Jays turned down Sox’s 6-for-1 offer on Halladay

I’m on the Rotoworld.com beat, and this just came across my desk:

Bob Elliot of the Toronto Sun reports that the Red Sox offered the Blue Jays six pitchers for Roy Halladay at the trading deadline. The names: Daniel Bard, Michael Bowden, Clay Buchholz, Felix Doubront, Nick Hagadone and Justin Masterson. That’s quite an impressive array of names, and it’s shocking Toronto didn’t snap it up. The scout that revealed this deal said the Jays had difficulty projecting Masterson’s future, and — probably most important — “the Jays were worried about Halladay beating them next year.” Obviously, Masterson and Hagadone are no longer with the Sox club so it’s unlikely a deal could be reached in the offseason. If it’s going to take more than that package to land Halladay, GM J.P. Ricciardi won’t find any takers.

What do you think? Are we lucky the Jays turned the deal down?

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