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As long as you put up your usual numbers it's fine if your fighting with ichro daily :-)
Stone: Silva for Bradley straight up
Carlos Silva for Milton Bradley is the report. Money almost matches up: $4M difference over the next two years.
So there's your veteran outfielder, and another guy who draws a lot of walks. Question is whether he'll be walking off the field under an umpire's supervision.
Another curveball from Z.
UPDATE: Now official: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/marinersblog/2010541230_mariners_officially_announce_m.html
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If I'm counting right, and it's not easy because he changes teams all the time, Bradley has had three seasons with .400+ OBP and .500+ SLG (03, 07 and 08). Even in his "down" years, he's getting on base .350+.
You don't just stumble across those kind of hitters.
Also, if I'm figuring it right, and it's kind of odd, but it appears that Bradley was in Oakland when Wak was in Texas and Bradley was in Texas when Wak was in Oakland, and they never overlapped. But still, Wak knows people who've been in the clubhouse with Bradley, and I assume he gave the OK. Baker made it sound as if the main delay was the Cubs making sure Silva was healthy.
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While Bay outslugs Bradley (.519 vs .450), I think that Bradley, being a switch hitter, is a better fit for the Safe.
Both are about average-solid on D with good arms and decent legs (Bradley's knee notwithstanding).
Compared to 4/60 Bay is being offered, Z just found a 75% dicount on his MOTO hitter.
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I don't have words for this anymore. Z is the man.
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I think that's an awesome trade, assuming you can keep the man on the field and not suspended or exiled or whatever.
Main thing: what we still have left --
--the money that we were supposed to spend on the 1b/OF/DH guy (everyone was figuring we'd pay Silva and that guy)
--the prospects to use for the MOTO bat (AGonzalez or Fielder or whatever)