January 28, 2008
Roch on Jones
Roch Kubatko tries to analyze what is happening in Baltimore with Adam Jones:
At this point in the morning, there isn't much to add, but I feel the need to point out, after reading another Seattle Times blog entry, that nobody on this end is disputing that Jones told a reporter in Venezuela that the Mariners instructed him to fly to Baltimore. We don't need a translator to understand his quotes.
The confusion comes when Orioles president Andy MacPhail and a team source insist that no agreement has been reached. That denial isn't the same as saying a deal isn't finalized, which could simply mean no announcement comes until certain players pass their physicals. An agreement is a different animal.
You don't schedule a physical without an agreement. If the two sides are still working out some details, most important being which final player is included in the package, you don't line up a physical for Adam Jones. And you certainly don't fly him to Baltimore and arrange transportation to Camden Yards without telling Erik Bedard's agent, Mark Pieper.
Roch points out that it is very tough to get information out of the Orioles front office right now, but also that MacPhail is trustworthy. The situation remains murky at best.
Update: Here's Geoff Baker's latest take on the deal.
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