Orioles Acquire Adam Jones
February 8, 2008 by Geoff Young
Filed under Transactions
Everyone else is calling it the Erik Bedard trade. I thought I’d be a little different and focus on the centerpiece of the package headed to Baltimore.
The full deal sees the O’s send southpaw Bedard to Seattle in exchange for center fielder Adam Jones, left-handers George Sherrill and Tony Butler, and right-handers Chris Tillman, and Kam Mickolio. Acknowledging that Bedard is very good — though possibly somewhat overrated thanks to the crazy strikeout numbers he posted in ‘07 — this is quite the haul for Baltimore.
In fact, you could say that it’s a better package than what the Minnesota Twins got for Johan Santana. Oh wait, Rain Delay did say that. (The folks at U.S.S. Mariner ain’t real happy either.)
Sherrill is a good situational lefty, while Jones ranks among the best prospects in baseball. As for Butler and Tillman, the general sense I get is that they have higher ceilings than any of the arms the Mets sent to Minnesota.
Weird. Usually the Orioles are on the other end of this kind of trade.
