"There were more indications Wednesday that the Philadelphia Phillies' pursuit of Indians pitcher Cliff Lee is heating up. Three Cleveland Indians scouts -- including the club's director of player personnel, Steve Lubratich, were in Lehigh Valley to watch the Phillies' Triple-A team play an 11 a.m. ET game.
Lehigh Valley starter Carlos Carrasco, who has been a subject of talks between the two teams, was abruptly scratched from his start in that game with no explanation from the club. An official of a team that had been speaking to Cleveland about Lee told ESPN.com Wednesday morning it was his impression that Lee was about to be traded elsewhere, and the Phillies' discussions with Toronto about Roy Halladay have slowed to a trickle in the last 24 hours (ESPN)."
With the Jays asking prices being too high for seemingly all teams Cliff Lee is now the guy on a lot of teams' radar. I think Lee would do very well in the AL. He is no Halladay, but the Phillies need another top of the rotation type of guy, and Lee would fit that mold. The questions is at what price? The Indians have started their fire sale, but are holding strong with Lee and V-Mart, so I would expect it to be high. It will be interesting to see how this progresses over the next couple of days.
We also reported yesterday that the Angels and Dodgers are in the hunt services also (Click Here to read that post).
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