O’s talking Bedard extension?!?!?!

From the Official O’s site
A last-minute attempt by the Baltimore Orioles to sign Erik Bedard to a multi-year contract appears to be the only thing standing in the way of a proposed trade that would send the left-hander to the Seattle Mariners for as many as five players, including 22-year-old outfielder Adam Jones.
What?!? This is [...]

Baker: Jones Hip issue is nonsense, deal finalized tonight?

Geoff Baker has another update.
Those crazy rumors out of Baltimore yesterday that Adam Jones has a degenerative hip condition? Toss them out the window. Not a touch of truth to it. Both sides are laughing that one off emphatically. Yes, Jones was being brought in for a physical. But it wasn’t for a serious type [...]

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The latest from Churchill
Four-for-one, as reported Monday, consummated Thursday or Friday.
It seems that those with each club that jumped the gun did so because both teams knew that Seattle wasn’t going to improve their offer at that point, and both teams learned that Baltimore believed that offer met their demands.
That wasn’t going to stop Andy McPhail [...]

Other teams back in the mix?

It appears that the stalled (or extremely slow moving) talks between the Mariners and the Santana trade to the Mets may have thrown a few teams back into the mix for Erik Bedard.
Maybe MacPhail is a genius. Holding out until Santana gets trade and have an offer from another team out in public can get some [...]

2008 Offense Prediction

Baseball Musings has predictions for the offense this season. It looks like it’ll be better better this season without Tejada. Luke Scott might be a better player than we think. Of course, this all can change with a Brian Roberts trade and an Erik Bedard trade with the players that those will bring.
Of course, at this point, I’m [...]

Crunch time for Roberts to Cubs?

It’s time for Brian Roberts to go to the Cubs if it’s going to happen.
The Cubs are the eager bystanders in the whole affair, frothing as they wait for a chance to pounce on Roberts. But if a Bedard deal is indeed a litmus test of MacPhail’s autonomy in deal-making, as has been widely suggested, [...]

Angelos’ foot holding up the trade?

Apparently what held up the trade yesterday was that Peter Angelos had a minor procedure done on his foot.
Why this still isn’t done today though is the question.
Baker adds (in a very good article)
1. The Erik Bedard-Adam Jones deal is not dead
2. Jones is not to be blamed for the deal being hung-up
As for the rumor [...]