It's Official: Phillies Land Halladay

After all the wheeling and dealing over the past few days, you would think that the Phillies had to be close to a deal with Toronto for Roy Halladay, right? Well, according to Todd Zolecki, the deal is not only done, but there is a press conference scheduled for 5:00, where the Phils will introduce Roy Halladay.

I've already gone over how I feel about the trade, so I'm not going to go into long winded details again. However, I think the signing of Halladay to an extension is what makes this deal a winner for the Phillies. Rather than lose Cliff Lee after this year, since he was going to test free agency and the Yankees and Red Sox were going to pull up to his house with one of those giant checks, the Phillies got arguably the best pitcher of the decade, and locked him up through 2013. It cost a lot, but it's a good move.

So, what exactly is each team getting in this deal? Well, it's now apparently become a four team group of trades, and here's how it shakes out, according to ESPN.com.

The Phillies Get:
Roy Halladay-Top 5 pitcher in baseball (from Toronto)
Phillippe Aumont-Minor League pitcher (from Seattle)
Tyson Gillies-Minor League outfielder (from Seattle)
Juan Ramirez-Minor League pitcher (from Seattle)
$6 million (from Toronto)

The Blue Jays Get:
Travis d'Arnaud-Minor League catcher (from Philadelphia)
Kyle Drabek-Minor League pitcher (from Philadelphia)
Brett Wallace-Minor League infielder (from Oakland)

The Mariners Get:
Cliff Lee-Top 10 pitcher in baseball (from Philadelphia)

The Athletics (this would be the new, fourth team) Get:
Michael Taylor-Minor League outfielder (from Toronto via Philadelphia)

Everybody got all of that? Good. Like I said, giving up Lee, Taylor and Drabek hurt, considering the Phils didn't want to give up the minor leaguers back in July to get Halladay, and have now essentially cleaned out the top ten prospects that they had to get Cliff Lee in July and Roy Halladay now. Fortunately, nothing is ever set in stone with young players, and the three the Phillies are getting from Seattle aren't anything to sneeze at. To get a pitcher on the level of Roy Halladay, the Phillies would have to give something up, and they did that, but in trading Lee to Seattle, they not only freed up the room to sign Halladay long term, but they got prospects back in return.

Everyone just settle down...Halladay is going to just fine in Philadelphia. This was a good trade for everyone involved.