"Erik Bedard watched the clock Sunday, the day of baseball's non-waiver trade deadline, waiting to hear what was in store for him.

He had pitched 1 2/3 innings two days earlier, his last-place Mariners showing off their tradeable commodity to a collection of scouts/shoppers. He was fresh off the disabled list and hadn't pitched in more than a month.

The Tampa Bay Rays were unsympathetic, though, tagging him for five runs. He threw all of 57 pitches. He walked four batters. It was the 18th loss in 19 games for the Mariners."