By Iron Chef Leftovers:
In today’s Seattle Times, Steve Kelley wrote about what the Mariners should do with Erik Bedard. He wrote this nugget:
Timing will be everything.
Bedard made his 15th start of the season Monday. In both 2008 and 2009, he broke down after 15 starts. Is he fixed, as healthy as he was when he made 33 starts for Baltimore in 2006? Or is he one nasty curveball away from grabbing his shoulder and walking off the mound and out of the season?
The irony of it all – Bedard was placed on the DL today albeit with a strained knee.
FlatbreadGarden 
You have to wonder if the “knee injury” is really just to give him some time off.
Bedard pitched 81 innings in 2008, and 83 innings in 2009. He’s already at 90 IP this year.
It may be the M’s don’t want to increase his IP to 180 (or whatever) this year. Something more like 140-160 IP might have been his budgeted use.
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Funny, I was thinking the DL stint might actually be an arm issue (like fatigue because of the innings) but they don’t want to report it as such since it would hurt his trade value.
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