2009 Phillies Offseason Thread

[MDS]

this all depends on what the contract extension is for roy

i really dont want to give up brown

[Munson]

If it's Lee AND a prospect, It's a little meh.....but just Lee and I can live with it.

Gonna really hate not having a Hallady/Lee 1-2 punch though.

[Drunkmasterflex]

I don't really care if they give up one of the outfield prospects just so long as it isn't Drabek.  They still need bullpen help so you have to wonder when that is going to be addressed. 

[BigEd76]

now Yahoo is claiming it's Blanton/Happ/Brown, and Lee's agent hasn't heard anything all day....

it's also possible that 1 of the 3 prospects coming from Seattle is staying here if Brown is involved...

[Don Ho]

now Yahoo is claiming it's Blanton/Happ/Brown, and Lee's agent hasn't heard anything all day....

Can live with this.

[Eaglez]

Halladay is in Philadelphia talking to the Phillies about an extension, ESPN.com's Jayson Stark reports. Halladay has told friends he'd take less than market money to sign with the Phillies -- something in the neighborhood of five years and $100 million.

Lee has told the Phillies he would like to stay but wants market.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4742072

Lee wants market, Halladay is willing to give a "winners" discount.  Makes sense to me.  It would be ridiculously awesome to keep both, but I'd take Halladay for a discount long-term and have a dominant righty in a left-hand heavy rotation. 

[Rome]

SD_Eagle is actively looking for rjs's dog to kick its ass if this deal goes through as-is (meaning anything involving Lee).

[BigEd76]

Stark is saying 3-yr extension with 2 vested options and the Phils top catching prospect D'Arnaud might be involved...

[PhillyGirl]

Stark is saying 3-yr extension with 2 vested options and the Phils top catching prospect D'Arnaud might be involved...

But WHO? Lee, Blanton, Happ?

[QB Eagles]

Stark is saying 3-yr extension with 2 vested options and the Phils top catching prospect D'Arnaud might be involved...

But WHO? Lee, Blanton, Happ?

Stark is saying Lee, d'Arnaud, and Taylor/Brown

[NGM]

Stark is saying 3-yr extension with 2 vested options and the Phils top catching prospect D'Arnaud might be involved...

But WHO? Lee, Blanton, Happ?

Stark is saying Lee, d'Arnaud, and Taylor/Brown

Don't like it. 

[BigEd76]

Salisbury thinks it's Drabek

Nobody seems to have a clue...

[Rome]

They already gave up four prospects to get Lee and now they're giving up Lee, the prospects they gave up to get him and Drabek, Taylor, etc.

Stupid beaner.

[QB Eagles]

SI says the deal is done but it isn't known who the Phillies are giving up. What a helpful report.

[QB Eagles]

Stark:

As part of the deal, Halladay would agree to a three-year extension through 2013, with a vesting option that could lengthen the deal by another year or two, one source said. The extension is expected to guarantee Halladay in the neighborhood of $60 million, plus the $15.75 million he would make in 2010, the final year of his current contract.