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kutulu · 12-09-2005, 07:36 AM

I'm not as sold on Beckett as everyone else seems to be. First of all, his K rate and HR rate (both of which are excellent) will go up just from the switch to the AL East. On top of that, you have the fact that his great ERA was so based on his performance in Fla. His home/road ERAs were about 2.47/4.31. Finally, he's had 4 seasons and he's never come close to 200 IP (injury risk). Overall, I highly doubt that he'll post better than a 4.25 ERA next season. Not bad, but not great either.

12-09-2005, 07:36 AM	#33 (permalink)
kutulu Junkie	I'm not as sold on Beckett as everyone else seems to be. First of all, his K rate and HR rate (both of which are excellent) will go up just from the switch to the AL East. On top of that, you have the fact that his great ERA was so based on his performance in Fla. His home/road ERAs were about 2.47/4.31. Finally, he's had 4 seasons and he's never come close to 200 IP (injury risk). Overall, I highly doubt that he'll post better than a 4.25 ERA next season. Not bad, but not great either.