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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
With Halladay signed for a very reasonable contract next year trading him now allows that team to get him for this years stretch run and have him all of next year as well as time to hammer out an extension. Whereas if they wait another year thats a year lost and than it's a matter of trading him for more than the compensation picks you'd get if you can't re-sign him.
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I don't consider a year of Jay's fans watching the best player in baseball as the waste you seem
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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
The Jays are the 4th best team in their own Division and Boston and the Yankees aren't about to get any weaker. So given the current resources can the Jays build a team to compete with those two and the Rays for next year to entice Halladay to stay? Thats a tall order.
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I don't disagree, in fact I want to take your point one degree further. Trading Halladay for a future ace and a future stud probably doesn't lead to the Jays winning the division - the Yankees & Sox are still going to spend beyond competitiveness.
Why trade a fan favorite today to narrow the margin of defeat in three years?