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... due to circumstances, that being the knee, then ...
As it happened, you didn't really have the resource you thought you had. In that event, Bedard gets away from you in 2012 and you have no regrets.
In June, he LOOKED like a huge org resource, but sometimes looks were deceiving.
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That said, it's just a sore knee, and you've got a pitcher here who's a guaranteed Number One Starter any time he does return to the mound.
If you're into Karma, you could say that Erikkk got tweaked to ensure that he'd win his ring in a Mariner uniform :- )