Phillies close to acquiring Oswalt

[snipezo]

Houston - Major League baseball sources told FOX 26 Sports the Houston Astros have a deal in place to trade pitcher Roy Oswalt to the Philadelphia Phillies if Oswalt agrees to waive his no-trade clause.

Sources told FOX 26 the Astros have approached Oswalt. He is aware of the deal that is on the table and the club is waiting for his response.

MLB sources told FOX 26 the Astros and Phillies have agreed on the amount of money Houston will take back in the deal and the two teams have agreed on the players Philadelphia will be sending.

 

[jarrod2323]

I really hate to see him leave Houston, but I can't blame him

Deal is for Happ and most likely Singleton for Oswalt and $12mil

 

[cruzg24]

Man I hate the Phillies, they always seem to find a way to make a deal. Well if this deal is made, goodbye Jayson Werth.

 

[snipezo]

Ehh. They have Dominic Brown lol.

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Doc and Roy is a pretty nice 1-2 punch

 

[Rios15]

Cole Hamels is sweet as well.

 

[snipezo]

Roy and Roy combo lol.

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Cole Hamels is sweet as well.

Yeah thats true. They pretty much have 3 aces now (when Hamels is pitching to his full potential)

 

[snipezo]

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Update: Sources say Roy Halladay and Roy Oswalt have been planning this since the World Baseball Classic

 

[elcheato]

I think he was joking

 

[RipCity32]

Roy and Roy
Will be a great duo.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

The way I see it... they still have to pay him about $11-12M that they probably dont have seeing as yesterday everyone doubted they could make payroll by hanging on to Werth

which means Werth is a dead man walking.

Now they're stuck to rookie Dominic Brown, injured Shane Victorino and old man Raul Ibanez. 2 weeks ago I honestly thought the lineup should have been their top concern -- or at least infield depth seeing as over their infield has been dropping like flies this season.