The Trade - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

Today, Pat Gillick engineered perhaps the 'Greatest' trade of the past 20 years. Picking up Roy 'Doc' Halladay for their organization, and offering up a Rookie of the Year talent in J.A Happ and 'Ace' Cliff Lee. In a three-team trade; Seattle received Cliff Lee, the Blue Jays received 2 former High-round draft picks from the Mariners and Left-Handed Starter J.A Happ from the Phillies. Roy Halladay is now 'Ace' of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Considering that Gillick, a present consultant to the Phillies Club President, has worked as General Manager for all three organizations - this trade may be considered the most intriguing of his career (Fernandez and McGriff for Alomar and Carter also comes to mind, in this context).
It is unclear to this writer why a position player in the class of Utley or Howard wasn't offered up, before Cliff Lee. Halladay with Lee would have been as dominant as the 1998 World Series Champion Arizona Diamondbacks who sported Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson. Even still, I think that the Phillies benefited most from this trade in the short-mid run of five to ten years. Halladay has been consistently referred to as the best pitcher in Baseball since 2000. From 2002 until today, Halladay has recorded 130 Wins (Number 1 of all starters), a .667 Winning Percentage (Number One of all starters), and a 3.07 E.R.A (Number two after Johan Santana).
'Lefty' Grove of 1930/31, Sandy Koufax of 1963, Spahn and Ford of 57/58, and Satchel Paige of 1930/31 were all dominant Pitchers in their times. It is with precedent that Lee and Halladay, alongside C.C Sabathia, and Johan Santana, are considered to be the 'Greatest' of our day. Surely as Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Roger Clemens, Greg Maddox, Tom Glavine, Pedro Martinez, and John Smoltz were, just 10 years ago. It was during this time that 'Doc's' career began (1998 First start - one-hitter). Halladay has averaged 17 wins, 9 losses, a 3.43 E.R.A, 232 IP, 226 hits/year, 52 BB/year, and 169 SO/year, to date... In the class of Philly Greats Robin Roberts, Steve Carlton, and Curt Schilling, these lifetime numbers of Halladay's (still growing) will be compared to Lee's in Historical Magnatude in fifty years. Who do you rank higher; Gibson or Seaver? Palmer or Seaver? Tiant or Carlton? Steve Carlton or Jim Palmer? 'Doc' Halladay or 'Lefty' Lee?
Between Halladay and Lee, Lee is the only to appear in the Post-Season. In the lone year of '09 that Lee pitched in the Post-Season he went 4-0 with a 1.56 E.RA in 40.1 IP, 6 BB, and 33 K's. What would most Baseball insiders project from Roy Halladay, with respect to playoff potential? In other words, say it came down to one game; Game Seven of the World Series, Would you rather Halladay or Lee as your Starter?

Which Ballclubs' rotation looks best now, in the eyes of their fans?

The Phillies with 'Doc' Halladay as Ace, Hammels, Blanton and Moyer/Martinez
The Mariners with Cliff Lee as their 'Ace', alongside 23 year old phenom Felix Hernandez (34 starts 19-5 2.49 E.R.A 34 starts 238.2 IP 200 Hits), Jarrod Washburn 8-6 2.64 in 20 starts, and Canadian Erik Bedard (5-3 2.82 E.R.A in 15 starts)
or
The Blue Jays with J.A Happ (2nd in the N.L Rookie of the Year Voting of '09) or Kyle Drabek , Ricky Romero (10th in the A.L Rookie of the Year Voting of '09) , Shaun Marcum, and Scott Richmond - within five years time?

What does Philly look like for the upcoming season. The Phillies have four men returning from 30+ Homerun Seasons (Utley, Howard, Werth, and Ibanez), a fifth batsmen in the lineup who's two years removed from a 30+ HR season (Rollins). Four Phillies had 20+ Stolen Bases this last year (Rollins, Victorino, Werth, and Utley - a perfect 20 for 20). Halladay as their Ace, Hammels as their 'Lefty' Ace (a four game post-season winner of '08 - the year they won the World Series), and Joe Blanton who is considered to be a young gamer. Was Cliff Lee expendable?