The Red Sox are making a major play for Roy Halladay. This is not just a sniff test to gauge Toronto's price, this is a real push. Reports are out that getting Halladay will cost them Bucholtz, Bowden, and Ryan Westmoreland and they would need to get a third team involved to get the Jays the shortstop they want (Pirates and Jack Wilson perhaps?).
I love this proposed trade. Yes, Bowden did well in his limited time last year and Bucholtz looked good in his first start this year but no so much in his last one (he pitches again tonight with possible his career on the line) but Halladay is a proven winner. He gets innings and outs in bunches and is a perennial Cy Young contender. If the Sox can keep Beckett in the fold they would have Halladay, Beckett, and Lester as the center of their rotation for several years to come. It wouldn't even matter who the other two starters are this is an ace 1-2-3 right there.
Those who argue the cost is too steep need only remember what it took to get Beckett & Pedro Martinez an how it was worth was they gave up. Bowden is now projecting as a quality reliever and not a started and Bucholtz seems more and more likely to be unable to live up to the hype that followed his no-hitter two seasons ago. Westmoreland looks to be the "thrown-in" in this deal.
Here's one vote for this trade going through.
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