Are You People on Crack?

Stop defending JP, guys. There is no need. He has had his chance to build a winner in this city. He didn't do it. How many rebuilds is this? 3? No matter how much you defend him to me, I'm not going to be swayed by my views on this. He's done.

Thanks for drafting Hill, Marcum, Snider and maybe Romero. And trading for Scott Rolen. Thanks for signing AJ, if only for the sheer entertainment of it. You can see yourself out.

And no, Tao, we aren't fighting.

And let me give the floor to Jeff Blair

Lastly, let's talk about the possibility of Vernon Well's or Alex Rios's contract being included in a deal:

Are you people on crack?

Let's follow this through: if you stuck a team acquiring Halladay with another contract, you're going to get less in return. That is a fact. You might even have to take on somebody else's bad contract (geezus, sounds like Old Maid.) Plus, let's look at it this way:
What would you do with the saved money? Everybody who is needed to be signed to a long-term deal is signed. Aaron Hill? Done that. Marco Scutaro? Beware of apples masquerading as oranges, or whatever the hell that commercial says, And if anybody thinks the Blue Jays can take the money and spend it on free agents, let me ask you a simple question:

Which free agent would want to join a team that just traded away its franchise pitcher? Keep thinking ...