If we took a [Halladay]
Took some time to celebrate
Just one day out of life
It would be, it would be so nice
If the Angels would have made that deal for Halladay they possibly would have given up some of the Halos' Top Prospects: Trevor Reckling, Peter Bourjos and a combination of Joe Saunders and Erick Aybar or Mike Napoli. If we took a Halladay, The Angels would have made their way to another AL West. If the rotation was Halladay, Weaver, Saunders, Santana, and Kazmir and if they pitched on all cylinders with no injuries the Angels would make the ALDS and ALCS their bitch! And probably won the World Series. But, those are a lot of big Ifs.
Looking back at it now, I'm glad we didn't. Halladay immediately agreed to a contract extension with the Phillies once he was traded. And I'm sure Halladay will impact their playoff hopes again in 2010. And so the Angels were left out of the Halladay sweepstakes. On the outside looking in. And this tends to happen every year. I tend to fall in love with the idea of the Angels making a trade to bring a true front of the line ace to Anaheim and bring the Halos back to the World Series. Last year it was Jake Peavy and this year it was Halladay. Now I've got my hopes for Matt Cain.
Ultimately the Angels are going to continue to develop starting pitching with guys like Reckling, Trevor Bell, Anthony Ortega, and whomever they manage to bring up. And with all the draft picks the Angels accumulated this off-season I assume they'll go after pitching.
2 comments:
Like you, I thought the deal was a good idea at the beginning, but later thought it would have hurt us too much in the long run. And it would have put so much pressure on all of our remaining guys to stay healthy. based on last season, that is not a good bet.
but i still feel uncomfortable with just leaving it to matt palmer or one of our minor league guys. palmer was good in the pen but really fortunate as a starter. they still need to go out and get someone. they don't need to be the best, but they need to offer us something, like sheets' potential or garland's reliability. personally, I think sheets is a better idea
also love the idea of matt cain. what do you think we would have to offer to make that happen?
It seems that San Fran won't be making Cain available, no matter how much they are offered. With the Dodger ownership taking a turn for the worse and lack of starting pitching, the Giants might be able to make a run at the NL West this year. Who you have to expect Matt Cain will be an important part of those plans. However, if the Giants begin to falter in their hunt for the title, I can see Cain or Sanchez could become available at the trade deadline. But even then, its going to take some premium players to pry Cain lose.
I don't like leaving the 5th spot to Palmer or Sullivan and would like to see the Angels inquire on Chien-Ming Wang.
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