Wow. Such icing on the cake for an excellent off season. If he comes back healthy half way through the season that is when he'll be most needed anyways.
Felix Hernandez, Cliff Lee, & healthy Erik Bedard.
Hot diggity...what a rotation if they can make the playoffs.
From espn...
Quote:
General manager Jack Zduriencik announced Saturday the team and the oft-injured 30-year-old agreed to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2011.
The contract is expected to have a base salary of a fraction of the $7.75 million Bedard made last season. It includes incentive clauses, the exact value of which were not immediately known.
2009 STATS
GM 15
W 5
L 3
BB 34
K 90 (in 83 IP)
ERA 2.82
He is rehabilitating with a physical therapist in his native Canada following surgery in August to repair a torn labrum in his pitching shoulder. Last week, Mariners trainer Rick Griffin said the normal recovery time for the procedure is 10 to 12 months. That would have Bedard making his season debut in June at the earliest.
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Jack Z is a freakin' baseball genius to get that deal set up like that.