Doc.

With his dominating complete game win over the Red Sox yesterday Roy Halladay proved why the Jays should not trade him.

The whole idea of trading him is predicated on one big thing - That the incompetent JP Ricciardi can get enough value in return for him. Trust me on this, there is no way in hell JP is going to get a Bartolo Colon for Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips package out of this. But why would you trade him anyway? He is the best pitcher in baseball and he is still only 32. You will never replace him in the rotation. He is the most valuable asset in the baseball - a proven innings eater and winner who never has arm problems. He's a much better version of Curt Schilling minus the obnoxious ego.

Forget trading him, the Jays should be signing him to a 4 year extension past this year. He is the main reason to show up to see this team and he is their best marketing piece and only real draw when on the road. And his team is really not that far off. They have a potential 16-18 game winner/No. 2 starter in Ricky Romero, some decent arms in the pen and rising stars in Aaron Hill and Adam Lind. If Travis Snider comes up as he should the next couple of years you have a pretty good lineup with Doc still in his prime.

If the Jays do trade him they are officially a joke and all the Jays fans living south of the border will officially stop following them and gong out of their way to attend road games. And I wouldn't expect season tickets sales at Rogers Center to improve any either. Only 4 teams haven't made the playoffs since the wild card was introduced - the Nationals, Pirates, Royals and Jays. The Jays are not in the same lowly class as those other three but losing Doc would start the decline to being a laughingstock like them.

So what are the chances he does get traded? I say about 5%. The only teams I can see him going to are Philly and Anaheim because they are the only teams with enough prospects and money to afford him. Other than the Red Sox but even JP isn't stupid enough to trade him in the division.

If he does go I hope for his sake he goes to the Phillies. In the pathetic NL he could win 26 games next year.