Friday, June 11, 2010

What if Roy Halladay was still a Toronto Blue Jay?



I will be the first to admit I thought trading The Doc made sense. Roy Halladay had previously stated that he would most likely not resign with the Jays. What Alex Anthopoulos got in return is still years away from being an active part of the roster. All signs point to Kyle Drabek and Brett Wallace being very talented prospects that could play large roles in future years.

But what if Roy had stayed and played out his final year of his contract? The starting rotation would be Halladay, Marcum, Romero, Cecil, and Morrow. This would rival any rotation in baseball and be one of the most consistent squads in the Major Leagues. The worst part about Halladays time in Toronto always has been his run support. The Jays currently are +25 in runs this season and have a 34-27 record. If you add Halladay into the mix the Blue Jays would be the leaders of the AL East. If by some miracle the bats stayed hot for the full season they would win the division. Worst case scenario the wild card. This would have resulted in Halladay resigning in Toronto.

Hindsights a bitch.
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  1. AnonymousJune 11, 2010 at 4:29 AM

    No point in dwelling over this. Its time to focus on the future. Dont worry The Doc will return to cooperstown wearing a jays cap

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  2. Patrick MundyJune 11, 2010 at 5:39 PM

    Overall the rotation has been sparkling sans Morrow and his 5.48 ERA at the moment (as well as Eveland and Tallet). It's harder to project what his win creation represents because it's only relevant to what run support was in that game.

    Marcum's current run support is the higher of any of the currently listed starters with 5.31 runs per game and a 3.38 ERA but is only 5-3 in game he got decisions. Despite getting that high run support, it's also been less than consistent with 5 of his 13 starts getting 3 runs or less.

    My other concern with trying to project the Jays into 1st place in the East with Halladay in the rotation is that the Jays are 3-6 against the Rays with an average of 2.77 runs per game.

    Without discounting how difficult this division is (despite being 34-27, we're in 4th), Halladay himself only went 8-6 against the AL East last year.

    In short, baseball is so terribly random with 2-1 and 9-7 drubbings every day that it's hard to make too much sense of it all. Except for the fact that the Rays are probably the best top to bottom team in baseball, and that the Jays are likely to hit some regression that will have them lucky to finish 3rd but more than likely 4th.

    But of course, I sure hope I'm wrong.

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