Published on Wednesday, December 16, 2009
By Telegraph Staff
On a day like no other in baseball history, two Cy Young Award winners in their primes changed teams. The four-team, nine-team megatrade became official Wednesday, with the Toronto Blue Jays sending 2003 AL Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay to the Philadelphia Phillies, who in turn dealt 2008 AL Cy Young winner Cliff Lee to the Seattle Mariners. Halladay got a $60 million, three-year contract extension through 2013 in exchange for waiving his no-trade clause, and Toronto paid Philadelphia $6 million as part of the swap. Seven prospects changed hands, with Oakland also part of the mix.
Also Wednesday, World Series MVP Hideki Matsui finalized a $6 million, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, ending his seven-season run with the New York Yankees. The Yankees haven't been close to making any moves since acquiring Curtis Granderson from Detroit last week
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