Olney On Potential Non-Tenders And Bradley

They'd be better off with Rowand or Lowe. Both of these guys come from offensively desperate teams, and may look to him as a last resort.

Aaron Rowand, Maggs Ordonez, Jose Guillen, Luis Castillo, Pat Burrell, or Adam Dunn????

Uhh, no way the Nats trade one year of productive Dunn for two years of headcase Bradley.

StandByMe- agreed. Nats wouldnt trade Dunn for prospects at the deadline, not taking Bradley for him

Then again, with Johnson looking like a non-tender candidate, the Cubs might be foolish to offer anything in a trade scenario.

You know, I often don't like Buster Olney and his scenarios. He's good at analyzing performance, but these murmurs he puts out there -- I'm looking at Carlos Silva's name and cringing -- read like throwing as much as one can at the wall and seeing what sticks. Then again, Silva's not a basket case....or is he?

I'm tired of the knocks on Zito. The contract is excessive, but he had a pretty good year this year. He will never be worth the money paid to him, but he really makes that staff better. His run support this year was awful, and he easily could've had several more wins. I'm a fan of the Giants, and I want to keep Zito. That's right, I said it.

I'd also take Inge, but not Burrell.

The Bradley deal was a bad one from the start. The guy has always been a turd, and averages about 90 something games a season. I would take a bucket of baseballs and a 6 pack at this point.

I'd also prefer Rowand for Bradley.

Why would the SFG want to get rid of Rowand? Do they have a better replacement? I know he hasn't lived up to his contract but neither has Bradley. Anybody familiar with the Giants know?

Dodgers trade Juan Pierre for Milton Bradley.

In other news, hell freezes over and Satan offers free sleigh rides.

"mets get: derek lowe

braves get: milton braley

cubs get: luis castillo

could it work?"

It probably makes more sense to not get a 3rd team involved. If the Mets want D-Lowe, they can probably have him for next to nothing, anyway. If the Braves want Bradley, they can probably have him for next to nothing, anyway.

" Mets: Milton Bradley, Ryan Theriot
Cubs: JJ Putz, Anderson Hernandez, Jeffrey Kaplan

Would any Cubs fans accept it?

Posted by: mets111 | October 31, 2009 at 02:13 PM"

I would comment in-depth about this horrendous proposal, but I will keep it simple. Anderson Hernandez is awful -- barely a utility player -- and Ryan Theriot is worth more than J.J. Putz and that "lot" by himself. Back to the drawing board, ace.

"Matthews JR makes the most sense for the Bradley swap.
With Abreu/Vlad possibly leaving, the Angels need a corner OF/DH player."

Matthews IS a OF/DH player. Face it, no one with half a brain wants Bradley.

This list is full of undesireable names, many of which Id rather the Cubs just eat Bradleys contract than take, but the one that stands out is Derrek Lowe. I dont know if Atlanta would go for it, but theyve been looking for a righty bat, and Lowes groundball style would be very effective at Wrigley. The Cubs could then use Gorzolanny, Marshall, or Samrdzjia as trade bait for that RBI producer Piniella wants.

Oh yeah, Magglio Ordonez and Jose Guillen are a few other names that come to mind.

first off "howiehandles"
Castillo is easily in the top 5 of all second basemen in MLB. go crunch some numbers. he has at least three more good years. he's no Chase Utley, but I'd take him over Prado or Infante any day of the week.

I don't think you can defend Luis as being top 5 in all of baseball; Phillips, Hudson, Ugla, Utley, Cano, Zobrist, Pedroia, Kinsler, and Roberts are all clearly better, and I could make arguments for a half dozen others. That still leaves Luis in the upper half of MLB second basemen though, which is a long way from "nothing more than a bench guy."

As for Bradley trades, I think the Cubs should look for a mid-level prospect for Bradley and cash. If the rates for conner OFers are similar to last year they should be able to improve the team without taking on another awful contract.

sorry I meant the national league. I think Castillo is better than Ugla and Hudson too; more hustle and more clutch. The idea of trading him for the parker brotha, I mean milton bradley is a joke, not to mention the idea that Castillo wouldn't be worth it.

There is no possibility that Milton Bradley will ever play for the Atlanta Braves. He does not have the "motivational fit" to be a Brave nor is he capable of playing competently in the field, nor is he able to play more than 126 games (he has done this once in 9 years).

Not to mention his horrible contract. Cub fans, remove the ca-ca from your brains, you will get nothing for this cancerous turd from the Braves.

first off "howiehandles"
Castillo is easily in the top 5 of all second basemen in MLB. go crunch some numbers. he has at least three more good years. he's no Chase Utley, but I'd take him over Prado or Infante any day of the week.

Posted by: xplosive | October 31, 2009 at 06:14 PM

Haha you can have Castillo and his .732 OPS plus terrible defense and I'll take Prado and his .822 OPS with slightly below average defense anyday. And better than Uggla and Hudson, on the basis of hustle and clutch? Seriously now you're really reaching

why would Tampa want Vitters badly enough to take on Bradley when they already have Longoria

if det. traded maglio for d.lowe.. i'd trade dontrell for milton in a sec... 2 years of milton for a cost of 8 million.. put him @ DH and play him in right only against lefties and sit c. thomas.. he might actually stay somewhat healthy and bring much needed O.B.P. to det.