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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.

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