Comments on: A Plea for Milton Bradley

By: Brett Rosin

Brett Rosin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:52:17 +0000

I absolutely understand as a Cub fan where your coming from. He had a bad year- there isn’t an argument for that. As of right now, the options are not very promising on who could be our right fielder next year so until something better than Bradley comes up- IMO you should flat out keep the guy and hope he turns back into the Bradley of 2008. A player with something to prove can be real dangerous on opposing teams…

If the fans laid off Bradley or the Cubs win a little more often in 2010- I don’t think Bradley will be as…confrontational.

By: Next Year

Next Year — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:46:07 +0000

I want Bradley gone. I think the best argument for that is the fact that he is replaceable. Even though he was not the worst player on the team he did not earn the money he was paid, and most importantly: he let down the fans with his off field antics.(calling cub fans racists for one) and who can’t forget when he made a little cocky pose after catching a routine fly ball and threw the ball into the stands with only two outs. If you ask other teams or non-Chicago media outlets they may say Cubs fans are annoying and rude but as every true Cubbie fan knows we are the best fans in baseball. I do not want a player who dislikes the fans(who pay for his overpaid salary)and truly symbolize who the Cubs are.

By: Matt Milner

Matt Milner — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:43:10 +0000

Just an FYI, marginal win value for 2009 was 4.52MM, so Bradley was only worth 4.972MM.

Either way, good points about Bradley. I’d love to have him leading off next season. The catastrophe of Theriot there needs to end.