It's About Time!

Welcome to Seatown Mr. Bedard. It's been a long 2 weeks and I'm tired of you already.

People are really split right down the middle on this deal, some loving and some hating. I for one, LOVE it. This deal is right for both teams....right now. The M's now have a left-handed, flame-throwing ace that can take the pressure off of Felix and let him stop trying to be the man. Newly acquired Carlos Silva at the No. 3 spot...Miggy and Washburn can fight over No. 4 & 5...and let's not forget about Brandon Morrow...because he can grow into a starting spot with no pressure now as well.

What did we give up for this Canadian stud? Who really knows? In my mind, it had to be done. "Prospects" are always a crapshoot. Is Adam Jones a prospect anymore? ...No. But c'mon. Maybe he becomes the next frickin' Eric Davis....maybe not. It's all speculation. I'm not hearing much speculation on the future of Erik Bedard though. Across the board better stats than the other top 5 pitchers in the league (excluding Santana in his big season) when you eliminate wins/losses.The M's have a nice group of young talent on defense that showed a little 'pop' last year. Adam Jones has played in 70 games. Bottom line is, Bedard played on a crappy team...and no matter how good you are, you are going to lose games. ERA, SOs, IP, WHIP....everything else is the bomb. And now he's coming to a pitchers park with a solid D. I think we can all agree that this guy will sell a few more tickets than the Jeff Weaver show. It's ok to pretend like you're excited Seattle. You don't have to ride the "I told you so" fence just so you can pull that shit out later if anything happens, or the flipside by saying something like "...I knew all along that this guy was gonna be good...and how about that mass transit, huh?" Get off the fence and commit, nobody will fault you for being a fan either way.

I'll go ahead and take one for the team/Lodge and head down to AZ in a few weeks to scout out this guys true potential. I will be objective but heavy-handed in my critical analysis, and I will report back on my findings.