We have been, and will continue to be bombarded with trade rumors about Bedard, Haren, and Santana, so lets take a look at some of their stats:
Bedard:
2007: 28 Games, 182.0 IP, 3.16 ERA, 221 K, 57 BB, 10.93 (K/9), 1.09 WHIP, 13-5
Carear: 114 G, 658.0 IP, 3.83 ERA, 639 K, 254 BB, 8.74 K/9, 1.34 WHIP, 40-34
Haren:
2007: 34 G, 222.2 IP, 3.07 ERA, 192 K, 55 BB, 7.76 K/9, 1.21 WHIP, 15-9
Carear: 130 G, 781.1 IP, 3.82 ERA, 606 K, 192 BB, 6.98 K/9, 1.24 WHIP, 49-44
Santana:
2007: 33 G, 219 IP, 3.33 ERA, 235 K, 52 BB, 9.66 K/9, 1.07 WHIP, 15-13
Carear: 251 G, 1308.2 IP, 3.22 ERA, 1281 K, 364 BB, 9.50 K/9, 1.09 WHIP, 93-44
Stat Notes:
Bedard's ERA and WHIP have decreased every year he has pitched, his K totals have increased every year he has pitched. You also have to imagine his stats higher than this because he missed all of September due to injury, and with the Orioles going no where, there was no point in bringing him back. I feel he would have been the AL Cy Young if he pitched in September, he still finished 3rd of 4th in the league in K totals although he missed that month. I do not have the number stat, but it felt like the Orioles bullpen blew a good number of Bedard's games.
Haren's K/9 has increased every year that he has pitched. I know that Mets have no chance of getting Santana, but I put his stats up there to show difference of Bedard/Haren and Santana.
Out of these three, I would love to see Bedard. If you have gotten this sense over the last week or so, I am very Pro-Bedard. He is a power pitcher, pitches for strikeouts, which is exactly what this team needs to add more balance to the starting rotation, and to make pitchers in the bullpen that are not Billy Wagner more effective because of the change of speeds during the game.
You're doing a good job of selling me on Bedard- I just want to see him consistently go 200 IP a year…while we know that Haren and Santana can easily do that.
Btw, I've also heard rumblings that the Padres may put Jake Peavy on the market. If they do that…..I'd take Peavy over Bedard. But if the Mets can get themselves Bedard, and turn him into the Ace he'd be out of Baltimore, I'd be happy.