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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