Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun sat down with Orioles president of baseball operations, Andy MacPhail.

When asked if the team would be exploring a contract extension for their ace Erik Bedard before entertaining trade offers for the southpaw…

“Twenty-eight-year-old left-handers that are as dominant as he was over the course of the season are hard to come by. … I am responsible to listen to other clubs and see what they have in mind and what would make sense. I don’t think that this franchise is in a position just to categorically reject anything without considering it. We’ve already had sort of preliminary conversations on an [extension] with his representative, but nothing specific. Clearly, it’s something that interests us.”

Bedard, 28, was 13-8 in 28 starts with a 3.16 ERA and ranked 3rd in the American League in strikeouts with 221. The Orioles finished with a 69-93 record, 27 games out of first place in the American League East.