Dave Cameron offers some more thoughts on why he doesn't like trading Jones for Bedard, and what this deal would mean for the M's in 2008...
A lot of good stuff there, but in a nutshell:
There's just no way you can realistically believe that the 2008 Mariners are as good as the Yankees, Red Sox, Indians, Tigers, or Angels. Right now, they're something like the sixth best team in the American League. Even with two frontline starters at the top of their rotation.