Cubs Sign Bradley

by Sentinel on Jan 5, 2009 2:09 PM PST Comment 31 comments

According to ESPN Radio's Bruce Levine, the Cubs signed Milton Bradley to a three-year, $30MM contract "with some options in the deal." Ken Rosenthal has a similar story, noting that the two sides have to "work through language issues."

That means he's playing the field. Should be interesting to see if he gets injured again. To be honest, three years seems like a little much, given his injury-prone history.

So, does this leave Dunn and Dunn alone as the last possible "big" signing the M's can make?

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No

There’s still Giambi, Abreu, Griffey, Hudson, and Edmonds off the top of my head.

by Jeff on Jan 5, 2009 2:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Don't forget...

Ugh…Garret Anderson.

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

by J.W. Pezzino on Jan 5, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The difference between Padre blue and Mariner blue is killing a potential photoshop

by JI on Jan 5, 2009 3:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

(Bonds!)

by Matthew on Jan 5, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Quite apart from the elephant-in-the-room thing

I would think that Bonds’ price would drop this year because he’s had a year off, and nobody’s sure if he’s in game-shape – that can’t be helpful as he’s marketing himself. Throw him a one-year deal for $8 mill and see what happens.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jan 5, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If no one else will signing him you just have to invite him to ST on a MiL contract.

by JI on Jan 5, 2009 4:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

this is a good point

and that would be awesome.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jan 5, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't Bonds offer to play for minimum this year? Or was that something else?

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Jan 5, 2009 7:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No he didn't.

I remember because it was always brought up as a reason he was unemployed. Maybe that was Sosa?

by SethGrandpa on Jan 6, 2009 1:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

His agent claimed that not a single team was interested in signing Bonds, even for the league minimum.

Frankly, the whole thing is a pipe dream. Not because the Mariners are concerned about PR, but because they always defer to the commish and it’s pretty clear that teams have been asked (told) to not sign Bonds.

by Matthew on Jan 6, 2009 7:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Obviously

by Jeff on Jan 5, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm really skeptical that he's still good at baseball

but why the heck not invite him to ST?

by JI on Jan 5, 2009 4:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Trade for Helton

as I don’t remember who suggested.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 5, 2009 5:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hinske?

I haven’t heard anyone mention him too much. Could we throw him in at LF? Or is he complete trash?
James/Marcel
don’t seem to think too highly of him.

by G4Real on Jan 5, 2009 6:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Outfield is pretty much set

we’re looking at 1B/DH with an eye on a long term solution, I think. Hinske’s ~league average bat comes very close to replacement level at a DH, and he was platooned to boot. No, I think we have our Hinske in Branyan and don’t really need another like him.

If power outfielders are signing for as little as they have been, I don’t see why the M’s should not pursue Dunn, as has been suggested by the LL penates.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 5, 2009 7:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs