Philly Boy Roy
Longtime Astros ace Roy Oswalt accepted a trade to the Phillies today, and I can't see anything to criticize here. It's all good.
Sure, had they re-upped Cliff Lee for the season maybe this move would not have been necessary, but putting that aside this deal looks pretty sweet.
The Phils get a bonafide all-star caliber pitcher, creating a great 1-2-3 rotation with Halladay and Hamels going down the stretch of the season and hopefully into the playoffs. And the Astros, for some reason, agreed to pay almost half of Oswalt's salary for this season and next — thanks Ed Wade!
We gave up J.A. Happ and some low level minor leaguers, but I'd call that a good deal. Whatever back issues Oswalt has, I feel a lot better going into a playoff game with Oswalt on the hill. If the Phils had to give up a stud first base prospect then no biggie — we have that Ryan Howard guy for a while.
Former Great Sports Debate stalwart Jayson Stark has the details here.
One downside for Oswalt is that he won't be able to wear those awesome retro Astos jerseys anymore.
UPDATE: The minor leaguers going from Philly to Houston were outfielder Anthony Gose and shortstop Jonathan Villar. So the Phillies did not give up highly rated first base prospect Jonathan Singleton.
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