Erik Bedard or Dan Haren

[nerfan]

Which one would you rather have on your team?

My vote goes to Bedard.

[Erik Bedard]

no comment.

[Mariano_Rivera]

no comment.

Yeah, haren is SO much better :D

[cardsfanatic]

I went with Haren because we actually could still have Haren on the Cards instead of Mulder. I know that's not the motive behind the question but still... I'd love to have Haren back.

[Zagi-CRO]

Haren - 27y
121 49-44 3.82ERA 1.24WHIP
Bedard - 28y
111 40-34 3.83 1.34

I'll go with Bedard, 55:45 for him

[KCGHOST]

Either of them would make me happy.

[ChrisLDuncan]

I'll take Haren, he's actually pitched over 200 innings.

[hudsonharden]

I'll take Haren, but I am obviously biased.

[howiek]

If Bedard can stay healthy for a full year. I would go with him.
But, I'll take Haren

[glovemedic]

I went with Haren because we actually could still have Haren on the Cards instead of Mulder. ... I'd love to have Haren back.

I bet you would. That had to be one of the worst moves in Cardinal history. I watched Haren develop as a AA Tn Smoky before the Cards pulled up stakes and left us high and dry. I stayed with the Cards while they won the WS, but have to question some of the moves they have been making lately. Sorry to see So Taguchi go, but I hope he ends up somewhere where he gets to play more often.

[cardsfanatic]

I bet you would. That had to be one of the worst moves in Cardinal history. I watched Haren develop as a AA Tn Smoky before the Cards pulled up stakes and left us high and dry. I stayed with the Cards while they won the WS, but have to question some of the moves they have been making lately. Sorry to see So Taguchi go, but I hope he ends up somewhere where he gets to play more often.

Yeah, it was definitely the worst move Jockety made. However, he made so many brilliant moves it's a little easier to swallow (yet somehow he was fired???). But I still wish we had Haren. :)

[DoubleX]

I don't really understand the infatuation with Bedard. He'll already be 29 next year (a week older than Johan Santana), and he's yet to pitch over 196 innings in a year, and only twice has pitched more than 141 innings. I could understand the attaction if Bedard were younger, but he's on the cusp of 30 already.

I'm not that huge on Haren either as pitchers on the A's have a tendency to drop off once cast aside by Billy Beane (though Hudson has had 2/3 good years in Atlanta), but he's definitely proven to be durable and has accomplishmed more than Bedard despite being two years younger.

[plask_stirlac]

I don't really understand the infatuation with Bedard. He'll already be 29 next year (a week older than Johan Santana), and he's yet to pitch over 196 innings in a year, and only twice has pitched more than 141 innings. I could understand the attaction if Bedard were younger, but he's on the cusp of 30 already.


If he's on he's one of the best. That and it can last for a month so he gets some "under-the-radar" pub where if it's a guy like Carlos Silva who can get lit up but over time has enough good ones (not 2006) he might give a 3.80, 4.20 or so ERA like Haren he doesn't look as dominant at all.