The Associated Press’ Rob Maaddi reports Philadelphia Phillies SP Roy Halladay has been working out for the last two months at the team’s spring training facility in Clearwater, Fla. His workout regimen, which he picked up from former Toronto Blue Jays SPs Roger Clemens and Pat Hentgen, consists of lots of running, stretching and exercising to strengthen his arm, legs and core. “He comes in here and he’s always doing something,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “He never sits still. He talks to you very short and then says he has to go running or whatever. He definitely has a routine and a program and he’s going to stay on that. Nothing is going to get in his way. That’s a commitment every day and that’s good.” Halladay said several players at spring training camp have started arriving at the ballpark early in an attempt to keep up with his workout routine.
Our Instinct: There’s no coincidence between Halladay throwing 220+ innings for the past 4 years and his conditioning. He’s 130-59 since 2002 and has been an elite fantasy option. Imagine what he can do when his team does not face the Yankees, Red Sox, and Rays 54 times a year? Yeah, we like it too.
BI Precision: Roy Halladay is a machine. He’s thrown 49 complete games and 15 shutouts in 287 career starts, including 18 complete games and 6 shutouts in the past 2 seasons. At age 32 he seems to be getting better across the board, including k’s and bb.
Halladay moves from the Toronto Blue Jays who scored 798 runs in 2009 to the Philadelphia Phillies who scored 820. Defensively, both teams rated pretty close. He went 6-7 with a sub 3.00 era vs the Yankees, Red Sox, and Rays. Roy also went 0-0 in 10 innings vs the Marlins and Braves, he posted a 0.90 era in his only 2 interleague games.
Halladay is impressing all of his new Phily teammates with his work ethics and right now there isn’t a club in baseball as confident as the Phillies. Halladay believes that he can carry this team back to the world series for the 3rd straight year and beat those damn Yankees – And why shouldn’t he? As Jayson Starks pointed out, His 18-6 lifetime record against the Yankees represents the best winning percentage (.750) against the Bombers by any active pitcher with more than eight decisions — and represents the best by any pitcher who has faced them more than 22 times in the last 55 years.
Halladay is currently ranked #3 in our starting pitcher list. Here’s a look at our projections:
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| 240 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 205 | 38 | 18 | 77 | 2.88 | 880 | 30 |
Let’s face it. You’re not going to steal Roy Halladay at a discount in your fantasy auction. Halladay’s projected value for 2010 is $30, but good luck getting him for that. What it will come down to is how much value you can pack around him in the form of other players, whether it’s keepers that you already have or those discounts you can find in your auction. There’s only a handful of pitcher’s with Roy’s value. Getting him from $30-$35 is a bargain it’s self. $35-$40 is very reasonable. Beyond $40 isn’t out of the question on an elite starting pitcher, but what you have to remember is that you have to handcuff him to other players that you bought at a discount. Just keep in mind that you need to build a team worth more value than you paid for it and you need a stud or two like Halladay. The trick is to find a perfect marriage for overpaying for superstars and making your team worth more than you paid for it. Understanding the value of a player, knowing when to act, and exercising patience is the key to winning in fantasy baseball.
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