ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Roy Halladay wants to keep pitching for Toronto, but is willing to consider accepting a trade if approached by the Blue Jays.
“I want to stay, but I think it’s a situation you have to evaluate,” Halladay said Tuesday.
Halladay is 10-2 with a 2.79 ERA in 16 starts. He’ll be paid $14.25 million this year and his contract, which has a no-trade clause, expires after the 2010 season, when he’s set to earn $15.75 million.
“If someone wants Roy and they’re willing to blow us away, we’d be willing to listen, that’s all I’m saying,” general manager J.P. Ricciardi said.
Dempster goes on DL
CHICAGO — The Cubs placed Ryan Dempster on the disabled list with a fracture of his big right toe — an injury suffered when the right-hander was hopping over the dugout railing to go on the field and celebrate Sunday’s victory over the Brewers when he caught his back leg on the railing and landed hard.
Footnotes.
The Cardinals placed utilityman Mark DeRosa on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 1, because of a strained left wrist.
• Mets shortstop Jose Reyes had a cortisone shot because he still feels pain in his right leg, and center fielder Carlos Beltran will need a rehabilitation assignment once the bone bruise below his right knee subsides.
• Giants left-hander Randy Johnson hinted it could take longer than a stint on the 15-day DL for his strained left shoulder to recover.
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