Three Way Blockbuster Goes Down

[Obst]

ESPN's Jayson Stark heard this deal is close but not done. He says Halladay's extension would be just three years and $60MM (starting in 2011), with possible vesting options for another year or two. Aside from Aumont, Stark says the Jays would get Phils catching prospect Travis D'Arnaud. The Blue Jays have been asking for Phils outfield prospect Domonic Brown but have been offered Taylor. The Mariners would also give an additional prospect.

[chazmaniandevil]

D'Arnaud

french canadian?

if so, its official guys, theyre going to secede from the MLB and start the CLB

next move is signing bay

[Obst]

Travis D'Arnaud is from Cali

[chazmaniandevil]

Travis D'Arnaud is from Cali

they can work around that.

[BiggaAdams]

As a Mariner fan, this would be a great deal for us.

Aumont was drafted to be a starter, then converted to a reliever. His value is not nearly high as a reliever and he has TERRIBLE mechanics. I hope we trade him cause I don't trust this kid to last the long haul.

Saunders is intriguing. He's tall and has a very long stride but the kid moves for his size. His arm isn't the best in the outfield but it'll work and he takes the correct line to the ball. We had him in LF as we have Guti tearing up center field. I don't see Saunders ever hitting for real power, maybe low 20s in hr's. I think a top line for him would be .300 with 25 hrs. bottom line maybe 15 hr .270.

[Mogriffjr]

3 for 60? Wow phils are geniuses if they get doc for that. FML

[Tengo Juego]

W00T! Lee coming to the Emerald City!

[chazmaniandevil]

Is Drabek part of the deal or not?

Regardless I think the Phillies made the right decision. Like everyone continues to say Lee didn't want to sign an extension so they went out and got a better player who would be willing to sign for a fair price.

8:26pm: Check that. Aumont is in the deal, but heading to the Phillies rather than the Jays, says Elliott (via Twitter).

7:51pm: Elliott says (via Twitter) that Drabek is in the deal, but Aumont is not.

Drabek for Aumont?

[Obst]

Pretty sure Drabek is going to the Jays.

[chazmaniandevil]

9:15pm: After going through several incarnations over the last 48 hours, the latest version of the deal has outfielder Michael Taylor, catching prospect Travis D'Arnaud, and a pitcher - either J.A. Happ or Kyle Drabek - going to Toronto, writes Stark in his latest update.

Under this scenario, the Phillies would get to hang on to Domonic Brown and would recieve Phillippe Aumont.

either haap or drabek

[chazmaniandevil]

9:25pm: The Phillies would only recieve prospects from the M's and no Philly prospects would be shipped to Toronto, sources tell Todd Zolecki of MLB.com (via Twitter).

now im confused. did they just get away with lee for halladay? highway robbery

[Obst]

We go from losing all over our players to none? I can't wait to actually see the final deal.

[Obst]

now im confused. did they just get away with lee for halladay? highway robbery

No, this means we traded Lee to the M's kept all the prospects we got for him, then trade our own prospects away. So we unload our farm, but restock at the same time, pretty nice.

[chazmaniandevil]

they worded it wrong, they just corrected it

[Obst]

If we get Tyson Gilles and Aumont as the main piece in the Lee deal then I will have no problem sending Taylor and Drabek to the Jays. This deal looks really good for us. Gilles, Aumount, and Halladay, I love it.