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Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu just told us Erik Bedard will undergo exploratory surgery on his labrum area and the bursa complex in his left shoulder on Friday. No wored on whether he'd be able to pitch again in a best case scenario, but realistically, his season is done.

Bulltalk wrote:I wonder how much his stock will fall in the market this off season? There's a part of me, as ridiculous as this may sound, that would sign him if the price was right, the contract wasn't long, and it possibly being more incentive-based in nature. You know, roll the dice. I know I'm in the minority on this. At the right price/terms, however, it might be worth the gamble, considering how our possible starting pitching corp next year is lacking in its veteran status.

Of course, if it costs too much, and we get locked into anything that might hamstring us...forget it.

Arthroscopic surgery on Bedard’s pitching shoulder Friday repaired a torn labrum and cleaned up other fraying in the joint, according to manager Don Wakamatsu. Dr. Lewis Yocum, who performed the surgery in Los Angeles, estimates Bedard will be able to throw again in four to six months.

Ex-hippie wrote:So now the team's chances of offering him arbitration in the offseason are officially zero, negating any chance of compensatory picks. Bedard did say, for the first time in the year and a half he's been a Mariner, that he wanted to re-sign with the M's. I don't doubt his sincerity, but I'm not sure what the odds are. He'll have to be signed relatively late, and maybe with an incentive-laden one-year deal.