We fucking need Bedard

C standing for Cyanide Pills.  I'm really dreading what's going to happen now.

  If Kuruda reaches his ceiling with the Dodgers, it is still better to have missed on him. Being an M's fan is painful.    

Santana, Haren, Bedard-----proven.

Blanton, Kuruda, Lohse, Silva---unproven.

Why is this equation so hard for Bavasi.

How much would Asdrubal Cabrara add to any tarde for an Ace?  

How many years do I need to go to school to become the M's Gm, becasue watching stupid people do stupid things (and paying good money to see it done is just plain....stupid).  

Maybe we'll make a bold statement and trade for a fringe number 3 that's aging.  Livean Hernandez, "the innings eater", and most likely the next shitty Mariner.

I'm surprised. McLaren seemed to have a man crush on him. I didn't think Bavasi would give up.

I just noticed the poll.

(Deathly afraid) | !!(Deathly afraid)

Good one, Jeff!

I just watched the Japanese sports news on three channels as I usually do, and the word on Kuroda was still "Is going to America to make up his mind between the Dodgers and Mariners".

Of course, perhaps he's made up his mind in the last half hour.  Who knows.

They also had Kazushige Nagashima talking on News Zero.  He was like "I'm not going to call Kosuke Fukudome greedy, but did you realize that he'll be making $12 million next year and the entire payroll of a team like the Hiroshima Carp or Rakuten Golden Eagles is only going to be $13 million or so?"

is why I hate Mondays.

and Wednesdays.

And any other day there is Mariner "news."

"we are boned"

Not that I was sold on him, but now the FO will head to he scap heap

and tried to compile good/bad choices:

Good:
Jason Jennings (somebody will be stupid and overpay probably)
Bartolo Colon
Matt Clement
Kip Wells (don't know if he deserves to be here)
Rodrigo Lopez (probably longer/more $ than I want)

Mediocre:
Freddy Garcia (hurt and class B FA, tempted to move down)
Brett Tomko (tempted to move up)
John Thomson (bad but cheap)
Odalis Perez (close to being an ok choice)
Byung-Hyun Kim (no clue where to put)
Tony Armas Jr
Kris Benson
Jeff Weaver

Horrible:
Livan Hernandez
Russ Ortiz
Eric Milton
Kyle Lohse (because of price)
Josh Fogg

I kinda took into account the amount of $ they'd get and how good they are vs our availible options.  If they get a lot more than I expect then obviously that could change things.  Good doesn't neccessarily mean you are happy.  It means not complete disaster.  Mediocre is more like a Batista/Washburn signing where its not good but not a disaster.

I was surprised how hard it was for me to decide if Jeff Weaver would be a bad resigning.

So that stupid rotoworld thing will change.

Is that Average Joe fan will be berating this missed "opportunity" a few months into the season when Kuroda puts up NL-aided numbers and looks better than 40-80% of our rotation. I'd still take him at 3/$33-36, but that's because I'm a pessimist and I really don't think we're ever going to be able to land high quality FA pitching here... So going with homegrown talent (Felix) and potentially a trade for another 1-2 guy then backfilling the rest with fill-ins like Kuroda, Batista, et al - even if a little overpaid - is the best option we have. Well, either that or pretending we have a smart FO who's willing to take a chance on a high-risk/high-reward guy and also have the short leash to pull him if/when he tanks.

Now we're going to give away 3 of our 4 best prospects for Bedard!

This was expected. I just pray we dont have to trade Jones for Bedard. They can take anyone in the system...not Jones. Triunfel is inelgible for trades...