Tooling around cyberspace, we saw some comment that this trade is not comparable to the Bedard trade because ... Erik Bedard was never anywhere near as good as Lee. ::wince::
Bedard had just finished leading the major leagues in xFIP when the M's traded for him -- and did it with a 10K/game scorched-earth policy that Cliff Lee can only dream about.
Lee is certainly more durable than Bedard. But it's tough to claim that he's a lot more effective than a healthy Bedard, because nobody is.
If Erikkkkk and the M's somehow found a way to get together, and get him out there as our #3 in May and June, and he got on a roll, we'd be talking a 90's Braves-magnitude rotation.
Kind of a shame that the PR wars threaten to leave Bedard persona non grata in Seattle, because that Big Three could win a World Series for us. Hey, sweep it for us, for that matter.
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