Halladay, Roy

- Starting Pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies

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Baseball Player Info

NL
Age	33
Bats or Throws	Right

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Roaming Halladay

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Reviewed by SteveP
February 19, 2010
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It's numerically true that players in the "old days" didn't stay with a single team their entire career much more than they do now, but it certainly feels that way when a player like Halladay moves on. The one-time face of the Blue Jays franchise is now a Philly, with a club coming off two straight World Series appearances. If there's any justice in the world, the Phillies will make it three years in a row and give Doc a shot at the title. The world being what it is, the Jays will beat the Astros this season.

Halladay has been so good over the past two seasons that even with the workload (too much of it) and age on his arm, it's hard not to give him a thumbs up going forward. Much of the bump we would give him for facing the pitcher is given back for the park and his age, but that's still awfully good. We expect him to eat innings, which will give his owners strikeouts and wins. 18-0-3.10-1.15-190 in 215 IP

Positives / Upside	Halladay moves from the rebuilding Blue Jays to the two-time World Series champion Phillies and from facing the DH to facing the pitcher. Halladay has been a terrific source of strikeouts the past two seasons as well as wins and if anything he is in a better position to contribute there. Much has been said about the benefits of strike-out type starters moving from the AL to the NL, which should more than cancel out any negative effects of moving to such a hitter friendly environment. In addition, Halladay replaces such unfriendly destinations as Fenway and Yankee Stadium with more comfortable division match-ups in Florida and Citi-field. 20-0-3.05-1.10-220 in 230 IP
Negatives / Downside	Halladay turns 33 in May and has a history of arm problems (albeit not recently). That combined with his heavy workload over the past four seasons (232+IP per season) should give one some caution. The other "issue" with Halladay is whether he will be the 5.5 K/9 pitcher of 2006 and 2007 or the 7.5+ pitcher of the last two seasons. The difference being a whopping 60 strikeouts over 230 IP. There's no real reason to think that facing the pitcher he would fall back, but it would not be at all a surprise were he to only put in 200-210 innings in which case his strikeout total might be correspondingly lower. 15-0-3.40-1.20-165 in 200 IP
Recommendation	Go the extra dollar
Draft Position	21