[外電] Bedard deal remains in limbo
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Last-minute attempt by O's to sign ace holding up trade
A last-minute attempt by the Orioles to sign Erik Bedard to a multiyear
contract appears to be the only thing standing in the way of a proposed trade
that would send the left-hander to the Seattle Mariners for as many as five
players, including 22-year-old outfielder Adam Jones.
Seattle also would send left-handed reliever George Sherrill, right-handed
starter Chris Tillman and at least one more Minor League pitcher to the
Orioles.
Sources close to the Orioles said Wednesday that club owner Peter Angelos wants
to keep the ace pitcher and called Bedard last Sunday night to discuss a
five-year contract. Bedard said he might be interested and would talk to his
agent, Mark Pieper.
Neither Pieper nor Bedard could be reached for comment on Wednesday.
This isn't the first time a multiyear contract has been discussed. Orioles
president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail recently asked Pieper what it
would take to sign Bedard long-term and the agent suggested a seven-year, $100
million contract.
MacPhail balked and countered with three years. That suggestion never made it
to first base, so he resumed efforts to trade one of the American League's top
pitchers.
Apparently after agreeing in principle to the deal, the Orioles heard something
about Jones having a potential health problem -- a degenerative hip
(osteoarthritis) similar to the ailment that ended Albert Belle's career in
2000, just two years into the five-year, $65 million contract he signed with
the Orioles.
The medical report on Jones was unsubstantiated and Mariners trainer Rick
Griffin told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on Tuesday that he couldn't talk
about the situation because of HIPPA regulations. General manager Bill Bavasi
said: "All I can tell you is that we brought Adam Jones home from Venezuela.
Beyond that, we're not saying anything."
Jones, playing for the Lara Cardenales in the Venezuela Winter League, was
notified by the Mariners last Saturday to leave Venezuela and fly to Baltimore
for a physical. Jones told a newspaper reporter in Venezuela about the phone
call and his apparent trade to Baltimore, which infuriated Orioles officials.
Jones supposedly returned to the U.S. on Tuesday, but has not been seen at the
Mariners' Spring Training complex in Peoria, Ariz.
While the Mariners would not comment any further on the potential trade,
MacPhail said on Wednesday that there has not been any progress or movement
with Seattle.
Asked if the trade that sent left-hander Johan Santana from the Twins to the
Mets for four Minor League prospects changed the landscape of the proposed
Mariners-Orioles deal, MacPhail said, "No, it does not."
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