Bedard trade closing in?

[BDBohnzie]

Erik Bedard is going to be a top pitcher for years to come. It's unfortunate that he doesn't want to stay in Baltimore, and that Angelos can't get his head out of his ass to save his soul.

Bedard has already told the Orioles that he's going to test the free agent waters after this season (2009 is an option year; I wish I can find the article from which I read that). So why not get what you can for him now, knowing that he has interest in leaving after the year?

The O's do have some good pitching talent (Hayden Penn, Garrett Olson, Adam Loewen, Jeremy Guthrie), so they are using Bedard as bait to obtain good to great prospects and fill holes. This is going to be a young team for the next 2 years or so...MacPhail has no interest in getting top name free agents, so they are going to build within.