Bedard-Jones deal going down

[Flip217]

Who's this Kameron Mickolio character, anyway?

[Why Not?]

Churchill sounds like a typical overvalue-your-prospects type.

[JTrea81]

Churchill has hated the deal from Day 1. I've tried to convince him and the people that follow his blog, that they can compete this year but to no avail.

[MemphisOsFan]

On a related topic ... (Sorry if this was already reported.)

From The Seattle Times : Mariners Blog

What should be next on Seattle's agenda? Well, with this deal still waiting for the "i's" and "t's" to be dotted and crossed, another outfielder to replace bean-spiller Adam Jones is a must. I'm being told the Mariners already have a one-year deal with free-agent Brad Wilkerson in their back pocket for the moment a Bedard trade is finalized.


Wilkerson hanging around in the background would seem to be exactly what Mariners GM Bill Bavasi was talking about last week when he suggested that someone in his position often has to move ahead and make secondary deals in the hopes of Plan A panning out. He then suggested that, sometimes, a GM will look less than intelligent for making that secondary move if Plan A doesn't pan out. But sometimes, you've got no choice.

There were other teams interested in Wilkerson, a decent corner outfielder. The Boston Red Sox were one of them. At some point, Wilkerson would have told the M's: "Look, I love you guys, but I can't wait on Angelos and the Orioles on this Bedard thing, forever. Sign me now, or I'm going to Boston." In which case the M's, for whom, as I've mentioned, money is not a real issue, would have swallowed hard and offered him a fair price. I'm thinking Jose Guillen type money. Guillen received a $5.5 million base salary from the team a year ago, but let's not forget, he was coming off an injury.

Guillen really received much closer to $9 million when all of his incentive targets were reached. I'm thinking roughly $8 million for Wilkerson. ...

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.co..._the_snow.html