J. P. Ricciardi

...usually start being picked up. But Halladay's situation is different. First of all, the Blue Jays fired their GM a few months ago. J.P. Ricciardi set the price tag extremely high for one of the game's best picture when last year's deadline...

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...only John Lackey is comparable. Halladay first landed on the trading block in July, when then-Toronto general manager J.P. Ricciardi held a very public auction for his ace. Opposing G.M.s wouldn't meet Ricciardi's high asking price,...

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...Angels couldn't live without. Toronto has apparently backed off Erick Aybar-whom the Angels balked at when Ricciardi demanded he be part of any trade discussions during the season-and instead is rumored to be looking for three or four...

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...quickly across the Internet, adding momentum to Halladay trade rumours that have swirled since July, when former general manager J.P. Ricciardi first made public the club's openness to trading their ace pitcher. But Beeston insists that...

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...Cy Young award winner. He's too good to let go without receiving something other than a draft pick. Former Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi failed to find a proposal that floated his boat, and it cost him his job among other reasons...

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...it clear earlier this summer that he was unsure about signing a contract extension with the team. Former Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi tried to shop Halladay to a handful of teams before the trade deadline - but his demands were...

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...Baseball was whether or not Toronto would stick to their word and trade Halladay. Then general manager J.P. Ricciardi said that he would listen to offers for the right-hander at the start of the month, and Philadelphia had the need and...

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...season ended and his agent did not return a call Wednesday. It has been suggested that the failure of former general manager J.P. Ricciardi to work out a Halladay trade in July would mean a colossal downgrade in what the Blue Jays could...

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...both the Yankees and Red Sox made a run at Halladay before the July 31 nonwaiver trading deadline. However, then-general manager J.P. Ricciardi wasn't willing to move Halladay to a division rival. Because any team trading for Halladay now...

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...situation last summer was one of the primary factors in the firing of former general manager J.P. Ricciardi, who made it clear he did not want to deal the ace within the division. Alex Anthopoulos appears willing to move Halladay to an...

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