Debating a Red Sox trade for Roy Halladay

Roy Halladay of the Toronto Blue Jays has recently said that he would waive his no trade clause if a trade to a certain few franchises were in order. It's likely that the best team in the American League, the Boston Red Sox, is one of those few teams.
The reasons are as follows:

Reasons For Getting Halladay

Halladay is a Cy Young award winner, who wins 20 games a year, with an ERA hovering around 3.50.

With the way John Smoltz has pitched against two light hitting teams in the Washington Nationals and Oakland Athletics, he seems to only get worse, and might work better coming out of the bullpen, or maybe down in the minors.

If the Sox want a much better (and younger) pitcher than Smoltz, then Halladay is their man. Halladay would solidify an already extremely solid pitching staff.
If the Red Sox aren't already a World Series contender in someone's eyes, Halladay should quiet that doubter.

Reasons for Not Getting Halladay

Trading for Doc will probably cost the farm. Sox fans can say goodbye to Lars Anderson, Clay Buchholz, Michael Bowden, and maybe a few more prospects, making the division rival Blue Jays better in the long run.

Also, Halladay is owed a ton of money over the remainder of his contract and the Red Sox already have a lot of players owed ungodly amounts of money. Halladay would only add to that list.

Plus, Halladay's contract runs out after next season, and Halladay will be 34 at that time.
Halladay also might not be used to the large baseball market in Boston, or pitching as the third or fourth man in the rotation—behind Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, and maybe Tim Wakefield.

Former Red Sox pitcher Martinez signs with the Phillies

This just in to Surviving Manny, according to ESPN, the Philadelphia Phillies have come to an agreement on a contract with former Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez.

Martinez played from 1997 to 2004 with the Red Sox, and won the 1999 All-Star Game MVP, in which he struck out 5 of the 6 batters that he face on his home field of Fenway Park.

Pedro was not resigned after the 2004 season, in which the Red Sox won the World Series, and signed with the New York Mets.

His contract with the Mets ran out after the 2008 season, and Pedro is just now being signed to a contract.

Terms of the deal with the Phillies were not disclosed.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen

Red Sox show interest in Scott Rolen

This just in to Surviving Manny, the Boston Red Sox seem to be interested in the Toronto Blue Jays thirdbaseman Scott Rolen. Rolen was a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals before joining the Blue Jays. He was traded from the Cardinals to the Jays for power hitting firstbaseman Troy Glaus.

You may or may not know that the Red Sox are also interested in Blue Jays' ace pitcher Roy Halladay. It's unknown whether or not the Red Sox will pursue Rolen and Halladay in a package deal, but it will certainly take a lot of good prospects and major league talent. Red Sox fans can kiss Clay Buchholz, Michael Bowden, Casey Kelly, and Lars Anderson goodbye.

Seriously, how many aging thirdbaseman do the Red Sox need? And does Theo Epstein really want to mortgage the club's future to a division rival?

The answer to that question better be no.

Plus, a thirdbase problem will start next spring training, when Mike Lowell and Rolen will both be vying for the same spot.

However, this season Rolen is hitting the ball a ton. So far this season, Rolen is hitting .320 with 6 home runs, and 35 RBIs. Rolen has 94 hits in 77 games.