Erik Bedard is no long a member of the Baltimore Orioles as he has been traded to the Seattle Mariners Friday afternoon.  Bedard has passed his physical so everything is done and over with after about a month of rumors.

In return for Bedard, the Orioles will be getting Adam Jones, George Sherrill, Chris Tillman, Kam Mickolio and Tony Butler.  Great young players that can step in and help out the Orioles.  I have a feeling that this trade is going to look really good in 2-3 years once these young guys get some more experience behind them.

Good trade for the Orioles I think.  I really doubt they could have signed Bedard to a long term contract, so might as well get something out of him now.  Great deal!

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Phil Rogers a columnist in Chicago keeps writing that the Orioles and Cubs are still talking trade ideas for Brian Roberts and Erik Bedard.  We don’t know how true it is as it seems he is the only writing in Chicago that is still writing about it.

Rogers says that it could be a seven for two player trade.  The rumor before was that the Cubs would be sending Sean Marshall, Sean Gallagher, Ronny Cedeno, Rich Hill, Felix Pie, and two minor league players would be headed to the Orioles for Bedard and Roberts.  If I’m the Orioles I do that deal for these reasons.

1.  Felix Pie is a possible 5 tool hitter if he can learn to cut down on the strikeouts.
2.  Rich Hill is a possible #2 starter in most rotations around the league.
3.  Sean Marshall has showed he can pitch at the big league level.
4.  Ronny Cedeno and Sean Gallagher are pretty good themselves.
5.  The Orioles aren’t going to keep Bedard or Roberts much longer, so why not get something in return?

Would you do this trade Orioles Fans?