Of course, every team will listen to offers if it was good enough, but this sounds like a headline.

The Phillies need a quality starting pitcher, and the Blue Jays are looking to unload some of their salary cap. It seems like a perfect match made in heaven, but there are a couple of potential problems.

To make this trade happen, both teams will have to get multiple teams involved. That might end up being in the Phils best interest, but it might make the trade go south.

The Phillies would have to give up some of their best prospects to acquire Halladay. While Halladay might be worth giving up Kyle Drabek and maybe Jason Donald, I do not think the Phils would be willing to give up Drabek.

While the Phillies would encourage more teams to get in on the action, just getting the Jays to complete the trade would be a hike in itself.

The Phillies need a reliever almost as bad as a starter. Fans and the front office need to realize that the bullpen that we have is getting old, and at the rate that they are going will be too  overworked to pitch well in the post-season.

Cla Meredith of the San Diego Padres would be a good option for the Phils. Meredith is a quality young arm who would inject some life into the staggering Phils bullpen.

So, getting back to Halladay, here is what would be the after effects of the trade. The Phillies starting rotation would consist of Halladay as the ace, Cole Hamels, Joe Blanton, Jamie Moyer, and J.A. Happ. Then, in the bullpen would be, Chad Durbin, Chan Ho Park, Tyler Walker, J.C. Romero, Scott Eyre, Clay Condrey, Cla Meredith,Ryan Madson, and Brad Lidge.

Getting Halladay and another reliever would be the best possible scenario for the Phillies, but here is what needs to happen for the deal to go down.

Roy Halladay would be highly coveted by the Phillies if he were to be placed on the trading block.

First, the Phillies scouting staff needs to be disgusted at the quality that Dominican pitcher Pedro Martinez is pitching. Second, the Blue Jays need to fail at trading away Alex Rios, Vernon Wells, or Scott Rolen. That would leave the Jays with no other option than to feel like they have to trade Halladay to create some cap space.

On top of that, the Blue Jays need to keep falling further and further out of play-off contention by the All-Star break. If the Jays keep hanging around, then the Toronto staff has no reason to trade Halladay, and will pull Halladay off the block quicker than a Joel Zumaya fastball.

To top it all off, the Phillies need to agree to trade some of their top prospects to get the deal to go through.

Here is what I would trade for Halladay if I were general manager, and what teams I would involve.

Carlos Carrasco, Kyle Kendrick, and Jack Taschner to the Blue Jays, Clay Condrey and Eric Bruntlett to the San Diego Padres, and Roy Halladay and Cla Meredith to the Phillies. I would try to get another team in the mix if I could, but I would have to wait and see who would be interested.

So there is the trade, and what would happen to the team if it were to be approved by the league. Kendrick needs a change of scenery, and Carrasco has been overshadowed and under appreciated since the arrival of Antonio Bastardo and Happ. With Bastardo, Drabek, and Happ, that gives the Phillies some room to deal some pitchers away to acquire players who can help the team win now.

The Phils have a stacked farm system, and with the arrival of Halladay, could be a championship contender for years to come. They could facilitate some of the young guys into the pen such as Bastardo, and not have to worry about using their bullpen heavily if they have guys in there that can go a couple more innings than expected. Of course, it would not matter because Halladay eats up innings by the game, and rarely gets dismissed before the 5th or 6th inning. All seems well in the city of brotherly love.

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This was the first time Philadelphia Phillies ace Cole Hamels had pitched at the new Citi Field. Based in his whole career, it was a major disappointment. Hamels gave up 4 earned runs in only 5 innings, and he tied his career high with 11 hits given up.

Early on, it was looking like Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey was going to outduel Hamels. In the first 6 innings, Pelfrey had only given up 3 hits and 1 earned run. 

Suddenly, the wheels came off for Pelfrey. With the Mets leading 4-1 after a 4th inning outbreak, Pelfrey found himself facing a bases loaded situation. To get there, he gave up back-to-back-to-back singles to Ryan Howard, Raul Ibanez, and Jayson Werth. That was all for Pelfrey, as Mets skipper Jerry Manuel took out Pelfrey in favor of reliever Sean Green.

Green then proceeded to give up a single to Pedro Feliz that plated Howard, and then gave up another run when Carlos Ruiz grounded into a fielder’s choice to score Ibanez. The fielder’s choice came when Ruiz grounded a ball to Mets third baseman David Wright. Wright then went on to bobble the ball, and was charged for an error. The bases were now loaded with the score now 4-3 with recent call-up Paul Bako pinch hitting for the pitcher, Jack Taschner.

Bako struck out for the first out, but that was hardly the end to the rally. With shortstop Jimmy Rollins up to bat, Rollins grounded into a near double play, but instead of the Mets turning two, they only got one, and in the process, let Werth score to tie the game. Shane Victorino grounded out to the shortstop to end the inning.

There was no more drama until the bottom of the 10th inning. With speedy Fernando Martinez on first base, and Wright up at the plate, Wright smoked a liner to right field that Werth dove for to record the out. The amazing catch by Werth might have been his only play on the ball. The problem with the dive was that there was no one behind Werth to back him up in the case that he misplayed the ball. Fortunately for the Phillies, Werth made the right read on the ball, and caught it to save the game for the Phils. Jayson Werth’s Game Saving Catch

The catch would do more than just retire the Mets for the inning. It would also spark the Phils offensively, at least as far as second baseman Chase Utley goes. Utley, to lead off the inning, bombed his second homerun of the night to almost the exact same spot in the stands, out into the right field seats.

The homerun would prove to be the final blow of the game, as Ryan Madson, the Phillies new closer, shut the down the Mets in the 11th inning one-two-three, to end the game. The finals score was 6-5 in favor of your Phightins’.

This game was a typical Phillies-Mets game. It just would not be the same without the Phils coming from behind to take the lead in extras to ultimately overtake the Mets. It also would not be the same without the Mets bullpen giving up a lead, and losing the game after a solid start from the starter. One can only wonder what the series would be like without all of these factors that have come to be known as some sort of tradition.

One thing is for sure, as long as the Phillies stay in first, historically, the record between the two does not matter, as the past two years when the Mets have taken the regular season series, the Mets have been left out of the post-season, and the Phils have gone on to the play-offs, and last year, win the World Series.