Odds and Ends: Fujikawa, Inge, Haren, Jacque

Tim ... you should see if you can get Jacque Jones to chat with everyone on this site ... a major-league talent, in the middle of the season, who is struggling with decisions about his future ... should be quite interesting.

Sounds like Bedard would work well for the Dodgers ... Torre pulls pitchers at the first sign of trouble and rarely does a starter see 90 pitches.

"Sounds like Bedard would work well for the Dodgers ... Torre pulls pitchers at the first sign of trouble and rarely does a starter see 90 pitches.

Posted by: rossdfarian | June 17, 2008 at 01:55 PM "

Scott Proctor just wept a little.

Leyland would have wanted Bonds if not for already having Sheffield.... I'm starting to like Sheff, if for nothing else but keeping Bonds out of the D.

At least he only costs 14 million this year, and 14 million in '09, with an extra 4 million a year in deferred interest.

“The Tigers would've been interested in Barry Bonds if they didn't have Gary Sheffield, according to Jim Leyland.”

…Reason number 3 on the list of about 2000 things saying the Indians should have brought Bonds in… (Note to Indians: When your competitor wants him, you should too ~ esp when you have an obvious spot for him…)

"Any idea what it would take for the Braves to get Bedard? Would Gorkys Hernandez..."

...Braves should hold onto that kid for a bit longer ~ stock is going to go through the roof!

It's going to take more than that to land Bedard. His stock might have fallen some - but certainly not that much.

Considering what Bavasi gave up there's no way they get equal value. I think Jones+Tillman+ would've been plenty, but Bavasi insisted on adding more for a shaky 1-2 starter.

If ATL wants him I wouldn't give up more than 2 of any of the bigger prospects. In fact, that should go for just about anyone in or near the top 100.....

Hey the Yanks could have him for Tabata+Marquez+Igawa i would do that. But SEATTLE IS THE WORST ORGINIZATION OUTSIDE OF PITT....

A lot of us were lambasted earlier for questioning Bedard's heart and whether he really does qualify as a #1 guy. Amazing how the stats rolled in and we were told it doesn't matter that he doesn't pitch 200 innings. I can already see people changing their tune saying "they knew this all along!" I'll have to admit there's some vindication here. Whether or not Jones and Tillman acutally achieve their potential is nearly irrelevant. The bottom line is that the Mariners made a poor roll of the dice here. They traded top shelf talent for a guy who could care less about the team he plays for. These fans who want to give up Hernandez look like they want to repeat Bavasi's mistake. If I'm the Cubs, I make a wizard of OZ deal...Rich Hill (no courage) for Erik Bedard (no heart). Maybe you add Felix Pie who disappointingly, may have no baseball brain. He'll need a team that can afford to let him play through his mistakes. This way both teams assume significant risk in exchange for talent.