"We've added speed, defense and pitching..." -Omar Minaya

When he was asked to identify the club's improvements on pitching, his response was, "Our defense makes our pitching better."

Inconceivable! I am praying every night that Minaya backs his way into a deal for Bedard, who seems like the most likely (and that's not saying much) pitcher we might be able to deal for. I would definitely offer a package of Heilman, Pelfrey/Humber/Mulvey and Gomez for Bedard. There's a 90% chance that all four of the pitchers I mentioned suck, and with Alou, Church, and Anderson all requiring time at the corner outfield spots, and Martinez a few years away, he's expendable. Meanwhile Bedard can strike people out, and we don't have a single pticher who can do that right now. He was 13-5 with a 3.17 ERA and 220 strikeouts on a team that was 24 games under .500 last year. Check out his splits against the Red Sox, Yankees, and his inter-league games against the NL. He was dominant. If we got him for the cadre of underachievers and projections we can give them, I'd be ecstatic. Plus I don't know his contract length, but he was only paid 3.4 mil last year, and he's only 28 (will turn 29 on March 6th). I don't know how anyone can be against this.