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Mariners Trade Jose Lopez to Rockies, Re-Sign Erik Bedard Among Other Moves

By John HickeyDec 3rd 2010 – 1:20AM

The Mariners made a handful of changes in Thursday, signing left-handed pitcher Erik Bedard and infielder Josh Wilson to contracts, trading Jose Lopez to Colorado for right-handed pitcher Chaz Roe and declining to tender a contract off to left-handed pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith. Right-handed pitchers David Aardsma and...

Erik Bedard Re-Signs With Mariners

By John HickeyDec 2nd 2010 – 10:54PM

The Mariners are bringing back Erik Bedard for a fourth season, signing the left-handed starter to a one-year, non-guaranteed contract Thursday night. The deal will give the Mariners one more shot at getting some production out of Bedard, who has made just 30 starts in three years with Seattle, none of them last year when...

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Pirates

By FanHouse TVNov 15th 2010 – 1:00PM

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and over the course of November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the first...

Mariners Decline Options on Erik Bedard, Russell Branyan, Jose Lopez

By Josh AlperNov 3rd 2010 – 5:14PM

If history holds, the Mariners will make a trade for Russell Branyan at some point next season. Seattle didn't re-sign Branyan after he hit 31 home runs for them during the 2009 season and Branyan signed with the Indians as a free agent for a raise of $100,000. Then, on June 26, they dealt two prospects to Cleveland to...

Major League Notebook: July 21

By FanHouse StaffJul 21st 2010 – 11:22AM

Here is what's happening around baseball on Wednesday July 21, 2010: • In a season that has seen just about every aspect of the Mariners' plans go awry, here's another log on the fire: Erik Bedard acknowledged to Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times that he is "probably not" going to be able to pitch this season. The...

Erik Bedard News From the Web

  • 05/27/12 Cubs lose 12th straight, 10-4 to Pirates Source: Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville IL Pedro Alvarez, Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones homered, Erik Bedard pitched six shutout innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Chicago 10-4 Sunday and sent the Cubs to their 12th consecutive defeat.
  • 05/23/12 Do you believe in magic? Source: Oak Bay NEWS - Victoria - BC - Canada We may live in the age of iPads, Wikipedia and daily scientific discovery, but that doesn't mean people don't still get a kick out of the wonder of good old fashioned magic.
  • 05/22/12 Bedard bailed out by bats Source: CBSSports.com A lot to take into consideration before setting your pitching staffs for Fantasy Week 8.
  • 05/21/12 McKenryâs HR rallies Bucs Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA McKenry squashed his teamâs fourth-inning rally against the New York Mets on Monday when he grounded into a bases-loaded, inning-ending double play.
  • 05/21/12 Pirates defeat Mets, 5-4 Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Pirates' offense has not done it often this season, but it provided a late-inning comeback Monday night.

Background on Erik Bedard

Érik Joseph Bédard (pronounced baydar; born March 6, 1979) is a Canadian professional baseball starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.

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