Although Erik Bedard remains a Baltimore Oriole, the Cincinnati Reds have not given up on the possibility of acquiring him for2008.

There are those in the organization who remain confident that the deal will get done. One rated the chances of success at 75 percent.

“We’re still talking,” GM Wayne Krivsky said. “There are still some things out there.”

If this is true, this would be great news.  it doesn’t matter who the Reds give up, Bedard is one of the great young pitchers in the game, and while the big teams go after Santana they are missing out on the Bedard sweepstakes which will be cheaper and could be just as valuable.

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