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ESPN's Jayson Stark believes the Orioles' top two offers to date for Erik Bedard are from the Red Sox and Blue Jays.
If the Red Sox have really been involved, they've been as good at keeping it quiet as they were bad at containing the Johan Santana negotiations. It'd been assumed that the Mariners and Dodgers had the top packages on the table for Bedard. The Orioles strongly favor trading him out of the division, so it's possible neither Boston nor Toronto is a serious contender.
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This seems like another situation where both teams counter one another to keep each other from making the deal. I can't tell if the Red Sox really do want to make a move for Johan Santana, Erik Bedard, or Dan Haren....or if they are just playing defense against the likes of the Yankees and Blue Jays (there biggest threats for the division next year).