The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good - It appears that Roy Halladay is moving to the NL in a three team trade with the Phillies. This takes the best pitcher of the decade and moves him out of the AL East which can only be good news for the Yanks heading into the 2010 season.
The Bad - The Mariners appear to be getting Cliff Lee in that three team trade. This gives them Felix Hernandez and Cliff Lee as their one-two in the rotation and that spells trouble for opposing teams. Lee pitched a little better in the NL so my only hope is that he struggles a little more in the more powerful AL.
The Ugly - The Red Sox signed John Lackey, the best free agent pitcher available, to a five year deal which gives them the best one-two-three pitchers in the game of baseball. Lackey, John Lester, and Josh Beckett are power pitchers and high strikeout guys which can only make AL teams cringe at this signing. Also, the BoSox have Daisuke Matsuzaka, Clay Buchholz, and Tim Wakefield to finish off the back end of the rotation. This is not good. Our only hope is that CC can make Halladay, AJ and Beckett are equally wild (which they both tend to do every so often), and Pettitte can pitch like he did five years ago to match Lester, who was the ace of this staff last year. God help us all if they sign Beltre to play third base, Mike Cameron to play left field, and complete the trade that send Mike Lowell to the Rangers. Estimated number of wins for them next year if all that happens: 104.