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Slap me silly.
Grade A starting pitchers have off YEARS, let alone off months.
Steve Carlton, Bedard's antetype, lost 20 games with a 97 ERA+ the very year after he went 27-10, 1.97.
I wonder what you would have said about Lefty in 1973. "USED to be a grade A starter. Last week."
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And that's not to say that Bedard's even having an off month, in terms of ERA, FIP, etc. He's had several high-pitch count games. Time to bail.
Easy to lose sight of pitchers' volatility, I guess.