Harden, Johnson let go???

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=70397:date=Dec 1 2009, 01:16 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Dec 1 2009, 01:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=70374:date=Dec 1 2009, 08:56 AM:name=Coldneck)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Coldneck @ Dec 1 2009, 08:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This is a little off topic but I didn't want to start a whole new thread. I saw today that Halladay will not allow the Jays to trade him after spring training begins. So they now must trade him during the offseason with little leverage. Most likely his new team will get a great deal. I am pretty sure the Cubs don't have the money available to pay him next season much less resign him for the years ahead. The reason is because Hendry blew his wad all over the place <b>signing replacement level players to expensive multi year deals</b>, siging aging stars without a position for outrageous money and years, and handing out 3 years to a powder keg than cannot stay healthy. <b>Opportunities like Halladay are the reasons to spend wisely and maintain financial flexibility</b>. With a top 5 payroll (top 3, actually) we should be in a position to make a move like this. Unfortunately we are stuck for the next 3-4 years with no flexibility and an aging group of former stars. FML.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Since you seem to have your detractors, I will chime in with some enthusiastic support: the above is one of the better posts this year on SOI.

Every time a guy like Halladay comes up in the media, the reports are that the Red Sox, Mets and Yanks are fighting over him. Why not us? Seriously.

The answer is in the above paragraph.
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I disagree with the way the finances have been managed as well. However, Roy Halladay isn't the way you fix those problems.