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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

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    He's not Anthony Reyes.
    He might be a bit better than Reyes in that he might have a career in middle relief.
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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

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    Uh-huh.
    It's not like your team doesn't have a track record of turning train-wrecks into useful pieces.

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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

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    He might be a bit better than Reyes in that he might have a career in middle relief.
    How quickly we can change our minds after seeing results. Reyes did not produce any.
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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

    Not that it's going to happen, but how do we know the Reds aren't on Halladay's list? I thought I read somewhere that he wants to go somewhere that is a little more low key than NY. And the Reds do have a decent number of prospects in the pipeline to make deals with if necessary.

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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

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    How quickly we can change our minds after seeing results. Reyes did not produce any.
    I've never been a Reyes booster.
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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

    Quote Originally Posted by Jpup View Post
    It's just simply not true and everyone here knows it. There is simply no way Halladay is coming to Cincy. It sounds like some nonsense leaked by the Reds FO to get some interest up.
    Could be. And I don't disagree Halladay is unlikely to approve such a trade. However, dabbs has a good point - say the Reds really are trying to trade for Halladay. Even if it won't come to fruition, it would seem some people owe an apology for the harsh tone they've taken toward the organization's perceived lackluster 'effort.'
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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

    Quote Originally Posted by Jpup View Post
    It's just simply not true and everyone here knows it. There is simply no way Halladay is coming to Cincy. It sounds like some nonsense leaked by the Reds FO to get some interest up.
    It also sounds like a Walt Jocketty inspired move. That is the kind of player he WOULD go get. It may be BS, but a move for a player like Halladay to pair with Volquez and ANY bat could return the Reds back to contention. Halladay, a healthy Volquez, Cueto, Harang and Arroyo could win at a .600 clip if they got another bat. The key here is that it isn't enough for this year, but it would be for next year for sure.

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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

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    I've never been a Reyes booster.
    might want to check your post history again. If it had a bat on it's chest with two Cardinals sitting on it, you probably were supporting it. You just called Ryan Franklin a lights out closer based on half a season. It's seems to me that your opinions are somewhat jaded.
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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

    Quote Originally Posted by Brutus the Pimp View Post
    it would seem some people owe an apology for the harsh tone they've taken toward the organization's perceived lackluster 'effort.'
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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

    Quote Originally Posted by Brutus the Pimp View Post
    However, dabbs has a good point - say the Reds really are trying to trade for Halladay. Even if it won't come to fruition, it would seem some people owe an apology for the harsh tone they've taken toward the organization's perceived lackluster 'effort.'
    Actually we owe nothing of the sort.

    It's an internet rumor so we have no idea if it's even true. And it it is, as you suggest, I offer no apology for expecting Walt to do his job.

    Now, if Walt pulls off a spectacular series of moves in the next 7 days that sets us up for 2010 and beyond? Then I'll eat a big helping of Crow-Helper.

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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

    In this depressed market, all this BS talk by Halladay about wanting to go to a winner is going to dry up and blow away at the first seriously competitive extension he's offered.

    Not that I could ever imagine the Reds offering a competitive salary (except when overpaying for replaceables like Arroyo and Gonzalez).
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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

    Quote Originally Posted by Brutus the Pimp View Post
    Could be. And I don't disagree Halladay is unlikely to approve such a trade. However, dabbs has a good point - say the Reds really are trying to trade for Halladay. Even if it won't come to fruition, it would seem some people owe an apology for the harsh tone they've taken toward the organization's perceived lackluster 'effort.'
    You can say you have interest all day long, but the proof is in the pudding or something. I honestly don't think the Reds have the chips to get him from Toronto unless they deal Votto or Cueto.
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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

    Quote Originally Posted by Falls City Beer View Post
    In this depressed market, all this BS talk by Halladay about wanting to go to a winner is going to dry up and blow away at the first seriously competitive extension he's offered.
    no negotiating until the trade is completed ... at least according to "the pimp".

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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

    First off, no, I don't expect this deal to happen.

    But it fits the parameters of the type of deal Jocketty has said he's looking for and the Reds can probably pull together the package to do it. Will Halladay accept a trade to Cincinnati? Highly doubtful. But, as the old sales advice goes, never say "no" for the other guy.
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    Re: Reds have interest in Halladay

    Quote Originally Posted by Jpup View Post
    It's seems to me that your opinions are somewhat jaded.
    What?
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