Posted by citizen at 7/22/08 5:46 p.m.

Talk about a bum deal. Thank you Bavasi.

Posted by J.P. Patches Pal at 7/22/08 6:00 p.m.

They knew this schmo was damaged goods but they traded for him anyway.

Posted by coughuskydad at 7/22/08 6:16 p.m.

I followed this trade intently from both ends, reading the Baltimore paper daily as well as local media. Most of the Oriole's fans did not want the trade made. If Bavasi had not made the trade he would have been an idiot. He makes the trade and is still an idiot. He just couldn't win.
Pitching and defense win pennants so hopefully Eric and Felix will stabilize the rotation for years to come. Injuries do heal so just be patient.

Posted by udub01 at 7/22/08 8:17 p.m.

Seriously this season is over why not just keep Bedard he is still very reasonably priced at this point. Let him get healthy why rush it? Are the M's about to get back in contention?

Posted by udub01 at 7/22/08 8:19 p.m.

back in contention like they were on March 31st

Posted by udub01 at 7/22/08 8:33 p.m.

M's pitcher salaries according to ESPN.com:

Hernandez-under 1,000,000

Bedard-7,000,000

Silva-8,250,000

Batista-9,500,000

Washburn-9,850,000

7,000,000 for bedard? Keep him that's cheap now days.

Posted by shawnkempsbartender at 7/22/08 9:28 p.m.

cheap only cause we're so used to overpaying for mediocrity.

silva, batista, washburn are all useless, well washburns pitched decently lately, but we are just overpaying for at best .500 pitchers.

bedard i have no trouble with keeping if he wants to be here, but honestly he is starting to look more like the pitching version of milton bradley than anyone i'd count on. (bradley is famous for his fake / nagging injuries, only playing hard when he feels like it, and before this year, always going on the DL or just coming to work with a 6 day tummy ache and/or bad attitude)

Posted by tevis at 7/22/08 10:48 p.m.

Send Bedard back to Quebec. He can pitch for the Expos, or something.

Posted by Mark Proulx at 7/22/08 10:55 p.m.

tevis:

I vote for "something."

Posted by tomtom at 7/23/08 1:37 p.m.

man oh man, I see the same comments as a year ago, being made by the same people. "Trade trade trade!" Where do you guys get your "trade away" mentality?

Seattle baseball is not a video game you are playing against yourself. There are no Do Overs, and there is often a Lose/Lose trade that drags on for years. Past

Baseball managements have routinely warned against trying to improve any team through trading. It takes about 20 years of "trading" to make ONE good deal, but it only takes about three years to realize you have gutted your team 90% of the time.

Adam Jones and Jorge Sherill are the most recent proofs of that kind of gutting.

Today you all realize we needed a fair hitting CF named Adam Jones, not five new RFs in half a year. We didn't need to give another team an All Star Closer, and we REALLY REALLY needed a smaller First Baseman with a bigger bat.

WE HAD ALL THOSE THINGS, but Mac was too busy trying to make Ichiro a CF after a lifetime of playing RF, and Morse into an outfielder after a lifetime of playing the Infield, and making Willie sit the bench for half a year; and making Sexon into a sacred cow just because he is the tallest 1B in the MLB. What we didn't need was a second and third Utility player so that every lazy bum of a first baseman or Japanese catcher got 25 more games off than last year. Mac can burn in Hades for even starting that lazy crap, right off the bat last year.

We already had a AAA team within a few miles. We already had a Utility Player and two Catchers, so why the heck do we need three Catchers and two Utility Players?

trading isn't worth it.

In case you do not have the memory of an ant,,,

Seattle dumps SOME of the garbage mid-year every year and TRIES OUT a few mercenary Pros during Spring Training. Seattle also LOCATES foreign players better than anyone.

THAT is the way it is correctly done.

Seattle NEVER trades away six Starters in two weeks just because one BIG sacred cow JERK failed at the plate for 2 years.

Posted by jd928 at 7/25/08 7:21 a.m.

Erica has a $9M contract for next season. He is a gutless whiner who will sit on his butt the rest of the year.