According to Gordon Edes of Yahoo! Sports, the Boston Red Sox could be.
The one team the Phillies fear could trump their offer, according to a team source Monday, is Boston. The Red Sox potentially could offer a package featuring pitchers Clay Buchholz(notes) and reliever Daniel Bard(notes) from the big-league roster, and a menu of attractive prospects, including pitchers Michael Bowden(notes), Junichi Tazawa(notes) on the Triple-A level and 19-year-olds Casey Kelly and Stolmy Pimentel. The Blue Jays have told the Red Sox and the Yankees they would have to pay a premium – an extra player – for Toronto to trade Halladay within the division.
I just don’t see the Red Sox giving up that much in any deal. Plus I would think that any deal wouldn’t include both Buchholz and Bowden.
Like I said this morning, take this with a grain of salt. There’s still a lot of time before the 4 PM trade deadline on Friday afternoon.
Phillies still hoping for Halladay [Yahoo! Sports]
