2009 Marlins Trade Deadline Discussion

[m26555]

12:59pm: A Rosenthal/Morosi source with knowledge of the Jays' thinking discusses a package of Dodgers minor leaguers that could catch Toronto's attention in a Halladay deal.

Get lost, L.A.

[PitchingWinsGames]

I always hate sources "with knowledge of a team's thinking"... wtf does that even mean? Is it supposed to be more credible than idle speculation?

[Namaste]

Pretty sure we won't land Halladay but jesus if that happened we would be a tough team to beat in the Division Series.

Halladay
Johnson
Nolasco

[m26555]

I always hate sources "with knowledge of a team's thinking"... wtf does that even mean? Is it supposed to be more credible than idle speculation?

Yeah; I mean, if they want to go that far, I think pretty much every baseball fan has some sort of knowledge of the Jays' thinking, and it's that they want a few top prospects for Halladay.

[Metes]

I have knowledge of the Marlins' thinking and they don't like to pay people, so we won't be trading for anybody

[Beef]

Do tjflas sources have more knowledge than that of a teams thinking?

[MiamiHomer]

Looks like this rumor from tj is getting around to other forums.

[emkayseven]

anybody who wouldn't give up mike stanton in a deal to get halladay is crazy. just saying. you don't know how he pans out in the majors. he's a freaking prospect who actually has a pretty big flaw (he k's a lot). even if he didn't though, he's too young to know what will be. maybe he'll get injured. maybe mlb pitchers will figure him out. this is roy freaking halladay. one of the top 10 pitchers of our generation, bar none. and we can trade him this offseason or next deadline and get prospects back.

that having been said i don't think we'll get him but i have said all along that we, probably more than any other team, have the prospects to trade without obliterating our minor league system

[Fritz]

I have my doubts that Halladay comes here. I think people have a very negative opinion of the Marlins.

[emkayseven]

that's one thing i don't have a doubt of. guy has been mired in a .500 climate his whole career. they aren't winning next year. he wants his shot

[m26555]

I have my doubts that Halladay comes here. I think people have a very negative opinion of the Marlins.

All he needs to see is this:

Halladay
Johnson
Nolasco
Volstad

I think that would be more than enough to convince him to accept a trade here. Plus, like Fish and Chips said before, the Jays wouldn't even be talking with us if Halladay doesn't want to come here.

[Ramp]

All he needs to see is this:

Halladay
Johnson
Nolasco
Volstad

I think that would be more than enough to convince him to accept a trade here. Plus, like Fish and Chips said before, the Jays wouldn't even be talking with us if Halladay wouldn't want to come here.

In all seriousness... does Halladay even have a clue who Johnson, Nolasco and Volstad are?

[Nick]

In all seriousness... does Halladay even have a clue who Johnson, Nolasco and Volstad are?

Exactly.

[Ralph]

In all seriousness... does Halladay even have a clue who Johnson, Nolasco and Volstad are?

He did see JJ and Nolasco dominate the Blue jays this season.

[Fritz]

In all seriousness... does Halladay even have a clue who Johnson, Nolasco and Volstad are?

Precisely.

Here's what the general population (and probably a lot of baseball players think about the Marlins):

1. Hanley Ramirez is awesome (and will be traded in a firesale)
2. There will be another firesale soon
3. They won two World Series titles (and had firesales soon after)
4. They've had firesales without winning titles