Thanks to the expedited off season, teams only have five days to negotiate with their outgoing free agents and more importantly for the Mariners, options must be decided on this week as well. The Mariners have four such options to decide on.
Erik Bedard has a team option for $8 million. Erik Bedard did not pitch for the Mariners this year due to shoulder problems.
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I think that they won't pick it up and try to sign him to a cheap contract afterwards.
Coach Owens - November 2, 2010
Yeah, pretty much spot on, Coach. This is what I think will be the case as well.
BrettJMiller - November 2, 2010
I just hope Erik pitches again at all.
JAH - November 2, 2010
Me too.
Ballard Erik - November 2, 2010
My thinking as well.
Ike Clanton - November 2, 2010
Yep.
I hope so anyway.
Eyeball Kid - November 2, 2010
I can't see any possible way they pick up his option when he threw a total of zero pitches in the major leagues this year
seattlebruin - November 2, 2010
Is the option incentives based?
Scruffy Lefty - November 2, 2010
I believe it's an $8M mutual option, entirely salary
seattlebruin - November 2, 2010
Club option, but Bedard has option to void option if team exercsises it's option
$8M salary plus incentives
seattlebruin - November 2, 2010
It seems highly unlikely he would do that though.
No way he gets $8 million on the open market.
Mariner John - November 2, 2010
I hope Bedard doesn't exercise his part of the option.
I don’t want Bedard to injure himself doing any kind of exercising this offseason.
ThomasG - November 2, 2010
How is this only 82% "not picked up, and agree"?
Seriously, Mariner fans? Seriously?
ManifestDestiny - November 2, 2010
Please do not insult other people's poll choices.
Seriously.
Matthew - November 2, 2010
But Matthew,
I really, really, really want to insult the 50 people who want to pay $8 million to read stories about Erik Bedard’s heroic rehab and re-dedication to his craft. What if I just insult those 50 people by posting in this way that I’m posting right now? Like, I would just mention the 50 people and their point of view indirectly. In a roundabout way.
Pete_ - November 2, 2010
The poll question is not whether or not you would like the team to pick up Bedard's option
but instead, whether or not they will. It seems quite unlikely that they will pick it up in light of Bedard not pitching this season.
In unrelated news, if you want to insult other people’s opinions, go comment on YouTube or something
seattlebruin - November 2, 2010
Yay, humor.
Pete_ - November 2, 2010
What the hell is humor.
seattlebruin - November 2, 2010
I think he means humour.
Coach Owens - November 2, 2010
220 people now, if you add options 1. and 4.
fiftyone - November 2, 2010
This reminds me of the time where people thought Erik Bedard would pitch 200+ innings!
SeaKoala - November 2, 2010
We dont want them to pay him $8 million.
I think most of us would like to see him play again, but we know that spending $8M for a player who hasnt even pitched in over a year and has no guarantee of ever pitching again is crazy.
ARock - November 2, 2010
$8 million is a lot for a guy who is never healthy, especially given how restrictive out finances are this year.
If it were less, then awesome, but it’s not.
Mariner John - November 2, 2010
Is his left arm still attached?
Sec 108 - November 2, 2010
To his right arm!
Jeff Sullivan - November 2, 2010
It seems like it would be really hard to pitch like this
though you could also argue that since his new right + left arm is like two feet longer than a regular arm, it’s like he’s pitching from a closer distance and his fastball will seem faster
seattlebruin - November 2, 2010
He'd have to pitch on stilts or something otherwise he'd keep smashing his arm on the ground.
It might even fly into the stands like when someone’s bat slips out of their hands.
Eyeball Kid - November 2, 2010
So when a guy loses his bat, I think they ask for it back and give the guy a signed one or something
but the fan has the option to keep the game bat. What about a game arm? Can you keep that too or you have to give it back to Bedard and get like a signed hand instead?
seattlebruin - November 2, 2010
Is there a way to rec the last five comments in a row all at one time?
Applying a “batch rec”, as it were, to simplify things.
nathaniel dawson - November 2, 2010
It will also greatly increase the force his right shoulder must withstand.
abender20 - November 2, 2010
The leg bone's connected to the knee bone.
The knee bone’s connected to the…something. The something’s connected to red thing. The red thing’s connected to my wrist watch…
Phil Hatzenbuehler - November 3, 2010
Sigh.
royalcurve - November 2, 2010
I just want Erik Bedard on this team and to pitch
Other things I want:
A pony
The USS Flagg Playset
A Mariners World Series
:(
ungoreatstefan - November 2, 2010
Okay, I voted before I was thinking this through.
Decline the option, and I agree. But then try to re-sign him to a smaller incentive based contract. My brain just said “yeah, give him another shot”, but didn’t think all the way through the question.
Thingray - November 2, 2010
This is funnier than the puns.
You’ve had a run of good posts, Jeff.
yuniform - November 2, 2010
10% voted to pick up the option????
10% of 8 million is 800,000. Does that mean that if the option was for $800,000, then we’d be in unanimous agreement that we should pick up the option?
There’s some people out there messin’ with y’all.
nathaniel dawson - November 2, 2010
What is so hard about this?
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/11/2/1789741/an-erik-bedard-poll#51006068
Stop questioning people’s votes. I’m getting tired of asking.
Matthew - November 2, 2010
I don't understand this math/logic at all.
If 10% of people like some hypothetical bad idea, does that mean everyone would like 10% of said idea.
Let’s rip off one finger of every newborn baby!
yuniform - November 3, 2010
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