Lots of ex-Rattlers in this story

A few posts down, there was mention of the potential trade between Baltimore and the Mariners. Larry Stone has this story from the Seattle Times on some of the names Seattle might send to the Orioles for Erik Bedard.

Outfielder Adam Jones would likely have to be included in any Mariners' offer. The question is how much more young talent it would take to land Bedard. Foxsports.comreported that the Mariners are willing to include catcher Jeff Clement and third baseman Matt Tuiasosopo.

Also mentioned in a potential package were names such as left-handed pitcher Tony Butler, right-hander Chris Tillman, and highly regarded 17-year-old shortstop Carlos Triunfel, who hit .309 in 43 games for Wisconsin last season and .288 in 50 games for High Desert.

Let's see that's one, two, three, four, five, six former Rattlers, including three from the 2007 team on that list.

Geoff Baker has a couple of posts on the topic. It is interesting reading and I won't excerpt from them. Just head over to both and make sure to check out the comments. Mariner fans are buzzing about this.

The first post is Bedard and market value. The second post is More on Jones-Bedard debate.

Last on this topic, USS Mariner has this post Adam Jones and Erik Bedard, Quantified.