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Agree with you that of our hand full of aces, Bedard is the ace-iest.  If we trade him this season, I'll understand, but be bummed.
And if a side effect of drafting Hultzen is not re-signing Bedard, that'll make the pick extra difficult to keep swallow.  Though I appreciate SSI's management for showing us the happy side of this pick.  :)
If the pitch sequences are really responsible for elevating this pitching staff, then it appears to me that only Bedard and Olivo are aware of it.  And that includes the coaching staff. 
If Vargas and Fister new their success was coming from pitch sequence, then they'd be shaking Gimenez off.  It's not like he's Ivan Rodriguez or someone they'd be afraid of disrespecting.  And even if they did find the idea of constant shake offs unseemly, I'd think they'd talk to him between innings and get him on the same page.  Or have a gameplan before the game started that he could follow.
Same deal if it was Carrol coming up with this stuff.  If he unlocked the secrets to making these guys better, he'd be making darn sure the both pitcher and catcher knew what to do before the game and would remind them during the game if they were failing to follow through.
That this doesn't happen suggests to me that only Bedard and Olivio have this little nugget figured out.  Which is a bit maddening and saddening.