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For me, Bedard is the 'mascot' of those series of player acquisition whiffs that defined those inept teams that immediately followed the Mariners golden era 1995-2003.
Jeff Cirillo - I was actually excited about this trade. He was coming off of a 17 homer/83 RBI season with the Rockies and a 112 OPS. But he quickly became a long running joke in Seattle.
Scott Spiezio - Was going to be our solution at first base. Coming off an 83 RBI with the Angels. Tanked with the Mariners with a .215 BA and 67 OPS.
Rich Aurilia - Already in career decline when he arrived. Only lasted 70 games before he was traded.
Randy Winn - Actually had a good run here but ran out of steam in his third year and was traded to the Giants. Closed the season with a massive run for the Giants.
Richie Sexson - Two good years but at 6'7" with a long swing and poor training habits, he was destined for early career decline.
Adrian Beltre - Rode a roids-influenced MVP runner up season to a fat contract with the Mariners but he clearly needed a hitters park to achieve HOF stats.
Jeremy Reed - We gave up Freddie Garcia for this highly rated but untested kid prospect. Never panned out.
Carl Everett - LOL. Yeah, whatever.
Jarrod Washburn - Contract the Ms gave him, at the time, was ridiculously high. He was always mediocre with the Angels and remained mediocre here despite making #2-type money.
Jose Vidro - we got him at the end of his playing career. He was okay for a middle infielder but his days of being a run producer in Montreal were long behind him
Jeff Weaver - LOL again. Hard to believe this guy actually threw two complete game shutouts for the Ms.
Miguel Batista - He won 16 games for the Mariners in 2007. How is that possible? Followed it up going 4-14 in 2008.
Jose Guillen - He had one of the best years of his career his one year in Seattle but of course we failed to re-sign him.
And, finally, Mr Attitude, Erik Bedard. If Varitek and Lowe for Slocumb was the worst trade in Mariner history, this one is a very close second. We gave up Chris Tillman and Adam Jones to acquire him. Bedard went 15-14 across 46 starts spanning 4 years and was finally traded to the Red Sox.
Jeff Cirillo - I was actually excited about this trade. He was coming off of a 17 homer/83 RBI season with the Rockies and a 112 OPS. But he quickly became a long running joke in Seattle.
Scott Spiezio - Was going to be our solution at first base. Coming off an 83 RBI with the Angels. Tanked with the Mariners with a .215 BA and 67 OPS.
Rich Aurilia - Already in career decline when he arrived. Only lasted 70 games before he was traded.
Randy Winn - Actually had a good run here but ran out of steam in his third year and was traded to the Giants. Closed the season with a massive run for the Giants.
Richie Sexson - Two good years but at 6'7" with a long swing and poor training habits, he was destined for early career decline.
Adrian Beltre - Rode a roids-influenced MVP runner up season to a fat contract with the Mariners but he clearly needed a hitters park to achieve HOF stats.
Jeremy Reed - We gave up Freddie Garcia for this highly rated but untested kid prospect. Never panned out.
Carl Everett - LOL. Yeah, whatever.
Jarrod Washburn - Contract the Ms gave him, at the time, was ridiculously high. He was always mediocre with the Angels and remained mediocre here despite making #2-type money.
Jose Vidro - we got him at the end of his playing career. He was okay for a middle infielder but his days of being a run producer in Montreal were long behind him
Jeff Weaver - LOL again. Hard to believe this guy actually threw two complete game shutouts for the Ms.
Miguel Batista - He won 16 games for the Mariners in 2007. How is that possible? Followed it up going 4-14 in 2008.
Jose Guillen - He had one of the best years of his career his one year in Seattle but of course we failed to re-sign him.
And, finally, Mr Attitude, Erik Bedard. If Varitek and Lowe for Slocumb was the worst trade in Mariner history, this one is a very close second. We gave up Chris Tillman and Adam Jones to acquire him. Bedard went 15-14 across 46 starts spanning 4 years and was finally traded to the Red Sox.
