I'm withholding judgment until the numbers on the extension are released. At first take, I'm not sure Halladay's overall value is worth that much more than Lee when factoring in the extra dollars Halladay will take. At the same time, Halladay is 32, what I would consider right in his prime. In the post steroid era of baseball, guys will start to falter off at 35 like they should.
Seattle could be very dangerous now, they didn't have a bad team last year and the addition of Lee could allow them to compete with the Angels. Again it's early but I think Seattle won in this and could contend especially with Lackey going to Boston.
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