Is Halladay > Than Lee

The Philadelphia Phillies made the big trade of the baseball offseason by getting the one guy they have wanted since the month of June... Roy Halladay.  Last year, they brought in pitcher Cliff Lee who dominated in the National League and in the playoffs therefore they decided to trade him away... I do not understand why this had to happened. 

If you are curious about the trade, Halladay is dealt to the Phillies for a couple of the prospects and the Seattle Mariners get Cliff Lee while the Blue Jays also get some of Seattle's prospects.  We still do not know which prospects will be landing in Toronto. Sports Illustrated has some of the possible prospects that could be dealt in the deal.

I realize that Halladay is a great pitcher and the fact that he is going from the American League to the National League is obviously going to help out his stats.  He dominated the Yankees and Red Sox seemed to love big game pitching atmosphere but he didn't play in a hitters ballpark like Citizen Bank Ballpark.  Halladay always seemed to have one injury that nags him a bit throughout the year as well. I think it will work out for Philadelphia BUT...

I would never had traded Cliff Lee because of what I stated before in the first paragraph. Lee looked so good against the National League last year that why would you even consider getting rid of him?  Lee is a left-handed pitcher which makes him more attractive than Halladay in my personal opinion and he hasn't been bitten by the injury bug more so than Halladay.

The Mariners are the top team in the AL West right now with Lee and Felix Hernandez leading their rotation could be one of the best one-two punch in the big leagues.  Plus the addition of Chone Figgins and Jack Wilson on the left side of the infield makes them one of the stronger defensive team as well. I really like their chances for next season.

-Charlie.

Settle Down Sepi

I am calling this fan week on Chucks Corner. If you want me to write about something or you want a quote albeit it be something good like Seth or Votto you will get in there. Now I havent spoked to our only Toronto Blue Jays fan in the city of Wauwatosa, Sepi but I am sure he is on pins/needles about his boy Roy Halladay getting traded. I told him at the beginning of the year that this will happen but now I am here to tell you that it will not.

Now this might be the kiss of death because I have said multiple times that something will/will not happen therefore Halladay might get traded tomorrow for all I know. My thoughts on Halladay is that the Jays are trying to get too much out of teams right now for their possible suitors. They would like to get a shit ton of talent for Halladay who many could argue is best pitcher in our decade looking at stats alone although I have a problem saying that because he hasnt done anything in the postseason.

I think another reason why Halladay isnt going anywhere is the team who seemed to be the favorite has all the sudden caught steam in the past two weeks, the Philadelphia Phillies. Why do they need more pitching when they seem to be doing just fine without Doc? The only real reason is this year you might not get past Los Angeles due to Cole Hamels having a rough year plus other reasons. If they really want to repeat then they have to get Doc.

I mean if the Jays wanted this to happened, I think like CC Sabathia deal last year it would have happened already because they would have asked for a respectable amount for their guy. Toronto is really expecting teams to give up their best hitting and pitching prospects where I believe thats unrealistic to think a team will do that these days. Reason being is there is so much hype now made up about all of these stud prospects that rarely anyone wants to give up a "Hanley Ramirez-like" for a "Josh Beckett-like" player. Doc is staying in Canada, dont fret Sepi.

-Charlie.