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Clearest Indication Yet That Bedard Is a Goner

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Found a nice interview of Erik Bedard from the Edmonton Sun. Buried in the Q & A is the following:

SUN MEDIA: You're on a one-year contract, worth $3.4 million and bonuses, and you've got two more years before you can file for unrestricted free agency. Would you like a long-term deal now, or are you willing to wait?

BEDARD: I'm comfortable going year by year ... then we'll see what team wants me.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/Sports/OtherSports/2007/09/18/4505308-sun.html

Uh oh. :(

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What would you have said if you were him after such a terrible year? The O's have to be better in 2008 if they want to keep him. That is McPhail's challenge for Bedard and Roberts.

MacPhail needs to be worried about building this organization for the long haul. Not getting better for '08.

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If McPhail puts a good enough team on the field that it makes Roberts and Bedard want to stay and sign extensions, then he is improving for the future.

But how do you acquire good talent without trading value like Bedard and Roberts and don't give me the fantasy something for nothing trades. We're talking about the real world here.

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