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I just got back to the office and got the call. There's a conference call set up for reporters at 2:30 p.m.
I'm assuming the signing of Wilkerson means that a deal for Bedard can't be too far down the road because Wilkerson didn't take an offer to be a left-handed bat off the bench for the Red Sox because he was still looking for the chance to play every day. But who knows. Signing Wilkerson probably was one of the contingency plans Mariners GM Bill Bavasi spoke about during last week's press conference.
COMMENTS:
Would like to see Balentien in RF if he is truly ready...might be rushing him a bit.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3224091
I've said this before, Bavasi would make an excellent director of the farm system, scouting 7 the draft. He seems to be as good at evaluating very young players as he is AWFUL at evaluating Major league talent.
In all seriousness while I doubt Bavasi would accept the demotion, I'd really like to see him kept on as farm system director with a new GM.
Then again, they do say that pitching wins championships. If this Wilkerson deal IS a precursor to getting Bedard, we may have a rotation to compete. How many "quality starts" by the rotation will be coughed up by the bullpen?
We already had an overpaid, underachieving slug (not slugger) that can't hit .240. Why add another one?
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