Bedard

how to finish out strong.  The Cubs should have commited some money for another starter, like Bedard, instead of wasting it on garbage.  The only strong point I see in their pitching is their relief that has all the ingredients a manager can ask for.  With Eyre and Howry, it is a dynamic dual.  With Carlos Marmol as the setup man, it should be no problem to give the ball to Kerry Wood.  Even though it is his first year as a closer, Wood should be in a comforable position.

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rade from last week that is noteworthy to Orioles fans especially but to all who follow MLB is Erik Bedard going from Baltimore to Seattle for a package of five players – four of them prospects and the other a much-needed reliable relief pitcher.  It’s tough to see the best talent on your team leave, especially after such a dominant season (13-5, 3.16 E.R.A., 221 K’s in 182 innings), but I think it is probably for the best.  Besides Nick Markakis, the Orioles’ outfield was pitiful offensively last year, but with Markakis in right, newly acquired Adam Jones in center, Luke Scott (picked up from Houston in the Miguel Tejada trade) in left, and Jay Payton on the bench (or better yet, the O’s hit the jackpot and another team takes him off their hands) this year, opposing pitchers might not breeze through Baltimore’s lineup like they did in 2007.  It may be difficult to watch Steve Trachsel pitch every fifth day instead of

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a major reason why we're still going to be a joke franchise for a long time - we've traded Bedard.

 What we got, for the trade, was actually not a bad catch.  I've always said to anyone who would listen, if there's any way we can trade with Bavasi - the only GM I think even the O's can out-think - we gotta do it.

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This one was to be a 7-for-2, with the O's giving up 2B Brian Roberts and SP Erik Bedard to the Cubs.  The other players involved are never named, and it's just as well, as it's being reported Angelos vetoed the trade.  Piniella is now telling the papers that he doubts there'll be any trade for Roberts (thanks for letting us go through the motions, though, Pete).

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