Earl Weaver Rules

The Orioles avoided arbitration with Erik Bedard when they signed him to a one year, $3.4 million deal deal.  He could make another $100k is he hits various innings pitched total so if he goes 200 innings, it’ll end up being a $3.5 million deal.

Bedard broke out in 2006 and won 15 games with 171 strikeouts.  There’s no doubt that heading into spring, he’s the number one guy and he should get the opening day start.  PECOTA has Bedard with a weighted mean average WHIP of 1.38 and a 4.19 ERA with a slightly lower 6.7 strikeout per nine innings rate.  They do have him with a 47% improve rate though so they expect him to probably be on the better end of those numbers then the lower.