Report: Milton Bradley "Close" to Being Dealt; Potentially to the Rays
by R.J. Anderson on Dec 10, 2009 2:38 PM EST
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If Bradley trade is close, it's not to Rays.
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So say Bob Nightengale's latest Tweet:
BNightengale #mlb #cubs Cubs officials say they are close to trading OF Milton Bradley, and all indications are that he'll be going to Tampa Bay.
Let's see who blinked.
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Somebody pinch me
Are these the TAMPA Bay Rays all this is happening to?
The saga continues part 1,23873239721
We’re working our channels nonetheless.
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by Tommy Rancel on Dec 10, 2009 2:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
So if this goes through
The Rays added ~3-4 wins just today, love this FO.
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Dec 10, 2009 2:43 PM EST reply actions
Also around ~10 million in salary.
This is going to be a key season for attendance.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Dec 10, 2009 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
Horrible
but the Cubs kinda lost me a few years ago anyway, so screw ’em, the Cubs OF defense is going to be epically bad, if they trade PtB they will have to eat another 75% of his contract, Cubs are screwed regardless might as well make my hometown team better.
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Dec 10, 2009 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
If they end up with a Burrell-Cameron-Fukudome outfield
as anticipated, Cameron and Fukudome cover enough ground that they can be shifted a bit and hide some of Burrell’s defensive shortcomings.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
where do we play Soriano
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Dec 10, 2009 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
He's got the arm
but I think the hopping before catching the ball could really mess with the umps view of the plate
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Dec 10, 2009 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
1000 if we could afford
another 2-3 Sorianos, I think we can get Alfonso, and the Nats have a minor league 2B named Francisco Soriano so it could happen.
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Dec 10, 2009 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
Oh god this is a awesome day
Maybe we get Bradley, we got Soriano, kept Rodriguez
sign Kiko and this offseason was perfect
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
BJ + MB!?!?!
RAYS TEAM DOESNT CARE ABOUT TEAM ATTITUDE!
by Doug09 on Dec 10, 2009 2:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Joyce-ler to the rescue
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Dec 10, 2009 2:50 PM EST up reply actions
I need to make sure I roll a grittiness stat into my next D&D character.
I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.
Sabby Pisca-Eckstein stat
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Dec 10, 2009 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
hey don't fuck with us
we got BJ and MB, just lay it down and go home
162-0!
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
And even a troll from sf1. Good times indeed.
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Cubs fan here.
Please. Take him already. We’re done with him.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I want that Cocoa God of Love more than you can imagine, Mr. Al.
by R.J. Anderson on Dec 10, 2009 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
R.J. wouldn't collect go and wouldn't collect his $200 for a slice of Marvin's Gardens.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Dec 10, 2009 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
Al
you’re on record for saying Pat’s going to be bad in Chicago (Defense etc..), how much of his contract do you imagine the Cubs will have to eat to trade him, any idea or not thinking that far ahead?
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Dec 10, 2009 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry I missed this yesterday.
Probably all of it.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
OT: Barry Bonds' agent says his playing days are over.
Don’t let the needle hit you on the way out, asshat.
Why don't you like Barry?
Dude was a baller
I'm a writer.
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Dec 10, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This day has been so awesome I've literally gotten no work done.
Mira Sorvino...Paul Walker...T-Pain...Fall 2010...HEADSTONE MAFIA, A LOVE STORY OF REVENGE. "5/5 stars!!!" - DRB User "Andy Hellicksonstine"
I've gotten some done...
In muh pants
by Doug09 on Dec 10, 2009 2:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I wasn't aware that MB was a strip club kind of guy.
I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.
They all are when they get to Tampa.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Dec 10, 2009 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
"They"
I'm a Brett Favre honk so FUCK YOU!
by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Dec 10, 2009 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
I could see Milton and Derek Bell splitting the penthouse suite.
I'm a writer.
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Dec 10, 2009 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
Carl Everett might stop by and talk about dinosaurs during afternoon lapdances
I'm a writer.
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Dec 10, 2009 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
Milton in the rocket ship every night.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Dec 10, 2009 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
YOU WISH YOU HAD A SWEETASS ROCKET SHIP BED
I'm a writer.
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Dec 10, 2009 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
I'm thinking about getting a radio. So I can talk to other rocket ship beds.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Dec 10, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
Shh. Be quiet, my roommates are sleeping.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Dec 10, 2009 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
Good MLBTR comment
I don’t know what’s going on but I like it. Keep crapping out millions, Rays, we need another MR !
Posted by: RaysFan | December 10, 2009 at 01:47 PM
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Dec 10, 2009 2:55 PM EST reply actions
Crap out millions for a middle reliever. You call this good?
I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.
Good as in stupid and funny.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Dec 10, 2009 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
yup
kinda laughed out loud about the crapping out millions, would have preferred he said something about minor league invites, but it is MLBTR.
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Dec 10, 2009 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
of course it was stupid and funny
thats me
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
we need more black people
Sorry Joyce but Jennings needs to take over RF and time to get Brandon Phillips for 2B.
Longo is a black man at heart
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
so is this the closest we have been to a deal for MB?
Vikings 4 the superbowl
We're not likely one iota closer then we were 2 hours ago, but it's still fun to recklessly overreact.
I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.
And just think, we have the Navarro trade to go through.
by R.J. Anderson on Dec 10, 2009 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
i bet he goes to KC
Vikings 4 the superbowl
Navvy and Yunny on the same team?
Ugh
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Dec 10, 2009 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
I can't believe they cut Jacobs.
Hilarious. Poor Royals fans. At least Dayton appears to be doing such a bad job he’ll be gone by the time their farm system really starts to produce.
Navvy for a PTBNL and Cash
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Dec 10, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
They have to do this deal though.
We’re the only trading partner and he’s burned all of his bridges in Chicago. There really is no alternative. I would be shocked if Bradley isn’t a Ray in the next week. Probably more like 12-36 hours.
Tools Whore
i hope 12-36 minutes
Vikings 4 the superbowl
if it is true this time
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
I would believe this a lot more if more than 1 person reported it
If it was being reported by 3+ dif people, I would believe that it has finally happened
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
thanks dude
Mr. IM A WRITER doesn’t approve
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
It just makes you sound like an 8 year old, dude.
I'm a writer.
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Dec 10, 2009 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
its still funny
--Gerald Wallace is the best player the Bobcats will have..... EVER
--Someone should slap Larry Brown and bring him back to reality..
think the conversation will end something like this.....
cubs: MB for PtB and you take on $10 of MB’s salary
rays: hmmm, how about MB for PtB and we take on $5 of MB’s salary
cubs: what? no way…..we have to get more in return
rays: fine. we’ll throw in 2 hams, 1 this christmas and 1 next.
cubs: Honey glazed?
rays: hmmm. ok.
cubs: DONE!
by chancedj on Dec 10, 2009 3:18 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Odds Hendry wants a non-disclosure agreement on the amount of cash changing hands?
PLEASE DON’T TELL ANYONE MR. FRIEDMAN SIR. PRETTY PLEASE!
I think we need a real investigation into this
Pat Burrell -——> Milton Bradley
Jesse Chavez -——> Rafael Soriano
I guess we will sign Darren Oliver after all
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
that would be real nice
Vikings 4 the superbowl
well ya i guess i would be open to that
Vikings 4 the superbowl
I want Jake McGee who is *gasp* can also get righties out
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
your prob right
at least til September
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
/pats self on back
I'm a Brett Favre honk so FUCK YOU!
by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Dec 10, 2009 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
I'm thinking about forraying into a sig for the first time:
I feel like this is beneath me. I’m a Wake grad. I do great things.
You need to do this just because of how angry it will make POW.
I'm a Brett Favre honk so FUCK YOU!
by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Dec 10, 2009 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
This is a big season for Burrell...
I think he’ll have a nice bounce back season. He’s in a FA year, and he knows he wont get squat in free agency if he doesnt perform. His projections on fangraphs peg him around an 800 ops… that being said, I think bradley is a superior player and will help the team more, not only this season, but in 2011 as well.
The Rays have upgraded cather and bullpen….adding Bradley and one more reliever like Calero would make this offseason incredible(on paper, or in RJ’s calculator).
this offseason is looking good on paper and it's not even half over!
--Gerald Wallace is the best player the Bobcats will have..... EVER
--Someone should slap Larry Brown and bring him back to reality..
JH: Jesus Christ, lets leak one more time we're close to moving him to someone that is not the Rays in hopes AF will bite. I really don't want to eat 75% of his 2011 salary.
AF: That dumbass really thinks we’ll bite on that shit? Now I’m going to make him pay 100% of 2011.
I'm a Brett Favre honk so FUCK YOU!
by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Dec 10, 2009 4:26 PM EST reply actions
Would it be shocking if AF eventually resorted to an ultimatim card?
As exciting as Bradley would be to have, if the Rays think Burrell’s performance this year was a fluke and not the norm, they can’t want Bradley THAT bad; I’m perfectly content with Burell in 2010. Bradley’s an upgrade, but I find it nearly impossible to believe that Burrell can be equal to or worse then last year.
I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.
Except almost everyone on the team hates Burrell, but yeah, I don't think his performance will be complete dreck again.
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I wonder
if anyone is buying hendry’s bullshit?
I knew this was bull....
Reports are saying now that if a trade is close, it’s not with the Rays. I would like Bradley, but good lord I’m tired of hearing about it. Trade him already Chicago.
by MillaBucsMagicRays on Dec 10, 2009 4:47 PM EST reply actions
This is getting dull
There’s only one team actively in play for Bradley and that’s the Rays. No matter what hendry wants to say or how many teams he wants to say are interested or how much bullshit he leaks to the media, nothing is going to change that. If anything, all he’s doing is killing what little leverage he had left. Why would AF pay more than 75% of 2011 now when not one other team is in play for MB? Hendry is 100% dumbass.
Agreed. I don't think there's another team at all. Why would there be some "mystery team" all of a sudden (again) when the Rays are the obvious only bidders.
The only team I could think of is the Mets, and they wouldn’t have to keep that secret. It’s just Hendry being an asshat.
OT:
Any word on a possible Navi trade? And when do they have to move him before having to non tender him?
A nice backup option if we can't land Bradley...
Jermaine Dye….I’ve wanted him here for awhile
he cant play the OF once in the while like Bradley
he sucks out there and hes slow
plus his offense has taken a big hit, he wouldnt give us much.
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
Um, no it's not.
Go read The Book. Hitters lose more than 10 runs of offense by moving from a defensive position to DH.
by R.J. Anderson on Dec 10, 2009 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
Or read this:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/position-adjustments/
And you should probably check out the Stat Guide, which has this explained.
by R.J. Anderson on Dec 10, 2009 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
Or read this:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/position-adjustments/
And you should probably check out the Stat Guide, which has this explained.
by R.J. Anderson on Dec 10, 2009 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
I'm sick
of hearing about Milton Bradley. The Rays should just keep PtB for this season, and give CC an extension with the money that will be coming off the books.
If SRod shows he can hit ML pitching, move him, Zobrist or Joyce to 1B. Bring up Jennings for 2011 season and move BJ to RF. Use the money saved after Pena to give Garza and Zobrist contract extensions.
Maybe bring back Rocco on a lower dollar deal to DH/1B/OF
by Blue or CONKZILLA on Dec 11, 2009 9:08 PM EST reply actions
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