Appreciate your insights. Sadly, the 'Stros would be making huge
mistake to trade what little quality they have in minors for someone,
even as good as Halladay. Sure, (hopefully fully recovered from recent
injury) Halladay would make the team more competitive in the weak NLC,
but the Astros have too many weaknesses to go further. The only way I
imagine such a deal would work would be for the team to subsequently
(after season) trade Halladay and his salary to another team for good
prospects in the beginning effort to rebuild. Saying all this, it is
likely that Maysonet is not actually much a long term talent so if the
Jays want to trade him straight up for Halladay, I can dig it!





From: houstonsbrandofbaseball@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:houstonsbrandofbaseball@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
JJMeadows3@...
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 6:48 AM
To: houstonsbrandofbaseball@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Houston's Brand of Baseball] Trades








Well, I agree that the Astros don't have anything to trade for him but
bear
in mind that the Blue Jays are trading him so that they can reduce
payroll. So, therefore, contrary to your statement, they would not ask
for
players like Pence, Oswalt, Lee and Berkman, who all have large
salaries.
Rather, they would be looking for players like Bud Norris, Edwin
Maysonet, Jason
Castro, etc. who have great minor league numbers, good major league
potential and require almost no salary.
When watching trade deadline trades, think of the trades from last
season.
Pirates sent their All-Star Jason Bay to the Red Sox and received 4
minor
leaguers (Andy LaRoche, Brandon Moss, Craig Hanson, and Bryan Morris).
The
Indians sent Cy Young award winner CC Sabathia to the Brewers in
exchange
for (again) 3 minor leaguers with no practically no major league
experience
(Matt LaPorte, Zach Jackson, and Rob Bryson). The Athletics sent their
ace
and number 2 pitchers Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin to the Cubs in
exchange
for (you guessed it) 4 minor leaguers (Gallagher, Morton, Patterson,
Donaldson).
Remember when talking trade deadline trades that the "selling" teams are

not looking for star players. They don't want great talent which will
cost
money in the future. They want prospects that are cheap and may mature
into good players in the future.


In a message dated 7/8/2009 6:15:29 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
bennett.brier@... <mailto:bennett.brier%40va.gov> writes:

No way the Grocer would trade for Halladay much less do the "stos have
anything to trade for him, unless we're talking about a package
including probably 2 of Pence, Oswalt, Lee and Berkman...

From: _houstonsbrandofbasehoustonsbrandofbhous_
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[mailto:_houstonsbrandofbasehoustonsbrandofbhous_
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_JJMeadows3@... <mailto:_JJMeadows3%40aol.JJM> _
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Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:08 PM
To: _houstonsbrandofbasehoustonsbrandofbhous_
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Subject: Re: [Houston's Brand of Baseball] Trades

Well, this one won't happen, but I am all for the Astros trading for Roy
Halladay.? Apparently, the Blue Jays are looking to deal the former Cy
Young award winner since they are falling out of playoff contention. I
am sure that we won't have enough for him, though.
Otherwise, I don't think the Astros will be looking for trades.?
Although our pitching staff is nothing to sing about, right now we have
6 pitchers that are performing solidly and they can't figure out which
one of them to drop from the rotation. Therefore, adding pitching would
just create more of a log jam since we would have to drop another
pitcher to make room for him.? The bullpen is starting to perform better
with Arias and Fulchino, so I don't think that the Astros are looking to
trade for bullpen help. Finally, the offense is solid and with Blum and
Keppinger holding down 3rd base, I don't see that there is any hole in
the offense that they would be looking to improve, unless it is our
bench.
Therefore, I foresee the Astros staying put.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jacob Hale <_jacob-hale@sbcglobajacob_
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Sent: Mon, Jul 6, 2009 8:40 pm
Subject: [Houston's Brand of Baseball] Trades

Do you think the Astros will make any trades this season

There's less than a month left to the trade deadline, but I haven't
heard any trade rumors surrounding the Astros.

Will it be a big trade? A small one?

And what are the Astros looking for and who are they willing to play?

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