Erik Bedard News

Erik Bedard could make his season debut July 6th if he is able to get through the next week without any injury setbacks. Seattle manager Don Wakamatsu said Thursday, that Bedard will throw for the Mariners' team in the Arizona League on Saturday. If that start goes well, Bedard will make a start next Thursday at Triple-A Tacoma and could make his first appearance of 2010 for the Mariners on July 6th against Kansas City.

Erik Bedard's Biography

Erik Bedard, born March 6th, 1979 in Navan (Ottawa), Ontario, Canada, began his baseball career in the Orleans Little League and the Ontario, Canada Baseball Association. He was a pitcher on the 1992 Orleans Junior Red Sox team which beat Glace Bay in the 1992 Canadian Championship. Bedard did not play high school baseball, which is the norm in Canada due to the short season.

As a left-handed starter, Bedard pitched four seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and two shortened seasons due to injuries, with the Seattle Mariners.
On February 8th, 2008, Bedard was traded to the Seattle Mariners in a 5-for-1 deal sending outfielder Adam Jones and pitchers George Sherrill, Tony Butler, Chris Tillman and Kameron Mickolio to the Orioles, in exchange for Bedard.
Bedard only played the first four months of the 2009 season before landing on the disabled list. He had surgery on his shoulder on his pitching arm, which ended his 2009 season and he finished with a 5-3 record.

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