June 2009

  • Erik Bedard is a $20,000,000.00 Pitcher

    6 Comments

    Q: Maybe trading Bedard isn't the best thing. If he would take a 3/$27M deal, that might be better.

    A: Would agree that trading Bedard isn't the best thing. You got that right, hombre.

    One thing, though:

    2006 - $18.4m

    2007 - $22.2m

    2009 - $21.3m (prorated)

    Those are the salaries that Erik Bedard EARNED in those seasons, per fangraphs. It would be nice if we could get $20m players for $9m, sure, but... .

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    Q. But Bedard isn't guaranteed to pitch 200 innings. He's fragile.

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