Lee and Halladay had some pretty notable durability and longevity. I think the only time Halladay ever missed was an emergency appendectomy and a fractured leg from taking a line drive off of it.
It sucks, because later in their careers, they both fell off a cliff and just couldn't pitch anymore. I think Halladay seriously went from a Cy Young winner to a #6 starter in a year.
They were both definitely worth getting. Roy was my favorite player not on the Phillies when he was on the Jays, so getting him was probably my favorite move the Phillies ever made.
Oh yeah. Lee and Halladay are two of my all time favorites. Would never look back on those deals. My thinking is the poster to whom I was referring is saying that Lee and Halladay got injured and DIDN'T have an injury history so we shouldn't risk a guy that DOES have an injury history. Which I understand, but I would take the risk, at least at this point in time. If he has a ****** season or blows out his elbow again and needs to miss a year for another TJ surgery...now we are talking about something else. But if he throws 200 innings of lights out baseball, I'll roll the dice and hope he doesn't get injured again.