP): 84.2 IP, 112 Ks so far this season
- Dominic Brown (OF): Phillies top prospect
- Kyle Kendrick (SP)
My brother just went to a Lakewood game to see Knapp pitch he said that in 2-3 years he is going to be downright filthy. He has to work on control, but he has a 96 mph fastball and is a strikeout machine. I wouldn’t want to see him dealt in a Halladay trade. JA Happ has emerged as a viable starter, but in a trade scenario he is all but gone. When it comes to our outfield prospects, I think they are more expendable because our outfield already has good depth and strong starters. I wouldn’t mind losing Carrasco at this point because he has faltered in the last year, and I don’t know how ready he is to play.
David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News has an article about possible trade rumors here: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillies/How_much_is_too_much_for_Halladay.html
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I can’t see the trade deadline passing by without the Phillies making a move for a top of the line pitcher. As far as the pitchers who are available, Halladay is the only one that I’d be willing to give up our farm system for. Out of your list, I wouldn’t mind trading most of them for Halladay but a few of them I would like to see the Phils hang on to. I think Kyle Drabek is the real deal and we shouldn’t even consider giving him up. He’s dominating his first year in Reading (AA) and he’s only 21 yrs old. I would also like to hang onto Michael Taylor because he is an absolute beast and I like Knapp for the reasons you mentioned above. Also, he’s only 18! I wouldn’t mind giving up Carrasco because I don’t see him ever living up to his potential. Dominic Brown is our #1 Prospect according to Baseball America but I would rather give him up than Michael Taylor. As for Donald, Marson, Happ, Mayberry, and Kendrick, I would be okay trading a few of them along with Brown and Carrasco if we can get Halladay as he would give us a great chance to repeat. I think if we are planning on trading Happ at all, we should do it now, because in my opinion he will never have as much trade value as he does right now.
I think your assumptions are right on. Another thing to take into consideration is that the Jays were interested in Jason Donald last year, and the other frontrunners to get Halladay are in the AL East. This means that we have a player that they may covet, making a possible trade a little easier if we are willing to part ways with Donald. I was reading about possible trades and a source stated that the Blue Jays wouldn’t want to trade Halladay to a team in their own division, so that would take the Yankees and Red Sox out of the race, leaving the Phillies as the team most likely to make a run at the ace. We’ll see what happens.