Four years ago today, the Mariners acquired Erik Bedard from the Orioles in exchange for five players: Adam Jones, George Sherrill, Chris Tillman, Kameron Mickolio, and Tony Butler. The deal was one of our Trades of the Decade. Here's the latest from the AL West…
- Athletics GM Billy Beane recently signed a lengthy contract extension, though ESPN's Buster Olney (Insider req'd) opines that losing may wear on him if the team doesn't get back into contention. He wonders if a potential new Dodgers owners could come calling in the near future.
- If the Athletics do move to San Jose, owner Lew Wolff says they would be labeled the San Jose A's, reports Joe Stiglich of The Bay Area News (on Twitter).
- The Rangers bought out Elvis Andrus' three arbitration years, but assistant GM Thad Levine told Richard Durrett of ESPN Texas that the club does want to keep him beyond that.
Derek Florko
If beane wanted to leave he wouldn’t have resigned for 7 years..
redsx968
Maybe he wants to be a transformative member of a team that moves so that he can work with a slightly larger payroll and make it to the playoffs sometimes. It’s not like San Jose would be that big of a move for him…
Derek Florko
I meant leave for the dodgers not for san jose
oaklandfan22
ya i like it San Jose A’s!
Hordak Sanchez
San Jose A’s sounds terrible, it just doesn’t flow 🙁
Lunchbox45
San Jose Athletics?
KyleB
Ahhh…that’s better.
TheWoodyD
San JosA’s!
harmony55
According to FanGraphs, the five players acquired in the Erik Bedard trade contributed 11.6 Wins Above Replacement to the Baltimore Orioles over the past four seasons, not exactly a windfall but twice the 5.8 WAR Bedard contributed to the Seattle Mariners before the lefthander’s trade to the Boston Red Sox last July.
Tko11
You are comparing 5 players to 1?
harmony55
I am … of Baltimore’s 11.6 WAR, 9.1 WAR came from Adam Jones, who remains under his team’s control for two more seasons.
Muuurgh
As long as the guy who did the Marlins’ new look and stadium doesn’t do the San Jose A’s I’m cool…
KyleB
Y’all should definitely get the same uniform designer lol
bomberj11
“I hate losing more than I like winning.”
–Billy Beane
RangersFan4ever
Brad Pitt
KyleB
Michael Lewis
Scott Jeglum
this will never matter because Bud Selig won’t allow it because he is the devil