The Phillies asked Roy Halladay how he felt about the team acquiring Cliff Lee over the weekend before reaching a deal with the free agent. GM Ruben Amaro gave Halladay a call to make sure he was comfortable with Philadelphia signing a second true ace. "There's no way, if you really want to win, you're going to be worrying about what they're paying him," Halladay said in a telephone interview. "And that's definitely not my case. I'm thrilled Cliff is here. I would have loved to have played with him last year, but I understood the business of it. I understood we traded all these young players and we were trying to get some back. But once [Amaro] said they had a chance we could get him back again, I was thrilled. It's better for us. He's going to make us a better team. "Ruben didn't have to call me. That just tells you about the organization. That's why so many players want to come here."