Former GM Bill Bavasi's trade for starting pitcher Erik Bedard might very well turn out to be the very worst deal in Mariner history. All apologies to fellow idiot ex-GM Woody Woodward's soul-crushing Slocumb-Varitek/Lowe deal.
With the Birds and budding superstar center fielder Adam Jones just leaving Safeco Field, it's not hard to imagine new Mariner management shaking their heads in disgust. Jack Z must have been cursing Bavasi with every Jones at bat this week.
Mariner fans see Jones's batting average (345), RBI's (36), HR's (11), Runs (42), and slugging percentage topping .600 and want to stab themselves with the closest sharp object.
The problem was the Bavasi-led M's front office didn't see it and gave up on one of their best prospects to play in their system. Just another debacle we fans call Mariner talent evaluation.
I will admit I too thought Jones was overrated. But I don't have 20-plus years of experience evaluating talent, and earning a good paycheck to make those decisions. How could the Mariner front office give up on Jones that early? He's only 24 years old!!!
The Mariners were expecting to get an ace in Bedard, who is finally pitching like person the the team traded for. But it's too late. Bedard will get traded before the deadline (for someone not as good as Jones), and the M's will be left without a stud center fielder that will dominate the game for the next decade. And for what? An injury-plagued 2008 and a couple solid months in 'o9 from Bedard.
What a blunder! What a shame! What an embarrasement from an organization that hasn't won a championship, even in a 116 win season.
Please Jack Z, we can't take this anymore, give this franchise a winning strategy.
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