Just finish it already

Prospect Insider does not have a post about you know who going you know where with a lot of other you know whoms for you know who.

But, he has this over in a sidebar on the front page that reports something I haven't seen elsewhere

Adam Jones has apparently passed a Friday physical in Baltimore, which leads me to believe that George Sherrill has as well, and this trade is finally going to be announced officially on Monday.

I've been unable to further confirm the players involved in the deal, but that goes both ways as I have yet to hear a player's name that was not mentioned originally.

So much time has passed and anything is possible, so expect the unexpected when the news officially comes out in the next 48-72 hours, but It's likely that Jones and Sherrill will be joined by Chris Tillman, Tony Butler and Kameron Mickolio.

Larry Stone at the Seattle Times has this in today's paper

Bedard trade talk is a head-scratcher

A National League executive, asked late this week to assess the industry buzz on trade talks between the Mariners and Orioles, just laughed.

"The buzz in the industry is we're all scratching our heads," he said. "Nobody knows. There are no secrets in baseball, but this has gone on too long."

Indeed, it's now been nearly a week since Seattle outfielder Adam Jones told reporters in Venezuela he was being traded to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a package for Orioles ace Erik Bedard.

The story recaps a lot of what we know so far, but wraps up with these three paragraphs.

The biggest wild card in determining whether the Mariners will ultimately get Bedard remains the unpredictable Angelos, who has been preoccupied all week with a personal matter but remains in the loop.

MacPhail told The Baltimore Sun on Wednesday that Angelos had not vetoed the deal.

The same NL executive had one final, apt commentary on the trade that wouldn't end: "God almighty, what a mess."

I haven't seen the words God almighty, what a mess in an article in the sports section, um...ever...near as I can recall. I hear those words in reference to me at least a week, but never in the sport pages.