Nationals Have Serious Interest In Bradley

I heard that the Nats have offered Bradley 3/30...but playing him in CF is definitely a very high risk move...

I Thought they interest in Manny?

Bradley in CF is ridiculous. The guy is a lot bigger and less mobile than he was in his younger days. Combine that with his injury issues and its a recipe for disaster.

Bradley in CF? Really?

I feel a little bad for the Nats. All of this money they'd like to spend but no one to spend it on.

It's ok b/c Peavy will just play RF for the Cubs on the days he does not pitch.

I haven't heard any teams really having a lot of interest in Orlando Hudson, do you think this means he can be signed cheap?

Maybe they're going to change from ex Reds players and instead focus on old Expo's players...hey, if your going to be stupid about it, why not. I'd rather see a team with Bradley, Grudzielanik, Orlando Cabrera, and Wilkerson on it instead of Kearns, Dunn, Young, Boone, and Pena Jr. At least then I wouldn't have a reason to hate Jim Bowden as much...or at least a different reason.

"Holy crap! If that is the case wow. I know the cubs need a LH bat but yikes. I was think something along the lines of 2/$18-20 mil with a 3rd year vesting. 3/$30 mil for that guy is a HUGE risk. Forget the off the field stuff, the guy cant stay healthy. Would the cubs really want to get into a bidding war for this guy?"

Yeah...I hope the Cubs offer 2/20 at most...and if they don't get him, take a look at Dunn. I have a hard time that even Milton himself wouldn't prefer to play RF knowing his injury history...but I'm not sure he is going to beat 3/30 if that offer is actually true.

PLEASE sign Bradley and move Willingham to first. I wouldn't mind seeing Dmitri Young or even Nick Johnson on the Mets.

Bradley is an EXCELLENT talent. He was a great loss to the Dodgers when they caved to the "image" over substance issues with the current ownership. Never once did he do anything bad while with the team. Yeah he had some personal issues to work out. Even the water bottle thing was blown waaay outta proportion, he threw it at the GROUND not the person. This was not Clemens throwing a bat at another player then lying he thought it was the ball...I mean really!!

Right now the outfield would be amazing if Bradley still had the knees to play daily in LF. But no way they Dodgers would even consider bringing him back. But also he does not seem like a guy who will physically go w.o probs a whole season.

And believe it or not, he was actually a very popular player with us fans. Maybe because he was a very human player...flaws, talent and all...

Remove the real problme player from the equation at the time, Jeff the Junt (Jeff Kent for the uninitiated) and Bradley might still be a Dodger and the Dodgers would not be dealing with the prob deals of AJones and the MRam issue.

I hope he does really well wherever he lands...

Buster Olney mentions the nationals 3/30 offer here... http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3802342

PLEASE sign Bradley and move Willingham to first. I wouldn't mind seeing Dmitri Young or even Nick Johnson on the Mets.

Posted by: stellar | December 31, 2008 at 05:30 PM

you can fuckin have Dmitri. for free.

if you can pry him away from the Buffet.

I'd rather have Dunn than Bradley. If the Nats are targeting Bradley instead of Bradley that's good for the Cubs I guess unless they decide to up their bid for him. As a Cub fan I hope the Nats actually get Bradley so Dunn falls to the Cubs. Yeah, his defense won't be good in RF but his durability and power will be a huge advantage. Bradley is a very good player but unfortunately he isn't reliable.

as a Nats fan, I'd rather have Dunn.

but I won't complain if we end up witn Bradley. we really do need the Bat.

"CF - Harris
SS - Dukes
RF - Bradley
LF - Dunn
3B - WIllingham
1B - Pena
C - Kearns
2B - Milledge"

It took me a few second to adjust to the amount of sarcasm...but this is some funny stuff. Very nicely done!

In all seriousness though, the team would probably look something like this if they signed both Dunn and Bradley:

SS Guzman
CF Dukes/Milledge platoon
1B Dunn
RF Bradley
3B Zimmerman
LF Willingham
C Jesus Flores
2B Harris/Reyes platoon

Still not good...but better than it was before.

thegoagster07: He was being extremely sarcastic. He made the entire roster out of OF's to show how stupid Jim Bowden is.

id rather have dunn over bradley any day.but i would rather have either of them over abreu or garret anderson.please let the cubs get one of them.and peavy.and no to roberts and bako.we could just save the money and have koyee hill as backup catcher.we do not need anymore bullpen help.or bench.just a right fielder and a peavy and were set.

"the nats lineup with bradlet or dunn would easily be the worst lineup in the national league.no disrespect,but they are horrible.they are at least 2-3 years away from contending.they need to develop youngsters."

I'm fine with 2 to 3 years as long as we do not have to wait for 100 years or more.

MikeEverittsBadCall-

Gathright does not play plus defensive. Hes not the type of guy you bring in in the 9th inning, unless its to steal a base.

Errrr....if we can get Dunn at the same price (10 mil) then I'd pick Dunn....

(Insert Jim Bowden reasoning here)